Fires http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/11225/all en ABC Uses California Fires to Tout Homeowner Who 'Would Gladly Pay More Taxes' http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/abc-uses-california-fires-tout-homeowner-who-would-gladly-pay-more-taxes <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/brent-baker">Brent Baker</a> </div> </div> </div> <div style="float: right;"><img height="179" width="240" src="http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2009-09-01-ABC-WNCG-Rooney.jpg" /></div><p>ABC's World News, which has twice in the past few months rued how it's too hard to raise taxes in California, on Tuesday night used one homeowner's appreciation, for the firefighters battling the wild fires threatening his house near Los Angeles, to tout how "he would gladly pay more taxes." <br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/abc-uses-california-fires-tout-homeowner-who-would-gladly-pay-more-taxes" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division ABC'sWorldNews BiasAlert BrianRooney California Fires liberalmediabias taxes Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:28:00 +0000 35046 at http://archive2.mrc.org 'World News' Ties California Fires to Global Warming http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/world-news-ties-california-fires-global-warming <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/jeff-poor">Jeff Poor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >     It was only a matter of time before the media began using the wildfires ravaging California as a means to advance global warming alarmism. </p> <br /> <p >     ABC’s July 7 “World News with Charles Gibson” candidly suggested global warming is playing a role in the fires that <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=auo8l.ZANOiQ&refer=home" />have hit 558,738 acres in California</a>.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/world-news-ties-california-fires-global-warming" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Environment CA California ClimateChange extreme fire Fires GlobalWarming Science scientist severe Weather wildfires Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:42:30 +0000 admin 26068 at http://archive2.mrc.org Are You Afraid of the News? http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/are-you-afraid-news <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/julia-seymour">Julia A. Seymour</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With Halloween a week away, the media must count on everyone loving a good scare. </p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Morning and evening, day after day, journalists frighten viewers with exaggeration, hyperbole and lack of context on business and economic issues. Just listen to them:</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With Halloween a week away, the media must count on everyone loving a good scare. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/are-you-afraid-news" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Energy abc ACSH Al Gore Ali Velshi Anderson Cooper bird flu CBS Early Show century of fires Countdown to Doomsday Evening News Fires Gilbert Ross Global Warming human race is doomed Katie Couric media scare NBC Nightly News Nightline Overpopulation Paul Watson Planet in Peril State of Fear stock market super bugs sweater Time Magazine Tom Costello Tyson Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:37:23 +0000 admin 25278 at http://archive2.mrc.org