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Media Coverage Rated 'R' for 'Recession'

The media have predicted recession for four years. Will this be the year?

Four Years of Media Fairy Tales about the Economy

Journalists pushed fable of recession throughout job-heavy economic recovery.

A Global Warming Skeptic the Media Tolerate

Author Bjorn Lomborg questions the cost benefit of so-called climate change prevention measures.

'World News' Finds Extreme Examples of Mortgage Crises

ABC's Betsy Stark frames rise in foreclosures as the fault of widespread fraud, not poor judgment from lenders and buyers.

Newsweek: New Hillarycare 'Bold, but Hardly Radical'

Magazine predicts how Clinton would run American medical care even before plan is completed.

Job Numbers Bring Out Worst-Case Scenario Reporting

Recession predictions accompany lobbying for Federal Reserve rate cut, even though job data is a lagging indicator.

RealtyTrac Says Media Misrepresent Data

Company responds to criticism of foreclosure data and defends analysis.

NY Times: Charity is Bad - It's Better to Give Your Money to Gov't

Article criticizes private philanthropy, asserting that it messes with the government's redistribution of wealth.

More Biased Journalism Could Stop Global Warming, Journalist Says

Editor & Publisher columnist says newspapers should abandon objectivity to fight global warming.
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