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Psst: The Manufacturing Sector Is on Its Longest Winning Streak in Ove
You probably didn't know that we're living through historically GOOD times for manufacturing in America. Now you will. For some reason, the The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) hasn't trumpeted this news, even though the history-making began a couple of months ago when it issued its its March report announcing the 34th consecutive month of manufacturing expansion. This BizzyBlog post from…
Reuters Suggests US Military Inquiry on Ishaqi a Whitewash
The headline reads 'US probe of Ishaqi killings no surprise for Iraqis.' You might have thought the headline and accompanying article were from Al-Jazeera. But no, it's Reuters that wrote the headline that, dripping with skepticism, suggests that the US military inquiry that cleared American soldiers from wrongdoing in connection with the killing of civilians at Ishaqi was a whitewash. That same…
Cafferty Finds Bigotry in 'Gay Marriage' Amendment, Avoids His 'Ching
On the 4pm hour of Friday's The Situation Room, CNN anchor Jack Cafferty lambasted the Bush administration's push for a national gay marriage ban. However, what Cafferty did not inform the audience of is his own bigoted past. JACK CAFFERTY: Hi, Wolf. Guess what Monday is? Monday is the day President Bush will speak about an issue near and dear to his heart and the hearts of many conservatives.…
Via Google News: ‘Republicans Return to Their Homophobic, Right-Wing
As previously reported by NewsBusters here, here, and here, Google has been canceling its News relationship with conservative websites for what it has deemed as “hate speech.”Well, let’s see what Google News doesn’t view as “hate speech,” shall we? With a hat tip to a NewsBusters reader, Google News Saturday morning posted the following article from Capital Hill Blue: “Republicans Return to Their…
GDP Soars and Unemployment Drops; CBS’s Lead: 'The Economy is Slowin
A week after ignoring the announcement of a roaring 5.3 percent GDP growth rate in the first quarter, and on the day unemployment fell a tenth of a point to 4.6 percent -- the lowest level since July of 2001 -- the CBS Evening News decided to lead Friday with how, as anchor Russ Mitchell put it: “There are new signs this evening that the economy is slowing down.” Reporter Anthony Mason asserted…