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…
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April 25, 2008
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…
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April 25, 2008
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…
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April 25, 2008
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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April 24, 2008
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…
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April 24, 2008
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.…
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April 24, 2008
Prices for groceries like corn, bread, meat, cheese and milk have been on the rise for American grocery shoppers. Food riots have broken out in third-world countries where the cost of food has left millions hungry.
But U.S.…
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April 23, 2008
It was a night filled with anti-corporate protests, anti-Bush comments, folk songs and the president of the Hip-Hop Caucus bellowing about America’s “illegal war” in Iraq. Welcome to the 2nd Annual “Climate Super Rally” featuring NASA’s Dr…
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April 23, 2008
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to ‘abolish’ carbon usage and sees a direct comparison to the end of slavery.
According to Kennedy, “industry and government warnings” about…
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April 23, 2008
If you’re not too concerned about global warming, you’re probably a regular American. If you think, however, that it’s on par with World War II as a threat to the nation, you’re the managing editor of Time magazine.
Al Gore’s…
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April 23, 2008
It’s not quite a newsflash that Mexico has a problem with gun-yielding drug smugglers. However, ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” had a distinctive take on the problem. ABC didn’t bash because there’s a law…
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April 23, 2008
Networks Ignore Government's Role in Ethanol-Driven
Global Food Crisis
Food inflation. Rioting. Shortages. The world is feeling the
effects of U.S. ethanol mandates,…
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April 23, 2008
(Editor's Note: this column was originally published on Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22, in CMI's newsletter, Culture Links. Click here to subscribe.)
It's Earth Day, the highest holy day of the year for practitioners of shoddy journalism…
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April 22, 2008
Looking forward to “An Inconvenient Truth, Part II,” this time perhaps with a happier ending? Don’t get your hopes up.
Alison Lehrer, a spokeswoman for Paramount, the production company behind Al Gore’s Oscar-winning 2006 film…
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April 22, 2008
President George W. Bush’s days in the White House may be numbered, but that isn’t stopping the media from taking a few pot shots on the way out.
ABC’s April 21 “Nightline” reported on the increased cost of gasoline, but did…
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April 21, 2008
Time magazine continued to defend its manipulation of the classic Iwo Jima flag-raising photo – calling it a “point of view.” Managing Editor Richard Stengel said the cover art was part of the publication’s global warming…
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April 21, 2008
With record-high gas prices a hot issue for a lot of Americans, the demand for political action has been high during the 2008 presidential election cycle.
On April 15,…
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April 21, 2008
From carbon footprint calculators to electricity-free weddings, the media's promotion of anti-global warming hysteria is warming up with the approach of Earth Day on April 22.
ABC's Good Morning America was actually running a Countdown…
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April 19, 2008
Despite outcry from veterans and supporters of the military over the cover of Time’s April 21 issue, a spokesman for the magazine insists editors did nothing wrong.
The Business…
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April 18, 2008
Another network newscast and guess what – something else to be afraid of.
This time, it’s a “turf war.” ABC’s April 17 “World News with Charles Gibson” took a look at dangers…
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