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View ArticleThe Media's Top 10 Worst Economic Myths of 2009
ByJulia A. SeymourEach year the Business & Media Institute looks back on the year's news and selects the top 10 worst economic myths. Here is our 2009 list: 10. CBS, NY Times Support Ecuadorian...
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View ArticleGovernment-Sponsored Enron
ByDan GainorSee Executive SummaryIt'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....
View ArticleHugo The Boss
ByDan GainorSee Executive SummaryOil 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...
View ArticleMedia Myth: The Recession/Depression of 2006
ByJulia A. SeymourGood economic news filled 2006 – the Dow topped 12,000 for the first time; 1.36 million jobs were added, along with a Labor Department revision that included another 810,000; average...
View ArticleGlobal Warming Censored
ByDan Gainor ByJulia A. SeymourSee Executive SummaryCorrection AppendedSo much for that job requirement of balance and objectivity. When it came to global warming the media clearly left out dissent in...
View ArticleMedia Myth: Nine Worst Business Stories
ByNathan Burchfiel9WorstFinal1.pdfSome of the toughest obstacles American businesses face come not from other companies read more
View ArticleThe Media's Top 10 Worst Economic Myths of 2009
ByJulia A. SeymourEach year the Business & Media Institute looks back on the year's news and selects the top 10 worst economic myths. Here is our 2009 list: 10. CBS, NY Times Support Ecuadorian...
View ArticleSPUN-employment
ByDan GainorSpinning the Numbers When Conservatives in Charge: During the year leading up to the 2005-06 mid-term elections, the economy was strong and unemployment never went above 5 percent. That...
View ArticleFire and Ice
ByDan GainorSidebarsFire and Ice: Executive SummaryU.S. Funds Nearly $4 Billion in Climate-Change ResearchThe Times Warms to Coolingread more
View ArticleStimulus Two Years Later, Networks Ignore Obama's Failed Job Promise
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