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April 21, 2006
If a powerful New York union had gone on strike this morning, CNNs
Andy Serwer might have had a tougher time getting to work. Hed have
had to open the front door himself…
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April 20, 2006
Ten days after hinting the Earth could end up roasting at a toasty
900 degrees Fahrenheit like the planet Venus, The Washington Post
reported on a new study which finds that the more extreme estimates…
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April 20, 2006
But sometimes even a blind squirrel finds a nut. All
three broadcast networks found time in the April 19 evening
newscasts to nibble on the new numbers released by the federal
government…
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April 19, 2006
I paid too much for gasoline last week. My fill-up of premium gas
cost me $3.04 per gallon or $42.40 just to replenish the near-empty
tank. Premium? Heck, we might as well change the name to…
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April 19, 2006
Were Eating More, and Enjoying It Less,
blared the headline for Candy Sagons Food section article in the
April 19 Washington Post. Is it any wonder why with the medias
persistent attacks on…
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April 19, 2006
From the moment Angela Lansbury (yes, Angela Lansbury) opened the
film singing, Someone has wounded you, dear world Someone has
poisoned you, dear world it was clear that the culprits in this…
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April 19, 2006
After the discovery of oil in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, it didnt take
long for environmentalists to cry gloom and doom and for the media
to hype those claims. From caribou dying to earthquakes to all hell…
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April 18, 2006
If you want free advertising for your top-dollar vacation resort,
find a way to go green and book a room for a reporter from Time
magazine.
On the heels of Vanity Fairs Green…
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April 18, 2006
Sounding like a broken record, the evening newscasts for ABC, CBS,
and NBC complained of record oil prices. But adjusted for
inflation, oil prices are still $14 below the record high set at the…
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April 14, 2006
ABC continued its assault on the oil industry, but this time it let
someone else do some of its dirty work. The network gave its First
Person account of oil troubles the last word criticizing oil…
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April 14, 2006
According to
The Washington Post,
wealthy newcomers are forcing the middle class out of Jackson, Wyo.
But the paper downplayed one of the biggest reasons for the exodus…
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April 13, 2006
A can of shaving cream for less than a dollar or a garden rake for
$3.88 is a great deal for the average consumer; to
The Washington Post,
its just more evidence of how oppressive…
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April 13, 2006
The medias concerted push on climate change continues with Vanity
Fairs first ever Green Issue.
The special editions release in mid-April is hardly
accidental, with Earth Day coming up…
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April 12, 2006
See Executive Summary
When is a dollar a taxpayer dollar? A. When it’s paying for stem cell research. B. When it’s going to the military in Iraq. C. When it’s supporting public education. D. When it’s aiding sick…
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April 12, 2006
See Full Report
Tax dollars are all the same to the taxpayers who part with them. But the broadcast media have different standards for different dollars. Often, government programs that fit a liberal agenda get the more benign label of “…
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April 12, 2006
Taxation
with Misrepresentation
A tax dollar by any other name spends
as sweetly, but the networks dont always call attention to the fact
that Joe…
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April 12, 2006
While ABC and NBC presented viewers with many of the reasons for the
rising cost of gasoline, CBS ignored the link between Irans push
for nuclear power and rising oil prices. Instead, the network…
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April 11, 2006
Once again Wal-Mart is under attack by interest groups hoping to use
government to gum up its business operations. And once again, the
media are focusing on the stores critics while downplaying the…