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Jeff Poor | May 13, 2008

      Global warming alarmists have frequently attributed extreme weather incidents to manmade global warming, but an NBC Weatherplus.com meteorologist burst “Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams’s bubble May 12 when he said recent tornadoes are…

Jeff Poor | May 12, 2008

     Is the food industry trying to pull a fast one on you? According to the “CBS Evening News,” they are. The May 11 broadcast featured a segment suggesting there might be a hidden threat grocery stores don’t want the public to know about.…

Rachel Waters | May 12, 2008

     As if record-high gas prices weren’t enough, CNN’s “Your $$$$$” speculated about “what if” oil were to spike to $200 a barrel.

 

     “Well, if you think it is bad now, it could get…

Nathan Burchfiel | May 12, 2008

     When faced with the tragic consequences of unethical business practices, the media are quick to project the problem on an entire industry, then run to the government for help. NBC’s “Today” show exemplified the approach…

Jeff Poor | May 12, 2008

     The headline for the poll may as well have read “Vote Yes to Save PBS,” but the editors at Parade magazine didn’t go quite that far.

 

      A poll on Parade’s Web site posted on…

Jeff Poor | May 12, 2008

     Using tragedy to advance an agenda has been a strategy for many global warming activists, and it was just a matter of time before someone found a way to tie the recent Myanmar cyclone to global warming.

 

Nathan Burchfiel | May 9, 2008

     Presenting a writer with no scientific background as an expert on food and nutrition might not seem like a prudent editorial decision for a major network newscast, but ABC’s “Nightline” did it anyway.

 

Jeff Poor | May 9, 2008

     Professional journalism ethics suggest reporters should avoid conflicts of interest and, well, be accurate. Maybe Mortimer Zuckerman didn’t get that memo. Zuckerman said he couldn’t make political contributions – when he’…

Robert Knight | May 9, 2008

Did you know that planting a tree won't save the earth?

You've got to plant 483 trees just to offset your household's carbon footprint. And that's just for two people.

We know this because the Washington Post Home section on…

Jeff Poor | May 8, 2008

      Imagine a threat facing the United States that is the equivalent of the German Nazis and Japanese Imperialists. According to Dr. Stephen Leeb, an economist for Leeb Capital Management, that threat is already here.

      Leeb…

Jeff Poor | May 8, 2008

      You would think that after admitting to plagiarizing on two separate occasions, The New York Times and its reporter, Alexei Barrionuevo, would be more careful with what they put into print.

 

Paul Detrick | May 8, 2008

     Despite major flaws of the air traffic control system, failures to conduct safety reviews and other problems The New York Times called the Federal Aviation Administration a “first-rate regulator” on May 8.

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Jeff Poor | May 8, 2008

     If it isn’t another heartbreaking victim story about a homeowner who got in over their head with a mortgage they couldn’t afford; the media look for someone to blame for the housing downturn.

 

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Nathan Burchfiel | May 8, 2008

     Eighty people in a Vermont town will soon be out of a job and residents will have lost access to a wide selection of less expensive hardware. NBC calls that a “great story.”

 

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Jeff Poor | May 7, 2008

     If it bleeds, it leads. But if it doesn’t bleed, just pretend it does.

     That might have been what NBC correspondent Tom Costello was doing when seeking expert commentary on a segment about record-high oil prices and a Goldman…

BMI Staff | May 7, 2008
Polar Bear Scare Could Maul Energy Production Just how endangered are polar bears? The U.S. Department of the Interior must decide that by May 15…
Jeff Poor | May 7, 2008

     It’s not quite champagne wishes or caviar dreams, but supermodel-turned-mommy Cindy Crawford is now offering tips on how to live a more environmentally conscious life.

     Crawford appeared on ABC’s May 7 “Good Morning America”…

Nathan Burchfiel | May 7, 2008

     He’s on the cover of magazines like Time and Vanity Fair and appears on TV regularly as the image of the environmental movement. Now the polar bear could be pounding a path to your door.

     Under pressure from environmentalists,…

Nathan Burchfiel | May 7, 2008

     It’s doubtful John Lennon had profit entirely in mind when he staged a “bed-in” protest of war in Montreal in 1969 and recorded the infamous peace movement anthem “Give Peace a Chance.” But that’s what one witness to the occasion has in…

Jeff Poor | May 6, 2008

     Now that legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Senate to open up a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for oil exploration, ABC’s “Good Morning America” went live on location to show the “untouched…