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April 3, 2007
It’s been awhile since we were asked where the beef is, but now Time has an answer: the atmosphere. As one of its 51 ways to “make a difference” for the planet, Time magazine writers want everyone to “skip the steak.” The magazine actually…
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April 2, 2007
Leave it to “60 Minutes” to attack an entire industry for trying “to protect its profits.” That’s the summary of a more than 13-minute assault on pharmaceutical companies that ran on April Fools Day.
But CBS wasn’t joking. Reporter Steve…
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March 27, 2007
Amidst media coverage of Big Tobacco, one reporter has shown another side of the story – little tobacco?
As the March 27 Wall Street Journal reported, those who want to quit smoking might try tobacco. Smokeless tobacco.
According…
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March 16, 2007
Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez “does like this country” and is “passionate,” “dignified,” “intelligent” and loves coffee.
That’s the conclusion of an ABC exclusive interview with a man who has threatened to shut off oil to the United…
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March 9, 2007
At the very time baseball players were beginning Spring training, the nation was experiencing the 34th coldest February in 113 years.
Must be global warming – at least according to Sports Illustrated.
After all, what publication is…
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March 9, 2007
Sometimes a news outlet doesn’t even agree with itself. That was the case with CNN’s coverage of the latest unemployment news on March 9. Reporter Ali Velshi called it “good news” but CNN.com headlined the same news “weakest in 2 years.”
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March 7, 2007
What’s $18,000 – as long as it’s for a good cause?
That’s the attitude the CBS “Evening News” took in the first installment of its series “Global Warming: Cool Solutions.” The March 6 story focused on California’s solar power initiative…
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March 6, 2007
“Consider the case closed on global warming,” claimed Time magazine in the February 19 issue.
Not likely.
The March 5 “Hannity…
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February 28, 2007
What’s the difference between a stock market “collapse” and a “correction?” It all depends on which news outlet you watch.
Over at the February 27 CBS “Evening News,” exaggeration was the rule of the day. Anchor Katie Couric called the…
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February 22, 2007
CNN’s “American Morning” jolted its viewers awake with a series of stories on caffeine that emphasized government regulation and threw in some good old-fashioned misreporting.
The bulk of the February 22 caffeinated coverage was devoted…