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October 23, 2006
T-Rex. The Dodo bird. The middle class?
According to many CNN anchors and reporters, the extinction of the middle class is looming, and “In the Money” advanced the theory on October 21.…
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October 20, 2006
The Weather Channel already tells viewers to stay inside during bad weather, but a new campaign also tells them what to think and do about global warming.
The channel’s Climate Watch,…
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December 7, 2007
CNN “American Morning” followed up news of President Bush’s mortgage rate freeze by asking one homeowner – who’s at least three months behind in his payments – whether it was “fair.”
Maryland…
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December 5, 2007
Certainly you’ve heard of the housing crisis. Network news keeps repeating the phrases “housing crisis,” “foreclosure crisis” and “subprime crisis” – for months on end.
Just this week, the…
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September 27, 2006
“Just how far down and down and down are house prices going to fall?” asked CNN’s Soledad O’Brien after market prices fell for the first time in 11 years.
O’Brien’s words introduced a story…
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November 28, 2007
While it certainly wasn’t a “best of times” report from CNN, it was a “worst of times” on “NBC Nightly News” November 27.
Anchor Brian Williams introduced a dismal segment on the 4.5 percent…
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November 16, 2007
One Los Angeles councilwoman wants to take a bite out of obesity by blocking fast food restaurants. CNN served up its November 16 report on the food fight with extra relish calling it “a good first step.” …
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December 11, 2009
If you’re not buying the hype surrounding global warming, you’re not alone. Polls show fewer people believe there is “solid evidence” the Earth is warming, and Wired magazine consulted a shrink to find out why.
Brandon Keim wrote a one-sided…
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December 9, 2009
Each year the Business & Media Institute looks back on the year's news and selects the top 10 worst economic myths. Here is our 2009 list:
10. CBS, NY Times Support Ecuadorian Shakedown of U.S. oil company
9. Media Fail to…
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November 6, 2009
President Obama lobbied for government stimulus almost as soon as he took office. In order to gain passage of that $787 billion spending spree, Obama warned of economic “catastrophe” including double-digit unemployment.
Roughly 9 months later, we…