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     Leading up to the June 29 U.S. release of Michael Moore’s “Sicko,” increased government health care programs are the common prescription in the mainstream media.

     A June 17 “…

     The latest slant on student loans: private lenders essentially steal food off borrowers’ tables.

     A woman who earns only $200 more a month than she pays toward her student…

     What does it take to be called a “New Action Hero” by Time magazine? A left-wing political agenda that includes global warming, publicly-funded stem cell research, radical gun control, government-subsidized housing or an…

     You know the scorpion that killed the frog in that old fable? According to Columbia Journalism Review, that’s Rupert Murdoch.

     CJR, a magazine for “professional journalists…

     R.I.P. Toucan Sam (1963-2007). Chalk another victory up for the fat police.

     CBS “Early Show” anchor Hannah Storm supported getting rid of the characters on June 14.

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     ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” reported foreclosure statistics furnished by RealtyTrac, a commonly used barometer of the real estate market, on its June 12 broadcast. “Today we learned that more than 176,000 home…

     It used to be that you could buy a newspaper on the corner for a penny, a nickel or even a dime. Or the paperboy delivered it to your door, came around another time and collected a whole month’s worth for just a few dollars.

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    Many baby boomers are planning a “late” retirement and CBS “Evening News” thinks that’s a problem. The June 12 report led viewers to believe boomers were being forced to work into and past retirement age, but that wasn’t…

     It’s graduation season again. Time for college graduates to go find jobs that will pay their bills, and for many that will include a student loan payment.

     Student loans make a…

     Americans work hard for their money. Too hard, according to CNN. Even worse than even grovelling medieval peasants scratching the land to survive.

     That conclusion came from reporter…

     CNN “American Morning” co-host John Roberts conducted an interview with the mother of a Staten Island teenage track athlete who died tragically in an apparent overdose of a well-known muscle soreness cream. The athlete’s…

     Michael Moore doesn’t need an advertising budget for his new film, “Sicko.” The media are doing a fine job getting out the word.

     The June 12 “American Morning” featured almost…

     The June 10 issue of The New York Times Magazine scrutinized the income gap and showcased Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards’ “War on Poverty” in a 34-page, 21,000-word article co-authored by four people.…

     “America’s CEOs are raking in big, huge, fat wads of cash,” said CNN’s Stephanie Elam on the June 11 “American Morning.”

     The latest scrutiny of executive compensation took a…

     The Washington Post has once again taken only one side of the Alternative Minimum Tax debate: the side of those who promote class warfare for political gain.

     The June 8 story…

     Despite past mourning of the hardship of the auto industry, ABC aired support for higher fuel efficiency standards that would make competing with foreign car makers more difficult and raise manufacturing costs.

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     Up to two million tires are at the bottom of the ocean floor off the coast of Florida. They damage reefs, wash up on the beach and create a hazard for beachgoers. How did they get there? Don’t ask ABC News.

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     Even when people have access to health insurance, that’s not good enough for the USA Today.

     A June 6 story by Julie Appleby emphasized the problems of limited health insurance…

     Americans are obsessed with rights. We always have been.

     But the concept of rights our forefathers laid out in the Declaration of Independence has changed dramatically. Those rights – life, liberty and the pursuit of…