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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.

Mass. Law Requiring Health Insurance Praised in Print

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

Paris When It Sizzles

Econ 101: When the Job Market Isnt Free

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

Venezuelan Dictator Seizes Oil to Buy Weapons

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