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November 26, 2008
Networks
Gloss Over Geithners Past, Ignore Criticism
Reports on ABC, CBS and NBC have
promoted incoming Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner as highly
regarded and much-admired, but have…
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November 26, 2008
Have you noticed that the media largely fail to connect the dots between related events?
In all the reporting on the auto industry’s ills, little is said about the government as the chief cause. Politicians holler at auto executives in…
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November 26, 2008
The best defense, the saying goes, is a good offense. In the case of the Big Three automakers, their offense is defense. Chrysler, GM and Ford are pushing for a $25-billion bridge loan by claiming the collapse of their industry would harm…
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November 26, 2008
It looks like journalists are adopting the Chris Matthews philosophy of covering the transition into President-elect Barack Obama’s administration: don’t rock the boat.
Broadcast network news…
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November 26, 2008
Now that the government has assumed the role of economic planner with various bailout packages and stimulus plans, experts are predicting a federal budget deficit of $1 trillion.
That much…
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November 26, 2008
Although NBC Universal’s “Green Week” ended days ago, a viewer could be forgiven for thinking it’s still underway based on the network’s coverage of President George W. Bush’s attempt to open up 2 million acres of federal…
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November 25, 2008
It may be a bizarre elixir for the current economic crisis, but Bloomberg Television has declared chocolate a potential cure.
On Bloomberg’s Nov. 25 “In Focus,” Bloomberg News correspondent Su…
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November 25, 2008
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) raced up nearly 500 points when word got out that New York Federal Reserve Bank President Tim Geithner would be named Secretary of the Treasury under President-elect Barack Obama. And, though the move…
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November 25, 2008
Liberals in Congress – and President-elect Barack Obama – have proposed federal investment in “green” technology to jump start the industry. But is it really necessary to spend taxpayers’ dollars on projects a private market…
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November 25, 2008
Free market solutions have become a radical suggestion in today’s trend of bloated government intervention.
Daniel Mitchell, senior fellow at The Cato Institute and a member of the Business…