Business

| October 12, 2005

Media Wont Rest until Taxes Are Raised Networks flood airwaves with stories suggesting tax hikes to pay for Katrina and other…

R. Warren Anderson | 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…
R. Warren Anderson | 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…
BMI Staff | October 5, 2005

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Gary Wolfram, Ph.D. | 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…
Herman Cain | 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…
| 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,…
R. Warren Anderson | 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…
BMI Staff | September 28, 2005

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Gary Wolfram, Ph.D. | 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…
David Goodnow | 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.     …
| 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…
Dan Gainor | 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…
BMI Staff | September 7, 2005

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R. Warren Anderson | 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…
| 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…
| 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…
Noel Sheppard | 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…