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     It’s 2008. More than 80 percent of Americans have cell phones; many others have video game consoles, and the iPod is seemingly ubiquitous.

     Yet the news media insist that…

     A simple, “Oops, we were wrong – things weren’t as bad as we predicted,” would have sufficed. But that would have meant straying from the message that everything is bad with the American economy.

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     Have you noticed that the media largely fail to connect the dots between related events?

     In all the reporting on the auto industry’s ills, little is said about the government as the chief cause. Politicians holler at auto…

     The best defense, the saying goes, is a good offense. In the case of the Big Three automakers, their offense is defense. Chrysler, GM and Ford are pushing for a $25-billion bridge loan by claiming the collapse of their industry would harm…

     It looks like journalists are adopting the Chris Matthews philosophy of covering the transition into President-elect Barack Obama’s administration: don’t rock the boat.

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     Now that the government has assumed the role of economic planner with various bailout packages and stimulus plans, experts are predicting a federal budget deficit of $1 trillion.

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     Although NBC Universal’s “Green Week” ended days ago, a viewer could be forgiven for thinking it’s still underway based on the network’s coverage of President George W. Bush’s attempt to open up 2 million acres of federal…

     It may be a bizarre elixir for the current economic crisis, but Bloomberg Television has declared chocolate a potential cure.

     On Bloomberg’s Nov. 25 “In Focus,” Bloomberg News…

     The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) raced up nearly 500 points when word got out that New York Federal Reserve Bank President Tim Geithner would be named Secretary of the Treasury under President-elect Barack Obama. And, though the move…

     Liberals in Congress – and President-elect Barack Obama – have proposed federal investment in “green” technology to jump start the industry. But is it really necessary to spend taxpayers’ dollars on projects a private…

     Free market solutions have become a radical suggestion in today’s trend of bloated government intervention.

     Daniel Mitchell, senior fellow at The Cato Institute and a member of the Business…

     There’s no such thing as a free lunch. The government’s continued bailouts for the private sector risk losing the “free” part of the free market system, according to CNN Chief Business Correspondent Ali Velshi.

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Editor, The Wall Street Journal

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New York, NY 10281

To the Editor:

Arthur Bowring is correct that pirates raise costs to consumers ("The Price of Piracy," November 25).  Having to confront…

     Perhaps in the wake of the election, all the nation’s free market economists took a page from Hollywood liberals’ book and left the country because they didn’t like the results. That would explain why the network news…

     Common sense dictates that executives shouldn’t fly on private jets to plead for taxpayer money in Washington. Journalistic sense dictates that reporters should report the facts, rather than engaging in populist…

     If you watch television, you’ve almost certainly heard of the damage your “carbon footprint” supposedly does to the environment. NBC’s “Today” show took the metaphor a step further Nov. 21 by warning viewers about their “water footprint.”…

     Is unionized labor a sacred cow for the media?

     Both “NBC Nightly News” and “CBS Evening News” ran segments on their Nov. 20 broadcasts about how foreign automakers are faring…

     U.S. monetary policy does have consequences. Regardless of the current rally, and despite government intervention, the value of the U.S. dollar is still at stake, according to one investing expert.

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Editor, The Boston Globe

Dear Editor:

Dan Wasserman's cartoon today depicts countless gloomy Santa Clauses queued up before a "Unemployment Benefits" office.  2008 will indeed be a sad year for shopping-mall Santas, but other…