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April 25, 2008
CNBC host Jim Cramer has added himself to a short list of broadcast journalists who are willing to connect food inflation to government-mandated use of ethanol, a gasoline additive made with corn.
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April 24, 2008
The April 23 "CBS Evening News" blamed turmoil in the housing markets for another crisis: a rise in the homeless population.
"The Anticos are leaving their Bradenton, Fla., home because they have to," CBS correspondent Kelly Cobiella said…
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April 24, 2008
CNBC reporter Erin Burnett offered a bit of perspective to hyped-up media reports of rice rationing in the United States on the April 24 NBC “Today” show, even blaming ethanol for actual rice shortages around the world.…
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April 24, 2008
Prices for groceries like corn, bread, meat, cheese and milk have been on the rise for American grocery shoppers. Food riots have broken out in third-world countries where the cost of food has left millions hungry.
But U.S. network news…
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April 23, 2008
It was a night filled with anti-corporate protests, anti-Bush comments, folk songs and the president of the Hip-Hop Caucus bellowing about America’s “illegal war” in Iraq. Welcome to the 2nd Annual “Climate Super Rally” featuring NASA’s Dr.…
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April 23, 2008
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to ‘abolish’ carbon usage and sees a direct comparison to the end of slavery.
According to Kennedy, “industry and government warnings” about avoiding “economic ruin…
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April 23, 2008
If you’re not too concerned about global warming, you’re probably a regular American. If you think, however, that it’s on par with World War II as a threat to the nation, you’re the managing editor of Time magazine.
Al Gore’s “We” ad…
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April 23, 2008
It’s not quite a newsflash that Mexico has a problem with gun-yielding drug smugglers. However, ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” had a distinctive take on the problem. ABC didn’t bash because there’s a law…
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April 23, 2008
Networks Ignore Government's Role in Ethanol-Driven
Global Food Crisis
Food inflation. Rioting. Shortages. The world is feeling the
effects of U.S. ethanol mandates,…
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April 23, 2008
(Editor's Note: this column was originally published on Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22, in CMI's newsletter, Culture Links. Click here to subscribe.)
It's Earth Day, the highest holy day of the year for practitioners of shoddy journalism.
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