Media Wont Rest until Taxes Are Raised Networks flood airwaves with stories suggesting tax hikes to pay for Katrina and other…
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October 11, 2005
NBC again showed its ignorance about contracts, referring to them as
adding heartbreaking insult to injury to victims of Katrina.
Brian Williams opened NBCs Nightly News October 10
report…
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October 7, 2005
Grocers and milk producers are the latest targets of the Physicians
Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a group that the media
describe as an organization that promotes vegetarian diets, a…
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October 5, 2005
In the aftermath of the hurricane destruction caused by Katrina and
Rita, much has been made about government plans for the
reconstruction of New Orleans. While this may seem to be a…
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October 5, 2005
Good ideas are hard to come by especially in Washington. But a
good idea can stand the test of time, and it can weather the assault
of its critics if it gets the opportunity to prove itself…
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October 5, 2005
Hurricane devastation has left millions trying to rebuild their
homes and lives. But flood-damage lawsuits against insurance
companies now threaten the industrys solvency across the country,…
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October 4, 2005
Democrats need to embrace the lawsuit-happy attitude of New York
Attorney General Elliot Spitzer, according to the October 2 New York
Times Magazine.
A pro-Spitzer piece in the Times by…
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September 14, 2005
As with nearly every other major natural disaster, Hurricane Katrina
resulted in short-term higher prices and cries of price-gouging by
politicians and those who are not familiar with how the market…
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September 9, 2005
As we watch the coverage of the hurricane story, it should be a
reminder of the power a mere few people can exercise each day to
influence the opinions of millions of viewers worldwide.
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September 8, 2005
Tax cuts have been the latest craze in gas price management, but
CNNs Miles OBrien suggested on the September 8 American Morning
that raising taxes might be the way to go.
I think theres…
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September 8, 2005
U.N. Report Cites U.S. and Japan as the Least Generous Donors,
read the headline in the September 8 New York Times. The article
went on to criticize U.S. foreign aid in advance of next weeks…
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September 7, 2005
The Early Show viewers are experiencing an unusual form of pain at
the pump. For two days running, CBSs Julie Chen has misreported gas
prices, each time claiming highs that have not occurred, with the…
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September 7, 2005
Hurricane Katrina received nearly 24-hour TV coverage in the past
week, from rescue tales to the horrors of flooding, crime, and
people struggling to find food and water. Then demands for…
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August 31, 2005
Some lessons
are hard to learn. For the media, who have been told many times by
scientists that global warming doesnt cause weather cataclysms,
each new disaster is an opportunity to ask the…
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August 31, 2005
The U.S.
Census Bureau released poverty figures for 2004 on August 30, and if
you were to take the mainstream media reports on the subject at face
value, you would have to conclude that things…