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     Death and taxes may be the only certainties in life, but journalists’ support for higher taxes is almost as predictable.

     Sin taxes on tobacco, alcohol, unhealthy foods and…

   What happens when you take one of the nation’s poorest major cities and combine it with the media’s enviro-hysteria? According to NBC “Nightly News,” you get the solution to the once-great city of Detroit’s woes.

     You can never be too thin or too rich.

     That’s always been the case – until the mainstream media started counting. They like us all Hollywood-thin, but like our wallets that way as well.

     Journalists set almost…

     CNN business reporter Ali Velshi has picked up where he left off, beating the drum for hikes in the minimum wage. This time his cheerleading was even more blatant.

     “[T]here is…

     First the media tell you not to drink bottled water because it contributes to global warming. Then they warned against finding any humor in beer ads. They’ve even made overtures about the evils of energy drinks.

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     Care to gas up with an orange mocha frappuchino, anyone? 

     Gasoline prices are four-and-half cents lower from last year and down nine cents from a week ago, according to the Energy…

     Using disparaging comments to stoke class warfare, Newsweek called for higher taxes on the “super rich” in the July 23 issue.

     The magazine called private-equity partners “…

     Silly rabbit, Trix really aren’t for kids anymore.

     Even more beloved characters are going to be pulled from the airwaves, but that’s not satisfying the food fascists.

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     The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke 14,000 on July 17. But you might have missed it altogether unless you watched NBC “Nightly News.”

     This historic bull run by the stock…

     Rupert Murdoch may be on the verge of purchasing Dow Jones & Company, but that didn’t stop “Good Morning America” from getting in a few parting shots.

     ABC correspondent…

     Michael Moore was wrong about health insurance.

     So were President Bush, Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), presidential candidates former Sen. John…

     The well is about to run dry.

     That’s what the International Energy Agency said in early July. According to the Financial Times, “oil looks extremely tight in five years time.”

     Why wait five years? Oil looks…

     “CBS Evening News” must not like choices.

     The newscast promoted government run health insurance again on July 16, by scaring seniors about Medicare privatization.

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     The Iraq War is too expensive. Americans would be better off spending it on schools and hospitals. That’s the word from CNN’s July 14 “Your $$$$$” or “Your Money” program.

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      “But why don't you tell the truth to the American people? I mean, I wish that CNN and the other mainstream media would just for once tell the truth about what's going on in this country, whether it's with health…

     Michael Moore and MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann should form a mutual admiration society.

     The filmmaker, who got sidetracked with his praise for Olbermann’s “incredible” war…

     It’s good news when stocks soar to new records. That means the economy is showing signs of strength and a stronger economy means a better standard of living for Americans, right?

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     Did you make a mistake balancing your checkbook and withdraw more money than you had in your account? Are you upset about the overdraft fee it cost you?

     Well, your mistake isn’…