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     The Washington Post and USA Today continued the media trend of blaming the mortgage industry and letting borrowers off the hook and presented support for more government regulation.

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     Jeremy Scahill, author of “Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army,” said recent media interviews with Erik Prince, owner of Blackwater USA, “would make the barons of the Soviet media empire blush…

     Six billion dead. That’s the latest magic number from the eco-left that's designed to scare the world into global warming action. Climate extremist James Lovelock, the founder of the Gaia theory, used it predicting…

     “Hugo Chávez: Friend or Foe?”  Sounds like a dumb question about a dictator who has seized U.S. businesses and called the U.S. president "the devil." But Parade Magazine teased that notion on its October 21…

     There are some eerie similarities between Oct. 19, 1987 and today: saber-rattling by the Iranians, a two-term Republican president nearing the end of his term and a network television news media voicing warnings of doom…

     Perception is important, but when it comes to economic issues, perception isn’t necessarily reality – unless you’re CNN Senior Business Correspondent Ali Velshi. Then perception supersedes factual definitions.

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     Even “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams called it “this growing war on bottled water” in a promo and he was right on with his assessment.

     In recent months, ABC, CBS, NBC…

     CBS Investigative Correspondent Armen Keteyian stacked the deck against four military food-supply contractors in a “Follow the Money” segment on the October 17 “CBS Evening News.”

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     What determines an economic crisis? According to “Good Morning America,” it’s sweater sales.

     ABC’s “GMA” began its October 17 broadcast with a report that might be confused…

     This week marks the unhappy milestone of Black Monday for Wall Street, which had some journalists warning “it could” happen again. Even if it doesn’t, the media hammered home the prospect of a possible recession.

      The Dow…

     The Republican debates have been a bit of a disappointment, at least for those seeking a Reaganesque vision of smaller government and economic liberty. Even the recent debate in Michigan, which was supposed to focus on…

     Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore’s celebration weekend in Tennessee wasn’t all dinner and dancing.

     The former vice president managed to find time this past weekend to post a…

     “You know, Ron Reagan’s fiscal record was not so great…” claimed Karen Tumulty, national political correspondent for Time magazine.  Tumulty was a guest on CNN’s ‘Your $$$$$’ October 13, providing political analysis on the economic policy…

     ABC and CBS admit Social Security is in trouble, but why can’t the left?

     “In 10 years time, Social Security will be paying out more in benefits than it takes in taxes and about…

     CBS “Evening News” has a strange way of commemorating unpleasant historical events.

     The October 14 broadcast observed the 20th anniversary of the Oct. 19, 1987, stock market-…

     Have you heard the one about the company that “went green” and ended up actually saving money? Sounds great, doesn’t it?

     The problem is the connection between the two is less…

     If you haven’t heard – Al Gore has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Based on the media coverage, if that is news to you, you should probably crawl out from under your rock.

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     Nobel Prize contenders aren’t supposed to campaign for the award. Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore didn’t need to because he had the media doing it for him for at least a year-and-a-half.

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     Don’t be concerned about what liberal Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton thinks about specific issues – she’ll let you know when she think it’s time for you to know.

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