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November 16, 2006
The same day the federal government opened re-enrollment for a costly drug benefit, Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) expanded its $4-generic drug plan and another competitor announced it would offer generic drugs for the same price.…
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November 15, 2006
It’s Congress’s money, but thankfully for the middle class, the Democrats will let you keep a bit more of it while raising taxes on “the rich” elsewhere. That was the message to CBS correspondent Sharyl Attkisson’s look at…
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November 15, 2006
Like claims the U.S. was responsible for 9/11 and Republicans were fixing gas prices, the media promoted the left-wing electronic vote-rigging conspiracy.
Now that the votes have been cast and…
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November 15, 2006
Don’t eat that! It doesn’t even matter what it is, somewhere someone on network news shows is probably telling you it’s “bad for you.”
If you believe them, almost everything meets that requirement. Caffeine. Sugar. Cereal. Meat. Alcohol.…
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November 15, 2006
Electronic
Voting: The Catastrophe that Wasnt
Since the 2004 election, the media have been buzzing
about Diebold, maker of electronic voting machines, and warning that the…
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November 14, 2006
Driving headlong into a favorite media bogeyman, the sport utility vehicle (SUV), CNN’s November 14 edition of “American Morning” hyped the danger of death and injury to children from vehicle backup accidents while weaving around…
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November 13, 2006
To quote the Randy Newman song, short people “got little noses and tiny little teeth.” According to the November 13 USA Today, that might be “a disability” – and a costly one at that.
Reporter Rita Rubin’s big story on little people was…
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November 13, 2006
The Washington Post came up with a new code phrase for rent control – “reasonably priced housing.”
In an article bemoaning the potential “loss of middle-income housing – and people” in…
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November 9, 2006
Voters in six states chose to increase the minimum wage on November 7, and CNN’s Lou Dobbs took the opportunity to tell business and conservative groups to wise up on the issue.
Calling out the…
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November 8, 2006
Media:
U.S. Should Throw Billions of Dollars at Global Warming
Back in 1997, the Senate resoundingly said the U.S.
wasnt interested in any emissions-cutting…