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Well, it only took them nearly a year to tackle this breakdown journalistic ethics, but the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) took on a CBS “60 Minutes” segment that aired back in May 2009.

Nonetheless, an analysis by Martha M. Hamilton…

As procrastinators rush to beat the April 15 tax deadline and thousands rally at Tea Parties to oppose out of control government spending, politicians and the national news media are mulling the possibility of a new European-style national sales…

Networks Fail to Report VAT Tax Since Volcker Call for Tax Increases  As taxpayers rush to beat the IRS deadline, a new tax is rumored to be coming…

Back in 2008, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich caught a lot of heat for participating in Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection advertising campaign in a TV commercial with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. He has since defended his…

A little over a year ago, President Obama signed into law the $787-billion stimulus legislation that was supposed to prevent the unemployment rate from exceeding 8 percent. And although the unemployment has receded some from its high, it’s still…

Liberal commentator Nancy Skinner conceded there is one issue the right is right on – the value-added tax (VAT) is an absurd idea.

Skinner who is a regular guest on the Fox Business Network, stated April 7 that the VAT will do absolutely…

Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader, has moved on from the health care debate and found a new oppressed, downtrodden minority: student loan recipients. And naturally, the Huffington Post was happy to afford “the Reverend” a platform for his…

Once upon a time, liberals didn’t much like Ronald Reagan – his policies, his ideology or even just because they thought he was a lousy executive and an “amiable dunce.”

"The Tower commission did not find Reagan a lousy orator; they found…

Here’s a largely unreported story: Stuffed inside the health care reform bill is a measure summarily throwing private lending institutions out of the college loan business. That business is being taken over by the federal government, with…

It’s a simple law of economics, right?  If there’s a demand for a certain service or good, that business has a strong shot at thriving. Since the now-defunct Air America shut down for the last time earlier this year, the casual observer must…

Many – too many – red-blooded American boys grow up on Japanese video-game systems from Sony and Nintendo. Their cultural interests can extend into Japanese cartoons (“anime”) and some even discover Japanese pornographic cartoons (“hentai”). How…

The “obesity epidemic” is the fault of poor individual choices and sedentary lifestyles, but in the news, blame typically falls on companies, rather than on the individual. CNN has attacked grocer stores, restaurants and food manufacturers for…

Throughout General Electric’s holding off NBC Universal, GE was criticized for using its media arm to promote its own interests through the political process. However, now that Comcast is entering the final stages of merging with NBC Universal,…

CNN Still Hungry for Food Rules, Eats Up Oliver's Call for Billions for School Lunch 'Revolution'  Cable network continues its pro-regulation,…

“The View” co-host Joy Behar isn't known for being the most graceful person, but for whatever reason she has managed to land her own cable news show and is a sought after personality for shows like NBC's “Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”

On…

Since Obama’s health care legislation has been signed into law, the media have been in overdrive about the backlash – whether it’s been former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s “reload” metaphor “targeting” certain congressional districts or how…

Former Red Sox pitcher and baseball legend Curt Schilling is finding out that starting a small business in the state of Massachusetts is a challenging proposition.

Schilling and wife Shonda were interviewed on Fox Business Network’s “…

With March unemployment data to be released April 2, some are anticipating what potentially lower jobless numbers will all mean for the financial markets and the economy as a whole. However, that data will come with the caveat that it will be…

29 March 2010

Editor, The New York Times

620 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

To the Editor:

Paul Krugman writes that "we used to have a workable system for avoiding financial crises, resting on a…

The media love to make predictions about global warming and climate change and National Geographic was no exception.

On March 24, Ker Than argued in National Geographic that “Global warming could make the world a more violent place,…