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December 12, 2005
Forecasting a bleak sweater-swaddled winter for middle class
Americans on the December 12 Evening News, CBS correspondent Jim
Axelrod exaggerated the rise of natural gas heating costs by about…
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December 12, 2005
The crew of CNNs In the Money opened their December 10 program
warning about a bursting housing bubble, but an interview with a
Harvard housing expert quickly deflated that story line.
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December 9, 2005
Stacking the deck against Merck and Co., Inc., reporters for The New
York Times and USA Today presented an allegation that the
prescription drug maker tampered with results in its own study. The…
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December 9, 2005
Oil companies are evil and the root of that evil is Americas
endless thirst for oil. At least thats the spin of the new movie Syriana,
which the media have called powerful, ambitious and Something…
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December 8, 2005
A company that has lowered food prices by more than the government
food stamp program in 2005 and has donated millions upon millions of
dollars to charitable causes is a Goliath and similar to a god…
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December 8, 2005
If aliens landed on Earth and picked up the cover of the December
8 Washington Post, theyd think the House of Representatives were a
bunch of reckless advocates of tax cuts that do nothing to help the…
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December 8, 2005
The same network that brings you Anderson Cooper 360 should
consider a new show hosted by one of its business reporters: Andy
Serwer 180.
CNNs Andy Serwer swung from warning of a…
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December 7, 2005
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The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season brought with it a storm of controversy that is still having impact. When two studies alleged a link between increasing strength of storms and global warming, climate change advocates found…
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December 7, 2005
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The images of the 2005 hurricane season are seared into the minds of the American public. Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of the Gulf region dominated news coverage, but it was just one of 13 hurricanes during the…
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December 7, 2005
New from the Business…
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December 7, 2005
Holiday traditions are grounded in stories from the past, including
how St. Nicholas became Jolly St. Nick. But some storytellers are
hard at work no matter what the season. You can always trust the…
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December 7, 2005
Economist Brian Wesbury has called them Pouting Pundits of
Pessimism. These are the members of the media who seem to be
focused on the negatives and cant find the positives in the
economic…
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December 7, 2005
SpongeBob SquarePants is the new Joe Camel. Thats the alarm bell
CBS health reporter Dr. Emily Senay clanged for parents in her
HealthWatch segment with co-host Julie Chen on the December 7…
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December 6, 2005
Storm began her interview by noting
215,000 new jobs were added to the economy in November and asked
Dobbs, Is the economy strong? Whats the bottom line?
The
CNN business anchor conceded…
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December 5, 2005
Three days after airing stories
on the strong U.S. economy, the network morning shows returned to pessimism. The December 5 morning shows…
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December 2, 2005
Taking
that cue, business reporter Andy Serwer promised it was bad news
especially if youre an auto worker, noting that mornings edition
of The Wall Street Journal reported Ford Motor Company planned on…
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December 1, 2005
The economy is showing strong signs of life with good reports on
economic growth, consumer confidence, and new housing sales hitting
the news wires in late November. But CBS Evening News and ABCs…
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December 1, 2005
Contrary to the medias pessimistic forecasts for the Christmas
shopping season
reported by the Business…
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November 30, 2005
Housing prices are going through the roof. After the dot-com bubble,
we need to be extremely cautious with our money and steer clear of
something risky like purchasing homes. We need to avoid having the…
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November 30, 2005
Theres no denying Hurricane Katrina was easily the worst storm of a
devastating hurricane season, but on the November 29 CBS Evening
News reporter Jim Acosta couldnt help but exaggerate. Acosta…
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