Business

Jeff Poor | October 11, 2007

   It’s ironic when the “CBS Evening News” takes up for a business that openly breaks the law, but such was the case on the October 10 broadcast.

     “Jim Zappala says the federal crackdown is killing his business right in the middle…

Jeff Poor | October 10, 2007

     Although the October 9 GOP presidential debate at times strayed from its central theme of being about the economy, some of the Republican candidates responded to the moderators questions that indicated they had the right…

Genevieve Ebel | October 10, 2007

     ABC, NBC, and CBS couldn’t find a temperature that was “just right” to fit yesterday’s projections of the upcoming winter months by the Energy Department.

     Whether winter was to be warmer or colder, the networks all assured…

Amy Menefee | October 10, 2007

     In the clamor over Britney Spears’s children and O.J. Simpson’s latest caper, the media haven’t told much about an impending Senate vote that could impact the U.S. economy, national security and international relations…

BMI Staff | October 10, 2007
Senate Could Vote Soon on Return of U.N. Sea Treaty Reagan Opposed Youve…
Jeff Poor | October 10, 2007

     When pressed to run for the presidency, Al Gore often tells people he is running a different campaign – one that involves spreading his message about global warming to the uneducated masses.

 

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Gary Wolfram, Ph.D. | October 10, 2007

     Consider Michigan.

     Michigan has been mired for several years in an economic slump. Its unemployment rate is the highest in the nation, 60 percent above the national average. Forbes magazine has ranked Michigan 46th  in the…

Jeff Poor | October 9, 2007

     CNBC billed the October 9 “Your Money Your Vote” Republican presidential debate as one that would confront important economic issues for the presidential election. It didn’t stop there. Other topics included catching bin…

Jeff Poor | October 9, 2007

    It takes a lot to defend Hollywood, but CBS’s “The Early Show” makes it easy.

 

     According to an article by Nikki Finke on LA Weekly’s Deadline Hollywood Web site, Warner Bros. (held…

Jeff Poor | October 9, 2007

     CNN “American Morning” co-anchor John Roberts accused Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) of being “fashion police” after the airline asked a passenger to change shirts before boarding, but Roberts should have familiarized…

Jeff Poor | October 8, 2007

     It’s listed as the top thing you can do by Al Gore’s Web site on climate change to reduce your carbon impact at home – replacing a regular incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL).

Jeff Poor | October 8, 2007

     The shortage of labor has some low-skill employers in a bind. According to “Good Morning America” co-host Diane Sawyer, you can thank U.S. immigration officials for doing their job and cracking down on illegal border…

Stuart James | October 8, 2007

     Recently, liberal think tank The Center for American Progress (CAP) put out a list of “The Top 100 Effects of Global Warming.” As if the hysteria around global warming isn’t crazed enough, we can now add 100 more things…

Jeff Poor | October 5, 2007

     Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) told a group at the 2007 Society of Professional Journalists Convention & National Journalism Conference held in Washington, D.C., on October 4 one of the things that made the SPJ great is…

Dan Gainor | October 5, 2007

    The “Road to Recession” lost its way. The latest job numbers show an increase of 110,000 jobs in September and a revision of the August numbers from a loss of 4,000 to an increase of 89,000. That means there have now been 49 straight months…

Dan Gainor | October 5, 2007

     Global warming certainly generated a lot of heat – for CNN. Meteorologist Rob Marciano told the October 4 “American Morning” audience: “There are definitely some inaccuracies” in the Al Gore film “An Inconvenient Truth.”…

Paul Detrick | October 4, 2007

     Meteorologist Rob Marciano clapped his hands on CNN’s “American Morning” and exclaimed, “Finally,” in response to a report that a British judge might ban the movie “An Inconvenient Truth” from UK schools because,…

Jeff Poor | October 4, 2007

     Blackwater USA, now one of the media’s favorite targets, can’t seem to get any credit even when something goes right.

     The company, once described as “an entirely new type of war profiteer” by CNBC contributor Jon Markman,…

Jeff Poor | October 3, 2007

     Private security firm Blackwater USA drew fire from the evening news on October 2, including remarks that the firm is made up of “out-of-control guns for hire.”

     Private security firm…

Dan Gainor | October 3, 2007

     No matter how much conservatives might resist, some issues seem to call for federal intervention.

     Imagine something so important that threats to a particular industry are endangering our children’s future. One scary…