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July 7, 2006
“It’s a financial storm without a shelter in sight,” reporter Mark Strassmann blustered on the July 6 “Evening News.” “Up and down its coast, Florida has an insurance crisis,”…
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July 6, 2006
Thousands of people may lose their jobs in a seaside resort town in New Jersey, thanks to a Democratic governor’s insistence on raising taxes. But CBS News left out the role tax hikes and wasteful spending played in its…
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July 5, 2006
Hollywood usually gets a pass from the media’s participation in promoting class envy, but NBC’s Michael Okwu found a way to attack A-list Hollywood celebrities: their voiceover work for TV commercials. …
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July 5, 2006
Ah, the Fourth of July. Time for fireworks, barbeques … and stern lectures from the food police?
CNN’s Independence Day edition of “American Morning” gave viewers a condescending sermon…
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June 30, 2006
The U.S. economy didn’t grow as strongly as the government first thought this winter. It did far better.
But of the three broadcast evening news programs on June 29, only the CBS “Evening News” picked up on the story. And CBS soured it…
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June 29, 2006
A June 27 Associated Press article titled “Scientists OK Gore’s Movie for Accuracy” might as well be titled “Gore Supporters Support Gore.”
The AP claimed to “have contacted more than 100 top…
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June 29, 2006
Detroit is finally wising up about its cars. It’s taking a smaller-is-better cue from Europe, CBS told viewers of the June 28 “Evening News.”
But reporter John Blackstone’s take on DaimlerChrysler’s…
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June 28, 2006
TV journalists have been warning of “stagflation,” a bursting housing bubble, and even “recession,” but consumers are far more confident about the economy than journalists.
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June 28, 2006
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June 28, 2006
They wanted to sue over sodas in school, they even complained about 2 percent milk, and now they’re after fruit juices. But to the Washington Post, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is just another health-…