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Julia A. Seymour | April 13, 2007

     With tax filing deadlines just around the corner, “American Morning” focused on the alternative minimum tax, a parallel tax structure that struck about 3.5 million taxpayers last year.

     Business reporter Ali Velshi explained on…

Dan Gainor | April 12, 2007

     Mandatory government regulation of carbon dioxide is “the right direction” to combat global warming according to CNN’s Ali Velshi.

     Velshi’s April 12 “American Morning” report detailed how ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) CEO James…

Dan Gainor | April 11, 2007

     The radical left is after Big Oil again, and so is CNN. The April 11 “American Morning” business segment had anchor Miles O’Brien echoing a congressman’s attack on the oil industry. “A congressional chairman flexes his muscle with Big Oil…

Julia A. Seymour | April 11, 2007

     Several vocal members of Congress are calling for Alternative Minimum Tax reform, claiming to rescue the middle class. What the media aren’t telling you is that these are the same politicians who helped created this monster.

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BMI Staff | April 11, 2007
Media Amnesia Strikes on AMT Reform House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has…
Herman Cain | April 11, 2007

     If you’re getting a tax refund this year, you’re probably excited. How will you use the money? Save it for a rainy-day pizza party? Upgrade your basic cable TV? If you didn’t get a refund, you’ll especially want to read on.

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Dan Gainor | April 10, 2007

     In real estate, it’s “location, location, location.” Newsweek magazine’s April 16 issues show location also is a factor in what the media tell you about global warming. M.I.T. Prof. Richard Lindzen’s column poking holes in global warming…

Dan Gainor | April 10, 2007

     You say tomato. CNN says paying more for that tomato is doing the “right thing.”

     At least the April 10 “American Morning” team treated McDonald’s OK in their report about the fast food giant agreeing to pay 1 cent more per pound…

Dan Gainor | April 9, 2007

     Vanity Fair wants to doom conservatives and businesses to the many layers of Dante’s hell for daring to question global warming dogma.

     The two-page “Dante’s Inferno: Green Edition” was part of Vanity Fair’s full-issue attack…

Dan Gainor | April 9, 2007

     Who needs Nostradamus when you have CNN’s “American Morning"? Instead of waiting for someone to complain about a big executive payday, the April 9 show’s team whined about its own pay and predicted the AFL-CIO would chime…

Dan Gainor | April 6, 2007

     Time is money. Those words took on special meaning when Time magazine gave its readers “51 Things You Can Do to Make a Difference” and stop global warming.

     Some recommendations were enough to line pockets around the globe,…

Julia A. Seymour | April 6, 2007

     “There is a danger lurking in millions of kitchens,” warned CNN anchor Kiran Chetry on the April 6 “American Morning.”

      Chetry was teasing reporter Greg Hunter’s story on the need for even more government regulation, this time…

Julia A. Seymour | April 5, 2007

     As one of the greatest tournaments in golf got under way on April 5, the front page of The Washington Post sports section complained about fair ways.

     Not fairways, which have been lengthened in recent years to adjust for…

Dan Gainor | April 5, 2007

     Time has a case of bad boss syndrome. Just like the dreaded Bill Lumbergh in “Office Space,” Time wants to tell workers, and bosses too, how to run their businesses, their computers and maybe even where to move their desks or take their…

Dan Gainor | April 4, 2007

     One of the most ridiculous suggestions among Time magazine’s “51 Things You Can Do to Make a Difference” was the idea of making only right turns. No, that doesn’t presage some political shift for the publication. Right turns, in this case,…

John Berthoud | April 4, 2007

     Tax Day 2007 provides all Americans a reminder of the horrible burden placed on them by federal, state and local governments. According to the Tax Foundation, Americans will have to work until April 30 this year just to earn the money they’…

Julia A. Seymour | April 4, 2007

     If it wouldn’t cause death, the Center for Science in the Public Interest would probably try to ban eating and drinking altogether.

     Despite the extreme positions of the left-wing group, the media continue to swallow its…

BMI Staff | April 4, 2007
The Consumer Group That Doesnt Want You to Consume Drop that soda! Turn in your Chinese…
Dan Gainor | April 4, 2007

     Bill Gray is “America’s best-known forecaster,” said CBS’s Mark Strassman, and a “veteran forecaster,” according to ABC’s Ned Potter. The networks treat him like the expert he is, until they want to talk about global warming. Then he gets…

Dan Gainor | April 3, 2007

     It’s been awhile since we were asked where the beef is, but now Time has an answer: the atmosphere. As one of its 51 ways to “make a difference” for the planet, Time magazine writers want everyone to “skip the steak.” The magazine actually…