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     What’s $18,000 – as long as it’s for a good cause?

     That’s the attitude the CBS “Evening News” took in the first installment of its series “Global Warming: Cool Solutions.” The March 6 story focused on California’s solar power…

     Recent data on the number of people receiving assistance from the federal government has created some stir and discussion as to whether welfare reform in the U.S. has been successful. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has warned that a…

     Typically, green represents the deadly sin of envy, but with the media’s help it now also stands for hypocrisy.

     In this case, the hypocrisy is media promotion of buying carbon offsets – giving a donation to an energy-saving…

     “Consider the case closed on global warming,” claimed Time magazine in the February 19 issue.

     Not likely.

     The March 5 “Hannity…

     Lengthy runway waits might have some customers feeling air sick, but an Associated Press report showed that the chances of a lengthy delay are nearly 1 in 1,000.

     Readers of the…

     “What goes up must come down. But how will we know when the housing market has hit rock bottom?” Allen Wastler started off “In The Money’s” gloomy housing story with a dose of doom and it only went downhill from there. The March 3 show…

     Would you say The New York Times has a very serious reporting problem; a somewhat serious reporting problem, or that its problem is not very serious at all?

     Any way you answer that question, The New York Times has a reporting…

     Home is where the heart is – which may explain why television journalists used a decrease in home sales to bolster negative economic reports on February 28.

     Both NBC “Nightly News” and CBS “Evening News” cited the “biggest…

     What’s the difference between a stock market “collapse” and a “correction?” It all depends on which news outlet you watch.

     Over at the February 27 CBS “Evening News,” exaggeration was the rule of the day. Anchor Katie Couric…

While environmentalists claim to battle for renewable energy, dams that provide renewable power to 10 percent of the United States have come under increasing attack.

     If the Hoover Dam isn’t one of the wonders of the modern world, it’s not for lack of trying. Tens of thousands of people spent years building this amazing mountain of concrete.

     But some on the crazy eco-left want to tear it…

     If you ordered a “Colossal Burger,” pizza skins, fried mozzarella, or a pasta dish laden with a cream sauce and Wisconsin cheese, wouldn’t you know the food will be high in calories and fat?

     The Center for Science in the…

     In a segment only fit to satisfy a regulator’s hunger pangs, CNN’s “American Morning” fed viewers one left-wing group’s most recent attack on casual dining restaurants.

     “When you go to a restaurant you better be watching what…

     New fuel-economy ratings that will take effect in 2008 will lower miles per gallon estimates for certain hybrid cars by 10 to 20 percent, according to USA Today.

     “Toyota’s Prius, best-known and best-selling gas-electric car in…

     Some people make more money than others. To hear the media tell it, that’s a huge problem and it’s time to do something about it.

     “Rising inequality – the growing gap between the rich and everyone else – is often cited as a…

     What’s hurting America’s kids? Tax cuts.

     That was the conclusion of one study by a liberal policy group, Every Child Matters. And a February 22 Marketplace segment by American Public Media reported it without question.…

     “Just $15 a day.”

     By using that phrase, CBS “Evening News” spun a February 21 story about “progressive” corporations providing assistance to employees trying to take care of mom and dad.

     “Freddie Mac provides…

     CNN’s “American Morning” jolted its viewers awake with a series of stories on caffeine that emphasized government regulation and threw in some good old-fashioned misreporting.

     The bulk of the February 22 caffeinated coverage…