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October 9, 2008
As one of CNBC’s star personalities, “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer has often appeared on the financial cable network’s parent channel, NBC – and has had an even more prominent role during the global financial crisis.
Cramer made an…
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October 9, 2008
The media in the hip pocket of big oil and coal? Sounds like an outrageous claim given how much those industries get blasted on the networks. But that’s just what the CEO of the Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection’s “…
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October 8, 2008
The financial system has been the damsel in distress of the U.S. economy for weeks, and according to the media only one hero could save her: the government and its $700 billion “rescue package.”
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October 8, 2008
Media Endorse $700 Billion Economic 'Rescue'
The
financial system has been the damsel in distress of the U.S.
economy for weeks, and…
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October 8, 2008
On the day when former American International Group Inc. (AIG) executives testified before the House Oversight Committee, reports surfaced that the company spent $440,000 on a retreat for independent agents. The trip occurred after the $85-…
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October 8, 2008
The broadcast networks have certainly backed liberal economic policies promoted by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. But on CNBC Oct. 8, the network’s on-air editor declared the policies “absurd” and that…
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October 8, 2008
In his 1961 inaugural address, President John F. Kennedy said, “Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.” CBS must have forgotten that is the role of government – not mandates. …
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October 8, 2008
Ludwig von Mises in a classic 1927 book, Liberalism, wrote that government intervention in markets would lead inevitably to unintended consequences that resulted in further government intervention.
The current financial difficulties are…
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October 7, 2008
Earlier this year, many voices in the media were warning for the worst when it came to the price of oil as economic uncertainty loomed ahead. One analyst even predicted in May that oil would hit $300 a barrel.
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October 7, 2008
If you’re going to hype something, you should get it right. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) fell below 10,000 on Oct. 6 for the first time in nearly four years, but the close seems like it hit a decade low to some…