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Too Hot Not to Handle

HBOs Earth Day global warming special is high-octane propaganda intent on changing Americas prosperous habits.

Earth Day Special

Alaska Pipeline Doomsayings Revisited

As PBS releases a special about the oil delivery system, the Business & Media Institute goes back in time to recall environmentalists pipe dream: stopping it.

Why Are We Over a Barrel?

Networks blame big, bad oil but skip threats, taxes and increased demand.

Americans innocent, but guilty from eating

Journalists continue to pound people about diet, so is it any wonder we dont like food any more?

Time Special Plugs Eco Tourist Spa with Air Conditioning

Weeks earlier, the same magazine warned of dire consequences from greenhouse gases.

Networks Complain of Record-High Oil That Isnt

But reporters for The Washington Post, USA Today put prices in perspective.

Shocking News: The Economy Is Producing Good Jobs

Christian Science Monitor reveals what most economists have known for years.

ABC Makes Time for First-Person Attack on Oil Firms

World News Tonight provides a forum for one mans complaint about being gouged.

Wash. Post Ignores Uncle Sams Monopoly in Wyoming

Paper blames rich for crowding out middle class residents even though government owns 97 percent of the land.

Post Promotes Author of Anti-Wal-Mart Book

Reporter joins chain store critic in attacking Wal-Marts low prices.

Vanity Fair Declares Global Warming Threat Graver than Terrorism

Magazines special Green Issue a vehicle for liberal environmental advocacy.

Media Myth: Taxation with Misrepresentation

Networks call administration actions taxpayer-funded while liberal priorities often treated as government-funded

Media Myth: Taxation with Misrepresentation - Executive Summary

Networks call administration actions taxpayer-funded while liberal priorities often treated as government-funded

A Word from Our Founding Fathers Taxes

Americans are overtaxed and under-informed.

CBS Revels in Corporate Catfight Over Gas Prices

Other networks report heavy demand, supply troubles in Iran as cause of rising price at the pump.

Coverage Slanted against Wal-Mart on FDIC Insurance

Newspapers and wire services focus on bankers in opposition, downplay union groups activism.

Times Reporter: Modern Layoffs Worse Than Great Depression

Reporter Uchitelle unsurprisingly finds negative spin to 211,000 new jobs in March 2006

New Reports Point to Strong Economy

Morning shows ignored higher consumer confidence, lower jobless claims as NBCs Today soft-pedaled a drop in unemployment.

CBS Attacks Insurance Companies for Making Money

Companies stayed afloat despite hurricane damages due to reinsurance, a practice the networks reporter criticized.

Paris When It Sizzles

Paris When It Sizzles

Econ 101: When the Job Market Isnt Free

French protests show students ignorance about a consumer-driven economy.

Mass. Law Requiring Health Insurance Praised in Print

Newspapers leave out critics who foresaw bigger government, socialized medicine.

Venezuelan Dictator Seizes Oil to Buy Weapons

Networks ignore socialist Chavezs power grab, but attacked Big Oil just for making profits.

Bubble, Bubble, the Markets Not in Trouble

BusinessWeek calms down rhetoric as real estate boom continues in first quarter, though media continue to worry about a housing bubble.

ABC Recycles NY Times Story Slamming $165-Million Gift

Vargas calls use of legal tax break audacious; lawyer affiliated with Soros turns up as main source again.

Ice Age 2: Global Warming for Kids

Creatures scurry as glaciers melt and movie reviewers snark.