When it comes to members of the mainstream news media and their penchant for making dire predictions about the economy, no one describes the phenomenon better than world-famous salesman and motivational speaker Zig Ziglar: “The media has accurately predicted ten of the last two recessions.” One news outlets, The Independent, opted to take this approach [...]
UK Newspaper Attempted to Deceive Readers
April 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
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Blogger Not Using Performance-Enhancing Drugs
February 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments
After tracking news coverage of a much-publicized hearing on Capitol Hill today, I felt obligated to set the record straight and let it be known that I do not and have never used steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs while blogging. Unlike Roger “The Rocket” Clemens of Major League Baseball fame, I haven’t been called to [...]
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‘Hillary Rodham Clinton News Network’ Exposed
November 30th, 2007 · No Comments
Every once in a while, I like to point readers to some of the better opinion sources with which I’m familiar. One of those is Investor’s Business Daily. They published a worth-reading piece under the headline, H-R-CNN, yesterday. Below is the summary: Media: CNN can spare us the alibis for letting Democratic operatives slip past [...]
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