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Networks Call Solyndra 'Headache' for Obama, But No Problem for Green Jobs Policies

admin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:59:00 +0000

Julia A. Seymour

The Solyndra scandal is certainly an "embarrassment" for the White House, as some network news reports have called it. But somehow those same reports have still failed to criticize Obama's green jobs programs for fiscal waste, even the government loan program that gave Solyndra millions.

Fire and Ice

admin — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 01:03:00 +0000

Dan Gainor

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The Great Newspaper Bailout

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:23:00 +0000

BMI Staff

It's a maxim of journalism that newspapers are supposed to 'comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.' Yet there are few industries more afflicted by problems than the news business, and some journalists and their supporters on the left are flexing political muscle to find more than a little comfort.

And they certainly do need comfort. Nearly everywhere they turn, the news is bad.

Wash. Post Editor Says He Can't See a Time When There Won't Be a Print Edition

admin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:15:12 +0000

Jeff Poor

Will there always be print newspapers? The editor of The Washington Post said he thought so, though others might think he's in denial.

In November 2007, former “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Brokaw predicted the print edition of The Washington Post would “probably” be dead in 10 years. But Downie disagreed.

Washington Examiner CEO: Free Content Key to Newspaper Success

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:28:12 +0000

Jeff Poor

The old-school legacy newspapers are having a hard time making it today as the Internet has brought fierce competition and advertising dollars are drying up.

This Christmas -- the Gift of Balanced Reporting

admin — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:16:26 +0000

Julia A. Seymour

2007 was quite the year for poor economic reporting. Newscasts were loaded with one-sided stories on “going green,” the housing “collapse,” a potential “crash” on Wall Street and even things like sweater and R.V. sales predicting recession.

Fire and Ice

admin — Wed, 17 May 2006 18:56:00 +0000

R. Warren Anderson

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Government-Sponsored Enron

admin — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 00:54:00 +0000

Dan Gainor

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It's a familiar story. An enormous company reveals its 'accounting problems.' The problems are found to be far worse than anyone realized. The CEO is forced to resign. Other high-ranking executives follow. The stock price begins to drop. Billions of dollars might be lost. The politically savvy CEO even has direct connections to a presidential administration.