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Jeff Poor | June 16, 2008

     With gas prices topping $4 a gallon and the idea of tapping into oil under the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge or the Outer Continental Shelf becoming more popular, liberal members of Congress are changing the basis for…

Jeff Poor | June 13, 2008

     Another mainstream media outlet is taking another stab at solving high gas prices.

 

     The latest incarnation appeared in the June 13 USA Today – evaluating what could be done…

Amy Menefee | June 13, 2008

     In case there was any doubt left about how CBS’s Dave Price feels about “going green,” he told viewers June 13 that it’s the “right way” to live.

      “It is remarkable – you know, you can insulate your house, you can paint your…

Jeff Poor | June 13, 2008

     Wouldn’t it be nice to know how members of the White House press corps voted in the last presidential election in order to know where they’re coming from in their reporting?

 

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Jeff Poor | June 12, 2008

     As gas prices increase, Congress is feeling more and more pressures from its constituencies to explore for oil in areas that are off-limits, including the Outer Continental Shelf and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).

Amy Menefee | June 12, 2008

     A foreign bid for the beloved Bud had “Good Morning America” fearmongering about international trade June 12.

     For analysis of what an Anheuser-Busch buyout could mean, the ABC crew didn’t turn to a businessman or even to a…

Dan Gainor | June 12, 2008

     Science fiction often suggests “The future is now.” ABC has taken that to heart and gone from reporting the news to predicting the future.

     Working with left-wing activists, the network is warning people that civilization is…

Jeff Poor | June 12, 2008

     U.S. corn futures topped out at record highs on June 11 on the news that the impact of flooding in the Midwest would hurt this year’s corn crop.

 

      “[A]gricultural disaster…

Jeff Poor | June 11, 2008

      If you’re an oil executive or just drive a car, you have to be especially concerned about Sen. Barbara Boxer’s (D-Calif.) feelings about oil companies.

     Although a global warming/cap-and-trade bill that she co-sponsored –…

Kelly Brown | June 11, 2008

     When credit card companies “just make it so easy,” people become addicted to debt. That’s what “Good Morning America” reported on the June 11 show.  

 

     “With the increased…

Kelly Brown | June 11, 2008

    Ed McMahon has gone from spokesman for a sweepstakes company to spokesman for foreclosure victims. McMahon and his mansion have been in the news because he is “the latest celebrity to fall victim to the housing crisis,” said…

BMI Staff | June 11, 2008
Global Warming Alarmists Like High Gas Prices No one likes paying $4 a gallon for gas, right? Wrong. There are those in the media, Congress and activist groups who want to see…
Nathan Burchfiel | June 11, 2008

     Gas has finally hit $4 a gallon. Most Americans are upset about the cost, but to some journalists, environmental activists and politicians, high gas prices are good news.

     Even though the media have complained about “sky-high”…

Jeff Poor | June 11, 2008

     In a continued search for someone to blame for inflation – specifically higher commodity prices – the media have decided to go after speculators, who perform a vital and perfectly legal function in the free market.

Robert Knight | June 11, 2008

Usually, when a journalist is censored in a Western nation, American news organizations respond with collective outrage.

But as a major attack on press freedom unfolds in Canada, America's mainstream media are silent. Neither the TV…

Kelly Brown | June 10, 2008

     Are people's financial burdens stressing them to the point where they might kill themselves? ABC warned that they could be.

     “Good Morning America” did a segment titled “Recession Depression” on June 10. Reporter Chris Cuomo…

Jeff Poor | June 10, 2008

     When a high-ranking U.S. senator sounds more like Karl Marx than Adam Smith over the issue of energy prices, it must be an election year.

     Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd, the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, appeared on…

Jeff Poor | June 10, 2008

     The June 9 NBC “Nightly News” broadcast continued an all-out media assault on home lenders, which are suffering in an industry ailing from subprime mortgages gone bad. Correspondent Lisa Myers criticized one lender,…

Brian Fitzpatrick | June 10, 2008

Thank God for the alternative media.

Unlike the big newspapers and TV networks, small conservative online news sites are reporting the growing threat posed to religious liberty by the burgeoning homosexual rights movement.

Two…

Jeff Poor | June 9, 2008

     It’s not exactly a longing for the days of disco and bell-bottoms, but the June 8 “NBC Nightly News” warned of scenario that was notorious during the late 1970s.

     CNBC senior economics reporter Steve Liesman warned viewers of…