Networks have spun the federal deficit negatively 35 times since the State of the Union address. Only once did a journalist mention the number was going down without undermining the good news.
[3]
More Economic Bull from Media Bears [3]
It may be just right, but as BMI National Chairman Herman Cain shows, the media wont acknowledge the Goldilocks economy.
[4]
G: Fortune reporter notes weather-related speculation in driving up oil prices
B: CBS pushes oil price conspiracy theory
U: ABC attacks corporate breast cancer funding and Wal-Mart health clinics [4]
Special Report: [5]
Bad News Bears [5]
The truth of the economy is far
different from what the media have been reporting. ABC, CBS and NBC
spent a year telling negative economic stories twice as often as
positive ones, despite low unemployment and now three years of positive
job growth.
Stephen Bainbridge: The Communitarian Conundrum [7] (TCSDaily)
George C. Leef: Why Americas economy is so strong when its education system seems so weak [8] (TCSDaily)
2006 budget numbers show impact of pro-growth tax policy, but also continued spending increases [9](Heritage)
Why gas prices dropped [10](CNN)
A Nobel Prize for pinpointing U.S. greatness [11](CEI)
Book Discussion: Strategic Giving: The art and science of philanthropy. [12]
Hudson Institute
New York, N.Y., October 19
Education Reform: What Works [13]
Heartland Institute/Wisconsin Forum
Milwaukee Athletic Club
Milwaukee, Wis., October 24
Federal Reserve policy in the face of crises [14]
Cato Institute
Washington, D.C., November 16
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