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Dan Gainor Discusses 'Going Green' on CNBC’s Power Lunch
Is it time for more businesses to ‘go green'? Not so fast, says Director of the Business & Media Institute Dan Gainor. Gainor appeared on CNBC's "Power Lunch" November 9 to discuss business investment in green products, a popular story on many news programs."The problem is companies are spending tons of green, going green...for some things, Wal-Mart has found some solutions that make a lot of…
When Does the Kathleen Willey Book Tour Media Blitz Begin
In the past six years, any time someone wrote a tell-all book about George W. Bush or a member of his administration, they were given the royal treatment by the press with lavish interviews offering them the perfect platform to market their work as well as their politically charged opinions. Consider for example all the attention given to Valerie Plame Wilson just recently when her book "Fair…
CNN Warns: 'Don't Eat Your iPhone
Medical correspondent Gupta warns Apple's iPhone and iPod products contain traces of dangerous chemicals.
Why Did 'Green Week' Go Out With Travelogue Whimper
"Green Week" at "Today" came in with an Al Gore roar but went out with a travelogue whimper. What happened?View video [from MSNBC site] here. On Monday, "Today" kicked off Green Week with an Al Gore interview in which he proclaimed there was no room for dissenting voices on global warming. Over at MSNBC the same day, an NBC environmental "correspondent" urged viewers to vote for candidates with…
Pollster.com: 'Remarkable' Positive Opinion Change on Iraq
Being against the war after she was for it, could it be soon be time for Hillary to be for it again?The question arises in light of the findings by Charles Franklin [pictured here] at Pollster.com. According to his November 6th Pollster.com analysis, there has been a "remarkable" shift, in a positive direction, in public opinion on the war in Iraq.Excerpts from Franklin's Ten Months of Opinion…
Jon Stewart Bashes Ann Coulter, But Puffs Nader, and Eugene Debs
In the November 15 Rolling Stone, the hippie mag interviews a pile of politicians, media stars, and rockers to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show, was interviewed by Jeff Sharlet of The Revealer. In a strange interview he unloaded the usual criticism on Ann Coulter, but praised old American socialists Eugene Debs and Norman Thomas. Coulter came up as Stewart tried…
Obama Campaign Placed Anti-Hillary Stories in Press, MSM Unperturbed
On Thursday, Chicago Sun-Times columnist Lynn Sweet picked up on a story related by the Atlantic Monthly's Marc Ambinder that claims that a few months ago the Barack Obama campaign sought to place the Norman Hsu scandal in the press in an effort to create anti-Hillary buzz in the MSM. Such a political "dirty trick" would seem to be a juice story for members of the MSM, wouldn't it? So, why is…
NewsBusted Comedy Episode
It's Friday which means another episode of our political comedy show "NewsBusted!" Topics in this episode include Barack Obama, SCHIP, Ann Coulter, Chris Matthews, Coolio. Watch the show over at the top of the sidebar. Click here to see the episode archive, you can also subscribe to "NewsBusted" to be automatically notified via email whenever we post new webcasts. If you like the show, be sure…