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February 23, 2007
New fuel-economy ratings that will take effect in 2008 will lower miles per gallon estimates for certain hybrid cars by 10 to 20 percent, according to USA Today.
“Toyota’s Prius, best-known and best-selling gas-electric car in the USA,…
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February 23, 2007
Some people make more money than others. To hear the media tell it, that’s a huge problem and it’s time to do something about it.
“Rising inequality – the growing gap between the rich and everyone else – is often cited as a primary cause…
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February 22, 2007
What’s hurting America’s kids? Tax cuts.
That was the conclusion of one study by a liberal policy group, Every Child Matters. And a February 22 Marketplace segment by American Public Media reported it without question. American Public…
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February 22, 2007
“Just $15 a day.”
By using that phrase, CBS “Evening News” spun a February 21 story about “progressive” corporations providing assistance to employees trying to take care of mom and dad.
“Freddie Mac provides emergency elder home…
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February 22, 2007
CNN’s “American Morning” jolted its viewers awake with a series of stories on caffeine that emphasized government regulation and threw in some good old-fashioned misreporting.
The bulk of the February 22 caffeinated coverage was devoted…
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February 21, 2007
Rich
Man, Poor Man
My boss makes more money than I do.
Is that fair? BMI takes a look at income inequality, an issue the media
cant leave alone. President…
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February 21, 2007
I’m an American, and I believe passionately in freedom. I believe in the individual pursuit of happiness. So it troubles me when my president wants to take that away and starts sounding like a socialist.
In a socialist society, no one…
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February 20, 2007
Five days ago, Diane Sawyer promised viewers they could wake up to ABC’s morning program to find her and her colleagues “taking your case” to insurance companies “and getting answers” about unresolved Hurricane Katrina…
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February 19, 2007
A new study by the Autism Genome Project (AGP) chalks up the disease’s primary cause to genetics, not environmental pollution, ABC’s Bill Blakemore reported on the February 18 “World News.” But in 2005, media outlets including ABC showcased an…
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February 19, 2007
CNN’s “In the Money” crew placed the blame on corporate America for a lack of diversity in the workplace in its February 17 show, saying businesses have a long way to go on something “so simple.”
The segment featured two African-American…