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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…

Kelly Brown | June 9, 2008

     Both ABC’s “Good Morning America” and NBC’s “Today” highlighted high gas prices, the unemployment rate and the stock market’s June 6 drop on the June 9 shows. And both suggested government intervention was needed to “help” the economy.…

Jeff Poor | June 9, 2008

     This time of year, global warming activists have another way to frighten the public – using steamy weather to suggest human greenhouse gas emissions are worsening a heat wave.

     Stanford University professor Dr. Stephen…

Jeff Poor | June 6, 2008

    In the 1960s, one of the key rallying points that led to the organization of the modern liberal movement was resistance to the military draft and the Vietnam War.

 

    But Jeremy Scahill, a…

Julia A. Seymour | June 6, 2008

     It’s as if the media look for other people to blame for consumers’ financial irresponsibility. CNN “American Morning” found yet another business to blame for people’s credit card debt in its June 6 broadcast.

Kelly Brown | June 6, 2008

     How much does it cost you to breathe? For asthmatics, the price will be going way up because of a 2005 federal mandate and a treaty to protect the ozone layer.

     CBS “The Early Show” reporter Maggie Rodriguez discussed the “…

Jeff Poor | June 6, 2008

      In early trading on June 6, the price of a barrel of oil rose $6 and was holding steady at near-record highs in excess of $133. According to CNBC contributor John Kilduff, a high-ranking Israeli official caused the…