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Bad Company III

admin — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:02:00 +0000

Amy Menefee

Businessmen are in every city and town in America.

They make the tractors that harvest your food, the jewelry you wear and the electricity that makes our society run. They sell vegetables at your farmers' market and help you get connected to the World Wide Web. They give heart surgeons a place to work and kids a place to play after school.

And whether you work for one of them, a non-profit, or the government, they pay for your job.

What do they earn for all of their hard work? Abuse.

The Medias Top 10 Economic Myths of 2006

admin — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:25:00 +0000

Dan Gainor

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10. American manufacturing is obsolete
Media myth: All the manufacturing jobs have been shipped overseas, and the only ones left are in the almost empty plants of the Big Three automakers.

'Bad News Bears'

admin — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:16:00 +0000

Dan Gainor

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Media Myth: Taxation with Misrepresentation

admin — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:49:00 +0000

Amy Menefee

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When is a dollar a taxpayer dollar?

     A. When it’s paying for stem cell research.
     B. When it’s going to the military in Iraq.
     C. When it’s supporting public education.
     D. When it’s aiding sick and hungry Africans.
     E. All of the above.

Hugo The Boss

admin — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:43:00 +0000

Dan Gainor

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Oil prices began to spike in 2005 and the news media eagerly criticized the “greed” of oil companies and their executives. Reporters complained about “jaw-dropping profits” or that oil firms were “taking spending money out of our pockets and making the country poorer.”

Hit Job

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:37:00 +0000

Dan Gainor

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The Medias Top 10 Economic Myths of 2005

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:31:00 +0000

BMI Staff

The Media’s Top 10 Economic Myths of 2005

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“So people at home right now are saying, ‘Economic slowdown? How slow is it going to go?’ Are we headed for another recession?”

– Anchor John Roberts, “CBS Evening News,” April 15, 2005

Trade Secrets

admin — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:44:00 +0000

Charles Simpson

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CNN promotes “Lou Dobbs Tonight” as “news, debate and opinion.” But it doesn’t explain that Dobbs defines those words his own unique way. “News” is often economic distortions presented as fact. “Debate” doesn’t always mean that both sides get to comment. And, for Dobbs, opinion is something injected into every aspect of a news report.

Trade Secrets: Executive Summary

admin — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:36:00 +0000

Charles Simpson

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Crazy 8s

admin — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:29:00 +0000

Dan Gainor

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Biased Accounts

admin — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:06:00 +0000

Amy Menefee

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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.

ABC & CNN Discount Tie to al-Qaeda of Beheading Perpetrators --5/12/2004

Wed, 12 May 2004 04:00:00 +0000

Brent Baker

1. ABC & CNN Discount Tie to al-Qaeda of Beheading Perpetrators

On Successive Nights Jennings Cites Same Mosul Civilian Deaths -- 04/05/2003 CyberAlert

Sat, 05 Apr 2003 05:00:00 +0000

Brent Baker

1. On Successive Nights Jennings Cites Same Mosul Civilian Deaths

CyberAlert -- 06/20/2002 -- "In the Pocket of the Drug Industry"

Thu, 20 Jun 2002 04:00:00 +0000

Brent Baker

"In the Pocket of the Drug Industry"; CBS: Regulate Amusement Parks; Asner Lashed Out at the "Immoral" War on Terrorism; Dennis Miller Mocked Liberal Whining