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     Don’t expect to hear this reported on the your evening newscast, but according to new data, sea ice levels in the Southern Hemisphere are at 25-year highs.

     “On a global basis…

      Arianna Huffington, a pioneer of and cheerleader for the new media has abandoned traditional media standards.

      Huffington, editor-in-chief and co-founder of The HuffingtonPost Web site, said that listening to both sides for a…

     With food inflation growing at an ever-increasing rate, things may be bad. But they aren’t as bad as the “CBS Evening News” made them seem.

     Even with the…

     Weathermen can be wrong, and so can economic forecasts.

     The Labor Department reported May 2 that there were 20,000 jobs lost in April and the national unemployment rate fell to 5 percent from 5.1 percent the month before. But…

     The landscape of the American media is weakening because of a stronger international media, according to Newsweek’s senior Washington correspondent Howard Fineman.

     “What’s happening in the media is that it’s being globalized…

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     Who would refuse a tax break and lower gas prices?

     Maybe ABC News. The April 30 “World News with Charles Gibson” could not find a single reason to support a “holiday” on the…

     If you haven’t had your fill of global warming alarm, there could be even more coming to the Internet.

    Dr. Heidi Cullen, The Weather Channel’s “climate expert,” according to Weather.…

     They may not have food to put on their tables, but at least Cuban citizens can text message about it now.

     CBS’s “Early Show” gave a fairly glowing report from the May Day celebration in Havana, Cuba, May 1, on changes Cuban…

     When the federal government announced April 30 that the economy grew in the first quarter of 2008, members of the media scrambled to find bad news to report. The NBC “Nightly News” found the Craigslist Indicator.

     “Even though…

     Think traffic in southern California is bad now? We haven’t seen anything yet, according to National Public Radio President Kevin Klose.

     Klose was a panelist at the forum “Covering a Changing Climate: The Media Challenge” held…

     Coal. It's a four-letter curse word according to environmentalists and much of the news media. According to them, it is the "dirtiest fuel on earth" and is a bad choice even when more power is a necessity. It’s also the source of half the…

     It’s been 10 years since the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke. But the way it broke changed the way the news cycle functioned and has had a profound impact on the business of media.

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     After lobbying hard for the government to intervene in an economic slowdown, some in the media are now questioning whether the federal economic stimulus package is enough.

     “CBS Evening News” anchor Katie Couric warned viewers…

     The current food shortage is going to get worse before it gets better – at least that’s the way the founder of CNN sees it.

     Ted Turner was interviewed by CNBC’s Bob Pisani on the April 25 “Closing Bell.” He addressed the…

     In response to the cover of the April 28 issue Time magazine, the Media Research Center (MRC) launched a petition that condemned the use of the iconic Iwo Jima photo as a global warming prop.

    More than 33,000 signatures were…

     CNBC host Jim Cramer has added himself to a short list of broadcast journalists who are willing to connect food inflation to government-mandated use of ethanol, a gasoline additive made with corn.

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     The April 23 "CBS Evening News" blamed turmoil in the housing markets for another crisis: a rise in the homeless population.

     "The Anticos are leaving their Bradenton, Fla., home because they have to," CBS correspondent Kelly…

     CNBC reporter Erin Burnett offered a bit of perspective to hyped-up media reports of rice rationing in the United States on the April 24 NBC “Today” show, even blaming ethanol for actual rice shortages around the world.…