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Dan Gainor | August 21, 2008

     It is a matter of liberal orthodoxy that abortion is all about choice.      Nothing could be further from the truth.     Liberals support choice when it’s choice they agree with. The second that changes, they call for government mandates. No…

Paul Detrick | August 21, 2008

     CNN’s “American Morning” pointed out that high gas prices were the reason ridership on Amtrak was up 14 percent and then pushed for more funding for the government-sponsored program through a recent Senate proposal.

Jeff Poor | August 21, 2008

     It’s better late than never. Now that a government takeover of government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has been declared “inevitable,” the media are beginning to realize the GSEs were a bad idea…

Nathan Burchfiel | August 20, 2008

     The fake couple famous for opposing universal health care is back and has changed their tune. The network news media couldn’t be happier.

 

     “They’re back: Harry and Louise,…

Nathan Burchfiel | August 20, 2008

     The media love when the government steps in to solve a problem. Journalists champion regulations on vehicle fuel standards, oil company profits, housing, food labeling and a host of other issues.

 

BMI Staff | August 20, 2008
The Nanny State Diaries From trans fat to plastic grocery bag bans, the media often take the side of the government making decisions for…
Dan Gainor | August 20, 2008

     When is an increase in consumer confidence bad news? When ABC reports it.

 

     Network anchor George Stephanopoulos led off the August 19 "World News" with this gloom-and-doom…

Jeff Poor | August 20, 2008

     Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines a disaster as “a sudden calamitous event bringing great damage, loss or destruction.”

     Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama used it to describe one…

Jeff Poor | August 19, 2008

     CBS News finally found a reason to praise one company for oil speculation, despite past criticism of the practice.

 

     As oil climbed toward its record high over $147 a barrel in…

Jeff Poor | August 18, 2008

     As oil hit a record of more than $147 a barrel on July 11, the media made a game of trying to determine the root cause by focusing on the minutia and not on economics – specifically supply and demand according to one…

Jeff Poor | August 18, 2008

     What’s 19 billion barrels of oil between friends?

 

     CNNMoney.com writer Steve Hargreaves underestimated the amount of oil available in currently untapped offshore sites by 19…

Jeff Poor | August 15, 2008

     The NBC family of networks has no problem showing viewers how to save the planet. But if it is a muggy, smoggy 85 degrees, as is the forecast for Beijing this week, consider looking elsewhere for eco-inspiration.

Jeff Poor | August 15, 2008

     For the second day in a row, CNBC “Squawk Box” fill-in anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera championed the notion that an economy unfettered from taxation is the best policy.

      Caruso-Cabrera and co-anchor Joe Kernan interviewed…

Kristen Fyfe | August 15, 2008

Here are two seemingly unrelated facts:

1. Comedienne Ellen DeGeneres and her girlfriend Portia de Rossi will get married in California this weekend.

2. One of the platform planks for the Democrats at this year's convention…

Jeff Poor | August 14, 2008

     Anytime a journalist invokes the name of the late economist Milton Friedman, and doesn’t bash him, it is worthy of praise.

     CNBC “Squawk Box” fill-in co-host Michelle Caruso-Cabrera did just that. The comment came in an…

Jeff Poor | August 14, 2008

     Perhaps Charles Gibson was trying to vent on behalf of Americans paying higher prices at the pump. In an interview about record oil company profits August 13 on “World News,” Gibson pressed ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson on…

Jeff Poor | August 13, 2008

     The economic downturn has even affected the prettiest people – or those who aspire to be, according to CNN’s “American Morning” August 13.

 

     “With people cutting corners – there’…

Dan Gainor | August 13, 2008
     “Welcome to the four-day working week,” with apologies to Elvis Costello. That’s right, the four-day work week has arrived – at least according to the media and assorted politicians.     High gas prices have given way to a new kind of highway…

     It is not unusual for nations hosting the Olympic Games to orchestrate a false charm for visiting athletes and spectators, and most of all for the media. This typically extends to covering up graffiti and chasing the homeless from the…

BMI Staff | August 13, 2008
Network News Barely Considers Nuclear Option Nuclear energy is a hot debate on the campaign trail today, but the network media dont have…