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April 29, 2009
“Are we on the verge of a swine flu pandemic?” That was a question asked by Larry King for CNN on April 27, but also by many Americans since April 24 as the number of confirmed cases around the world grew.NBC’s Robert Bazell said the government didn…
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April 29, 2009
Media
Latch on to Swine Flu 'Pandemic'
The national news media served up hype with scary comparisons to
the 1918 flu epidemic with a side of unanswered questions in the…
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April 29, 2009
April 20 was certainly a red letter day for America.
That was when President Obama held his first photo-op cabinet meeting, noisily giving them their marching orders: find ways to save $100-million in 100 days. And then he proudly told all of us…
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April 29, 2009
Once again, in its quest for a scapegoat for a crisis facing society, the media has set its sights on a large corporation.
A segment by ABC correspondent Jeffrey Kofman, reporting from La Gloria, Mexico, went after Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE…
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April 28, 2009
It seems like the end of the world. A deadly virus is sweeping across the globe killing off young and old alike. Media coverage goes round the clock dwelling on the danger. Sounds like the plot for a movie – Stephen King’s “The Stand” or maybe Will…
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April 28, 2009
Some financial indicators took somewhat of a shock over swine flu fears on the first day after the swine flu fears were realized.
“But on Wall Street today and overseas, travel-related stocks took a beating over flu fears,” NBC correspondent…
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April 27, 2009
The swine flu story has captured the news cycle for three days and counting now and that’s perpetuating the hysteria, according to Fox News Channel’s Brit Hume.
Hume appeared on the FNC’s “The Live Desk with Trace Gallagher” April 27 and…
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April 24, 2009
If CNBC on-air talent has really had their hands tied by
General Electric and NBC management on criticizing the current administration’s
economic policy, you couldn’t tell it from watching Rick Santelli and Larry
Kudlow.
On CNBC’s April 24 “The…
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April 23, 2009
“NBC Nightly News” has found another populist cause for President Barack Obama to champion – banks passing along higher costs to issue credit to borrowers instead of bearing the brunt themselves.
An April 22 “Nightly News” segment went after…
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April 23, 2009
The same left-wing groups (like ACORN) who complained that bailout companies shouldn’t be awarding bonuses to their executives, might be getting their hands on some of the bailout money according to one senator.CNBC’s Larry Kudlow asked Sen. James…