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     One man’s pork spending is another’s “relative bargain.” That’s how a CBS reporter views it.

     The April 15 “CBS Evening News” observed Tax Day by exploring how federal tax dollars are spent, but what they chose to highlight was…

     The only presidential candidate with an economic plan that even remotely resembles a pro-growth, low taxation platform just can’t escape populist scrutiny from the media.

     GOP presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain’s path to…

     First she wanted no more cancelled flights. Now Meredith Vieira’s asking for a “guarantee” against higher airfares.

     Unfortunately, despite her $10-million annual salary,…

     It takes a big man to admit he’s wrong, but as a columnist for one of the nation’s top newspapers, Paul Krugman shouldn’t have been wrong in the first place.

    Krugman’s April 11 New…

     The big bad scary airline merger – it’s the way the media have portrayed the announced merger between Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines.

     Each of the three networks gave…

     Reports about people who are in trouble with their home mortgages have been common on news broadcasts in recent weeks. Often the borrower is portrayed as the victim and the lender is vilified.

     However, the April 14 edition of…

     One might think in the free market of ideas, increased competition would inspire more innovation, leading to more and better choices for the consumer.

     Roger Mudd, a former “…

     As riots over food shortages are breaking out in Haiti, Egypt and other parts of Africa, the media are looking for a culprit. ABC’s April 10 “World News with Charles Gibson” identified one culprit of this global strife:…

     George Soros has made doom-and-gloom predictions for the U.S. economy – again. Naturally, it resulted in the New York Times dubbing him a “prophet.”

     Soros recently released a new book in which he predicted impending financial…

     Will there always be print newspapers? The editor of The Washington Post said he thought so, though others might think he's in denial.

     In November 2007, former “NBC Nightly…

     One would think Wal-Mart might catch a break from the media, thanks to its recent environmental initiatives and in-store price cuts aimed at helping consumers. But that’s not the case.

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     As evening and morning news broadcasts showed video of angry air travelers lashing out at American Airlines for canceling thousands of flights, at least one show finally revealed the true culprit: the Federal Aviation…

     First the media tell you plastic water bottles are bad for the environment, so they encourage you to drink tap water in reusable containers. Now some of those reusable containers aren’t safe.

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     Soccer moms are trading in Tupperware parties for “Green” parties, according to the NBC “Today” show. But one of the results is a driveway full of gas-guzzling, carbon-emitting SUVs!

     “From the plants in her garden to the…

     Since the beginning of 2008, the three broadcast networks have reported on a British Airways crash at London’s Heathrow Airport, pilots falling asleep on a Go! Airlines flight in Hawaii, the in-air death of an…

     Candidates for president of the United States are being judged on their “plans” for the economy, health care, retirement, housing, etc.

     However, in 1920 the renowned Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises published “Socialism,”…

     The old-school legacy newspapers are having a hard time making it today as the Internet has brought fierce competition and advertising dollars are drying up.

     But Michael Phelps…

     The transformation of the news business might be taking its first big-name casualty soon.

     The April 8 New York Times reported network-giant CBS is in negotiations with CNN to…

     It’s an epic debate for the environmentally conscious – the tree versus the solar panel. Which does more for the environment?

     The debate found a battleground in California, and the April 7 “CBS Evening News” highlighted the…