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December 12, 2011
For two
weeks since hurricane Katrina made landfall, Americas media have
been presenting startling images of an impoverished New Orleans.
Unfortunately, many journalists have been as inaccurate with their…
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December 12, 2011
As Katrina
survivors begin to file insurance claims, some politicians and
activists want to hold insurance companies and taxpayers responsible
for uninsured properties. The media are…
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December 12, 2011
As good
neighbors, private charities, and government agencies rushed to aid
the victims of Hurricane Katrina, CNNs Lou Dobbs and Lisa Sylvester
offered their own charitable assistance to labor unions and…
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December 12, 2011
A new study
of drugs for schizophrenia is getting media attention both for
what it says and for what the media claim it says. The Washington
Post especially used the occasion to say it underscores the extent…
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December 12, 2011
Political
and scientific circles are still reeling from Katrinas impact as
left-wing climate change advocates try to link the hurricane with
global warming.
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December 12, 2011
Winners and
losers is a familiar journalistic story construction that often
oversimplifies situations. The September 25 Washington Post dubbed
motorists the big losers and oil companies the clear winners in…
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December 12, 2011
Doctors and manufacturers are colluding against patients and the
hospitals that serve them, according to the September 22 New York
Times.
The Times
article cited a…
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December 12, 2011
The Picture of Hype
Networks show exaggerated video of
highest gas prices, hyping daily increases but glossing over the…
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December 12, 2011
Scientists
dont agree about global warming, especially when it comes to
claiming it caused recent hurricanes. But Time magazine claims the
connection is an easy conclusion to reach.
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December 12, 2011
The global warming alarmists are out again. The polar ice caps
arent leaving us forever, but ABC and The New York Times seized a
new study this week about seasonal change to proclaim the end of the
North Pole…