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October 30, 2009
CNN’s “American Morning” condemned socialism and praised capitalism on Oct. 30. No, they weren’t discussing big bailouts or entrepreneurs. They were talking about Halloween candy.
“Okay. This is the most, this is the most capitalist of holi–…
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October 5, 2009
Attacking industry is an old standby for “60 Minutes,” and the Oct. 4 segment against coal companies was no exception.
Lesley Stahl criticized the industry for accidents, using the huge 2008 spill in Kingston, Tenn. to push for the federal…
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September 15, 2009
Just one year ago the investment firm Lehman Brothers collapsed, kicking off a financial panic. CNN spent much of “American Morning” Sept. 14 arguing that nothing has changed to prevent another financial collapse and that Wall Street needs more…
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August 7, 2009
CNBC offered skepticism of the White House Aug. 7, bringing up a “conspiracy theory” about whether President Obama learned ahead of time that the unemployment rate had fallen to 9.4 percent in July.
Co-host Erin Burnett asked correspondent…
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November 15, 2007
High gas prices may have a lot of people down, but apparently they also have someone feeling homicidal.
According to CNN’s November 15 “American Morning” Shell president John Hofmeister has…
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October 24, 2007
With Halloween a week away, the media must count on everyone loving a good scare.
Morning and evening, day after day, journalists frighten viewers with exaggeration, hyperbole and lack of…
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September 12, 2007
Apparently global warming is upsetting the fashion industry, because women’s magazine Marie Claire gave it the cold shoulder in its October issue.
“Here’s to some global cooling so we get a…
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September 4, 2007
Editor’s Note: On May 10, 2007 Business & Media Institute wrote that “World News with Charles Gibson” hypocritically reported on two individuals’ carbon footprints, by presumably flying its crew to San Francisco for the segment. Recently, BMI…
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May 28, 2009
The media love to fret over global warming, but now that a trillion-dollar scheme to address global warming could be just around the corner the networks have been curiously quiet.
On May 21, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed a…
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May 14, 2009
The day after Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner requested more authority from Congress, on “Money for Breakfast” the Fox Business Network explored the possibility that such authority will come to include limiting executive compensation
Host Alexis…