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May 28, 2008
Vol. 4 No. 21
Top Story
Special Report: The Great Media Depression
The Great Depression was the darkest economic period in American history – yet the mainstream media continue to cite it as a point of comparison in 2008. In fact, media coverage of the Bear Stearns financial scare this spring was four times more negative than that of the 1929 stock market crash. Hop into the BMI time machine.

The Media’s Drastic No-Confidence Vote on Economy
BMI Vice President Dan Gainor unpacks the findings of BMI’s latest study on journalists’ comparisons to the Great Depression.

The Good the Bad & the Ugly
G: Post exposes union leader’s tactics
B: BusinessWeek blogs on ‘Recession in America’
U: CNN speculates about Depression
 

Episode 120: Mr. Oil Exec. Goes to Washington


Check out the Biz Flog archive here!
 
You can also check out BMI’s editorial cartoon: Bottom Lines by Glenn Foden.
Research and Commentary Links
Bear Necessities
The American Magazine

Effect of the Lieberman-Warner Global Climate Change Legislation on States
The Heritage Foundation

Most Say Stimulus Had No Impact
Rasmussen Reports

Our Collectivist Candidates
Cato Institute

Saving Arctic Plant Species from Climate Change
Hudson Institute

 

Upcoming Events

Upstream: The Ascendance of American Conservatism – with Al Regnery
Pacific Research Institute
San Francisco, Calif., June 2, 2008

Makers and Takers: Why Conservatives Work Harder, Feel Happier, Have Closer Families, Take Fewer Drugs, Give More Generously, Value Honesty More, Are Less Materialistic and Envious, Whine Less...and Even Hug Their Children More Than Liberals
The Heritage Foundation
Washington, D.C., June 6, 2008

Will Polar Bear Protection Mean Ever-Higher Energy Costs?
American Enterprise Institute
Washington, D.C., June 9, 2008

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