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December 3, 2008
The network broadcast media have generally ignored or downplayed the role of unions in establishing bad business models for the Big Three U.S. automakers. But NBC’s “Today” show bucked the trend Dec. 3 with an honest report about how union contracts…
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December 3, 2008
“A trillion here, a trillion there and soon you’re talking about real money.”
That’s New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman’s philosophy about government…
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December 3, 2008
Networks Darken 'Black Friday'
Leading
up to the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season, the
media billed the day as a barometer for the season. But when
sales…
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December 3, 2008
Editor, The Wall Street Journal
200 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10281
To the Editor:
Detroit auto executives persistently plead for Uncle Sam to bail them out – in part from the consequences of regulatory burdens that Uncle Sam himself imposed ("…
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December 3, 2008
When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks, Wall Street listens – and investors should beware. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) has lost nearly 2,300 points on days he has spoken, including three of the worst point losses ever…
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December 3, 2008
As a group, broadcast network journalists are incredibly adaptable. When their grim prophecies refuse to fulfill themselves, they persevere and find the clouds in the silver linings.
In the…
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December 2, 2008
It may have been nothing but a publicity stunt, but it didn’t come cheap for Ford Motor Company CEO Alan R. Mulally.
After being embarrassed in front of a congressional committee for flying in…
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December 2, 2008
Editor, USA Today
Dear Editor:
Your editorial headlined “Our view on Black Friday: Is your cashier cranky? Big Brother may be watching” (Nov. 28) caused me to think that government is using private retailers to snoop on citizens. But no: you're…
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December 2, 2008
Give the auto companies billions of dollars or Americans will all be lining up for soup.
At least that was the warning from the mayor of Lansing, Mich. “You know this is a sure prescription to…
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December 2, 2008
Editor, The New York Times
229 West 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
To the Editor:
Bob Herbert wants President Obama to "begin addressing on day one the interests of those who are not rich and who have not had the ear of those in power" ( "A Team of…