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June 25, 2008
Vol. 4 No. 25
Top Story
Media Try to Cool Down Oil Drilling Fever

Did you know a majority of Americans favor more domestic oil drilling? The mainstream media haven’t told you. They’re too busy dismissing arguments for expanding the oil supply.
“From the Front Lines” Web-A-Thon to Send Care Packages to Our Troops Abroad
There are more than 180,000 U.S. troops serving bravely in Iraq and Afghanistan, and each of them is owed a great deal of gratitude for their service and sacrifice. In a first of its kind Web-A-Thon to raise funds to send the largest shipment of care packages in history to our troops abroad,  “From the Front Lines” will be broadcast via streaming video at www.ustream.tv on June 26 from 4 p.m. – midnight ET.   

The Media Research Center is sponsoring the 5 to 6 p.m. hour. Founder & President L. Brent Bozell will be interviewed at the top of the hour, around 5:05 p.m. Please tune in to www.ustream.tv to help make “From the Front Lines” a stunning success and a huge morale boost to our troops serving overseas.  If you cannot join us on the 26th, you can still participate in this landmark event. Click here to send a package!
The Good the Bad & the Ugly
G: CNBC and NY Times shed light on ethanol ‘mafia’s’ market influence
B: CBS blames 'economic depression' for Gloucester pregnancy pact
U: CBS.com yanks quake/warming story, blames AP; AP: 'It’s not ours'
 

Episode 124: “Maria Bartiromo”

Check out the Biz Flog archive here!
You can also check out BMI’s editorial cartoon: Bottom Lines by Glenn Foden.
Networks Look to Oil Speculators as Gas Price Scapegoat

 CNBC's Burnett: 'Ethanol Mafia is a Powerful Thing'
Research and Commentary Links
Thomas Sowell: Should We Imitate Europe?
Townhall.com

What’s at Stake in the Medicare Showdown
The Wall Street Journal

Number of world’s millionaires rose 6% last year
The Associated Press

Capitalism Said Key to Finding New Drugs
New York Sun

 Upcoming Events

The Future of Insurance Regulation
American Enterprise Institute
Washington, D.C., July 9, 2008

McCain and Obama: Comparing Their Economic Platforms
Cato Institute
July 15, 2008, Washington, D.C.

Milton Friedman Legacy Lunch
The Heartland Institute
Chicago, Ill., July 31, 2008
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