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January 27, 2010
Media
Ignore Contradiction between Obama's Middle Class Giveaways,
Spending 'Freeze'
After the upset in Massachusetts last week, the Obama
administration changed its…
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January 20, 2010
Companies Donate $83 Million to Haiti, Get Less Than Three
Minutes of Coverage
When tragedy strikes as it did in Haiti last week, American
individuals and corporations rush…
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January 13, 2010
Networks
Fail to Criticize Obama Despite Most Jobs Lost in a Year Since
1940
More than 4.1 millions jobs disappeared in 2009, but the network
media are not reporting the "…
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March 5, 2008
The 2008 campaign season features sharp disagreements among the leading presidential aspirants from both parties. Climate change, however, seems to be the exception that proves the rule, as all three frontrunners have embraced broadly similar…
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December 14, 2005
The Media’s Top 10 Economic Myths of 2005
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“So people at home right now are saying, ‘Economic slowdown? How slow is it going to go?’ Are we headed for another recession?”– Anchor John Roberts, “CBS Evening News,” April 15,…
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December 14, 2005
See Full Report
It was difficult to wade through the economic news of 2005. Gloom and doom overwhelmed any rational examination of the U.S. economy. Journalists were so obsessed with their negative outlooks that they set aside reason and reported…
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December 8, 2006
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10. American manufacturing is obsolete Media myth: All the manufacturing jobs have been shipped overseas, and the only ones left are in the almost empty plants of the Big Three automakers. 9. The American dream has become a…
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December 6, 2007
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10. Airlines are solely to blame for the unfriendly skies. Media myth: Blame the airlines for all those flight delays; never mind the obsolete government-run agency creating the gridlock.
The media were quite…
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March 5, 2008
The 2008 campaign season features sharp disagreements among the leading presidential aspirants from both parties. Climate change, however, seems to be the exception that proves the rule, as all three frontrunners have embraced broadly similar…