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Jeff Poor | October 16, 2007

     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…

Jeff Poor | October 15, 2007

     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-…

Jeff Poor | October 15, 2007

     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…

Jeff Poor | October 12, 2007

     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.

 

     However,…

Dan Gainor | October 12, 2007

     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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Jeff Poor | October 11, 2007

     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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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…