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January 6, 2006
Getting an accurate portrayal of the 2005 Christmas shopping season
is like gathering information on that new Italian restaurant youve
heard about but want to try out for yourself. You want to get a wide…
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January 5, 2006
BioWillie. Its not a genetically modified country singer; its a
new alternative fuel. And as the media have reported on Willie
Nelsons crop-based energy business venture, some journalists have…
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January 5, 2006
Closing his story with a warning from an unnamed former miner that
new safety laws are often written in blood, NBCs Martin Savidge
presented viewers of the January 4 Nightly News broadcast with a…
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January 4, 2006
There was a time when we had nothing to fear but fear itself. Those
were the days. Now the home of the brave is anything but and
Americans find ourselves in a constant state of fear.
We…
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January 4, 2006
Maybe Serwer Needs Another Cup of Joe CNN reporter flubs statistic on coal, despite correct graphic on-screen
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January 4, 2006
CBS anchor Bob Schieffer used vehement coal industry critic Jeff
Goodell as an unbiased expert on the coal industry in an in-studio
interview on the January 3 Evening News. The very next day,…
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January 4, 2006
This pessimism continued right through Christmas day,
even when the news began to come out that sales through December 24
were quite respectable. As
Reuters reported on December 26: U.S.…
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January 3, 2006
Two million jobs were added in 2005; Novembers initial job growth
was revised upwards by more than 40 percent of the original
estimate; and unemployment dropped below 5 percent, according to…
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January 3, 2006
Shes no Miss Cleo, but CBSs Sharyn Alfonsi polished off her
crystal ball to issue a cloudy economic picture for 2006 on the New
Years Day edition of the "CBS Evening News". A broad consensus of…
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December 29, 2005
The term consumer group conjures up the image of some George
Bailey-esque fighting for the little guy. At The Washington Post,
that has become the code for a left-wing, anti-industry group. The…
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December 28, 2005
ABC reporter Dean Reynolds promised A Closer Look at the woes of
domestic auto parts maker Delphi, but instead zoomed in on a story
portraying union workers as victims and corporate executives as…
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December 27, 2005
The front page of the December 27 Investors Business Daily (IBD)
joined other print outlets in blowing hot air on the so-called
housing bubble with Home
Sales Plunge as Prices Pull Back and…
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December 27, 2005
In the biggest, boldest weight loss challenge ever, ABC
underestimated by 143 million the number of cheeseburgers in weight
it wants America to lose.
Good Morning America and aol.com are…
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December 23, 2005
Christmas is a time of giving and TV news reporters certainly took
that opportunity to give it to Wal-Mart. Following a jury ruling
that went against the worlds largest retailer, journalists put the…
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December 22, 2005
In
newspapers, placement is everything. Put a story on the front page
above the fold, and everyone can see it as they walk by the
newsstand. But hide it deep in the nether-sections, and only Grandpa…
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December 21, 2005
The Christmas shopping season culminated a strong year for the U.S.
economy. But instead of ringing out the old year and toasting the
economys success, 43 percent of Americans think were in a…
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December 21, 2005
Ever
since Hurricane Katrina made landfall in late August sending oil
prices to $70 per barrel and gasoline above $3 a gallon, the media
have been in a panic over a return of 70s-style inflation. Such…
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December 21, 2005
Ringing
alarm bells about record greenhouse gas emissions, New York Times
reporter Andrew Revkin opened his December 21
article noting the U.S. Energy Department reports U.S. emissions…
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