Jeff Poor

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'Clean Air' Pioneer Predicts Carbon Cap-and-Trade Within Two Years

Environmental Defense Fund director says carbon cap inevitable based on the three remaining presidential choices.

Networks Combine to Deliver Economic Triple Threat

Will housing, gas prices and banking bring down the U.S. economy? On the news, it seems like a daily mantra.

Bartiromo Defends Bernanke On 'Meet the Press'

CNBC 'Closing Bell' host defends Federal Reserve chief; Blames problems on events before Bernanke's tenure.

Cramer: 'The American Public Don't Know Jack'

CNBC 'Mad Money' host defends government-backed bailout of Bear Stearns and demonstrates disregard for taxpayer sentiment.

Cramer Admits He Was Wrong on Bear Stearns

CNBC 'Mad Money' host appears on CNN's 'Reliable Sources' to defend his Bear Stearns remarks and economic reporting in general.

'World News' Rips Scientist to Shreds for Being Global Warming 'Skeptic'

ABC pulls no punches in dismissing the work of physicist Fred Singer as 'fraudulent nonsense.'

Lovelock: Paris A Desert, China 'Uninhabitable' By 2040

Renowned British scientist James Lovelock says global warming prevention efforts are 'futile'; Predicts mass migration for mankind's survival.

NYT Weeps as High-Ticket Items Become Unaffordable in Slowdown

Front-page article spins slowing luxury item sales as 'housing-related' hardship hitting 'Main Street.'

CNN Reports Oil and Gas Price Fears, Ignores Market Dynamics

'American Morning's' Velshi cites poll of consumer worries but fails to report variables that have led to the rise and recent fall of oil prices.

NASA's Hansen Calls for No Coal by 2030

Global warming alarmist advocates complete eradication of coal-fired plants 'if humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed.'

Associated Press CEO Calls For Full Press Rights For Bloggers

Tom Curley tells National Press audience online media has already supplanted both print and broadcast media.

MarketWatch: Japan Faces $500 Billion Carbon Reduction Price Tag

Global warming action's cost could pale in comparison to U.S. cost based on almost every measure - geography, population or economy.

Zuckerman Makes 'Great Depression' Claim Again

U.S. News & World Report editor says economy facing the 'strongest downward pressures' since 'Depression.'

CBS Reporter Suggests a 'Bailout' for Housing Crisis

'Early Show's' Maggie Rodriguez proposes a 'cram session' to Treasury Secretary to figure out a Bear Stearns-like bailout for 'agencies involved.'

'World News' Claims 'Free Market Didn't Work' in Bear Stearns Collapse

ABC correspondent Terry Moran ignores lost jobs and money lost by shareholders in assessment the free market didn't work, 'government did.'

CBS Trots Out 'Great Depression' References in Wake of Bear Collapse

CBS's morning show gives a very grim report about the state of the economy after J.P. Morgan and the Federal Reserve act to keep beleaguered investment bank from failing.

Oops - CNBC's Cramer Said 'Don't Move' From Bear a Week Before Collapse

'Mad Money' host drastically underestimated the investment bank's trouble surrounding the mortgage crisis.

ABC Ignores Taxes Behind High California Gas Prices

'World News' segment about economic hardship due to higher gas prices in California fails to explain why that state's prices were higher to begin with.

CBS Guest: Taxpayer-Funded Bailout Needed So Taxes Can Be Collected Later

Economist Mark Zandi tells 'The Early Show' things bound to get worse, but has a backwards solution.

Not Just Recession, Clinton Appointee Talking 'Depression'

Former Labor Secretary Reich: 'I Think There's a 20 Percent Chance of a Depression'