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July 19, 2006
A think tank with ties to liberal financier George Soros was called simply as “nonprofit” in a recent New York Times article on privatized prisons.
“The increasing privatization of immigration…
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July 19, 2006
It hasn’t been long since the cowboy was the defining image of America – to friends and enemies alike. The cowboy stood strong and tall – always willing to fight for a good cause. And where he stood, he stood for something important, something…
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July 19, 2006
Oil speculators are staying busy these days, and they’re not just on the trading floor. They’re active at all three broadcast news networks, helping to hype oil prices even higher than…
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July 19, 2006
Networks
Include Fear Premium in Oil Coverage
Journalists and oil traders have been
quick to warn viewers that $4 gas is coming. Oil might rise to $100 a…
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July 19, 2006
Washington Post food writer Candy Sagon gave a sour assessment of her grocery store quandaries in her July 19 article “Is There Anything Left That We Can Eat?”
Sagon’s latest story was somewhat…
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July 18, 2006
Greedy drug companies are making a killing off the medicine cabinets of the poor, complained New York Times correspondent Milt Freudenheim in his July 18 article “A Windfall from Shifts to Medicare.”
Yet while the Times reporter reminded…
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July 17, 2006
Al Gore may have rubbed elbows with some of the world’s most prominent leaders, but he looked awkward in staged photos as cover boy in the July 14 issue of Entertainment Weekly. He appeared denim jacketed in the hot desert…
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July 17, 2006
Global warming may doom the Napa Valley, CBS News warned its July 12 “Evening News” audience. Yet correspondent John Blackstone excluded any scientists, including those who otherwise believe in man-made global warming, who…
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July 17, 2006
The Washington Post has produced evidence that journalists influence the way the public views the economy.
The paper sponsored “a survey-based experiment” of “more than 2,500 online respondents” who were “shown a brief news clip before…
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July 14, 2006
ABC, CBS and NBC alarmed viewers of their July 13 evening newscasts with stories about “record” oil prices due to tensions in the Middle East. While the newscasts informed viewers about global political problems impacting…