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SPECIAL REPORT |
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Fire
and Ice
Journalists have warned of climate
change for 100 years, but can’t decide weather we face an ice age or
warming. BMI looked at newspapers from the late 1800s to the present
and found four distinct phases of catastrophic predictions --
cooling, warming, cooling, warming... |
Networks Think Inflation is Important Only When It’s Rising
Signs that consumer prices are under
control get ignored or downplayed.
Networks That Praise Gates, Bashed Oil Firms
Same media outlets that attacked oil
companies for success compliment Microsoft, a more profitable
corporation.
Lauer’s SciFi Disaster Examines Our Lack of Future
World won’t end before more viewers
subjected to ‘Today’ co-host’s wacky predictions of doom.
CNN's '70s Flashback: Serwer Sees Specter of Stagflation
But economy is performing strongly
and inflation is well below 1970s levels.
Summer of Gore Continues with Softball Game on ‘Larry King’
Host lets Gore slam his talking
points out of the park without raising any skeptical questions
on warming.
‘Recession’
Never Recedes Far from News Comments
TV reports continue to raise the
specter of economic troubles despite strong growth and low
unemployment.
Commentary
Econ 101: Why
Immigration Happens
Despite political issues,
immigration is really just economic forces at work.
ABC Labels Litigious
Food Police a ‘Consumer Group’
Industry critic CSPI’s lawsuit
escaped critical review on ‘World News Tonight’
PBS’s ‘Now’ Charged
Up About ‘Foul Play’ Killing Electric Car
But in reality, only a few hundred
sold, despite tax credits and advertising.
Gore’s Film,
Lionized by Media, A Pussycat at Box Office
Documentary’s lackluster performance
worse than ‘Gigli,’ ‘A Prairie Home Companion’
USA Today Hypes
Student Debt Loads
Paper features grad student with
more than double the average debt load of his peers.
NBC Marks Death Tax
Bill’s Demise with Democratic Zinger
Anchor Brian Williams left out
conservative talking points and studies showing negative impact
of estate tax.
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