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February 6, 2006
The media have ignored or downplayed the governments latest jobs
report 193,000 new jobs in January and the lowest unemployment
rate since July 2001 continuing a trend of misreporting on…
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February 3, 2006
U.S. coal mines have become safer over the past five years while
rapidly maintaining productivity and output, according to government
statistics. In fact, the U.S. coal industry is 136 million times…
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February 3, 2006
On February 9, the federal government announced that weekly jobless
claims hit the lowest average in six years a sign of job growth in
a strong economy. That night, none of the network newscasts reported…
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February 3, 2006
A newsworthy sound bite from a rock music idol on a pressing world
issue may be just the hook an evening news producer prays for, but
it doesnt excuse a lack of balance or thorough reporting. The…
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February 2, 2006
On Groundhog Day this year, newspaper readers may have had a sense
of dj vu reading about budget cuts in a narrowly-passed bill
which scales back increases in government spending. But instead of a…
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February 1, 2006
The senior citizens she interviewed were unhappy with the idea of
health savings accounts (HSAs), and Regan egged them on in their
concerns instead of presenting the facts. Did he adequately address…
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February 1, 2006
New from the Business…
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February 1, 2006
How much credit does Alan Greenspan deserve for Americas economic
success over the past 18 years? Answer: a lot, but nowhere near all.
I mean no slight to Mr. Greenspan. Indeed, the…
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January 31, 2006
It turns out that media coverage of the nations economic growth can
vary a lot depending on how strong or weak the economy is doing.
Strong numbers are downplayed or undermined and weak numbers like…