|
June 24, 2009
While some of the media have suggested Americans need to keep an open mind about President Barack Obama’s health care proposals, critics say there’s an underlying threat to those that are already insured.
Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., and Rep. Tom Price…
|
June 24, 2009
During the summer of 2008, on the eve of the collapse of the global financial markets and the presidential election, the price of oil and gas at the pump hit record levels and commanded a lot of attention from the media.As prices rose higher and…
|
June 24, 2009
A Different Standard: Gas Price Coverage Shifts since 2008 High
Reporting of consumer hardship, market-factor scrutiny and the effects Middle East turmoil on oil and gas…
|
June 24, 2009
With apologies to Janet Jackson, America’s rhythm nation is so 1989. Now it’s an Indoctri-nation. The mainstream media don’t tell us what’s going on; they tell us what to think. Today’s example is nationalized health care. It will be the topic…
|
June 24, 2009
Coming soon: A check in the mail if you purchase the skim milk instead of the whole milk at your grocery store? That sort of sounded like what Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas is advocating as an alternative to some of the more costly solutions proposed by…
|
June 23, 2009
The media claim that there are 40 million to 50 million uninsured Americans and use that statistic to bolster calls for universal government-run insurance coverage. The inaccuracy has been repeated by print and broadcast journalists for years, but…
|
June 23, 2009
It’s basic economics – when the economy contracts and the flow of money slows, so do tax receipts to local governments, barring maneuvering by the government to impose higher taxes. And that has been a focus of news stories, most notably the state…
|
June 23, 2009
With Iran and North Korea absorbing much of the national media’s attention recently, public dissatisfaction with President Obama’s must-have-or-else $787-billion stimulus plan has gone relatively unnoticed.
An unheralded recently released Rasmussen…
|
June 19, 2009
The debate over plans to fix the U.S. health insurance system grew hotter June 15 as President Obama addressed the American Medical Association (AMA) in Chicago. But it was the ABC coverage that followed that sparked controversy.Dr. Tim Johnson, ABC…
|
June 19, 2009
The National Debt Clock has been ticking the amount of the U.S. government’s debt since 1989 to show just how much money the taxpayers are in for. But now, global warming activists have seized upon the concept.According to CNBC “Closing Bell” host…