Media push to take stock amid declining trust and revenue
Opinion notes mainstream outlets lose readers and viewers while ignoring public complaints. It cites the New York Times and networks as liberal-leaning and highlights critical quotes from Dick Meyer Harold Myerson and Paul Krugman. It warns decline will continue without reform and invites readers to respond.
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Yom Kippur
The
New York Times
Times
Conservative Media Research Center
Dick Meyer
Washington
Scripps Howard Newspapers
CBS News
Decode
Meyer
Obama
Barack Obama
Washington Post
Hillary Clinton
Post
Harold Myerson
Republican Party
Repub
Lican
Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Lee
Grant
Paul Krugman
Ezra Klein
Vox.com
Krugman
Cal Thomas
Tcaeditors
Tribpub.com
California solar subsidies risk burdening non-solar ratepayers
Editorial argues Net Energy Metering shifts costs to non-solar customers as California hits 5 percent solar electricity. It cites a proposed NEM successor with fees and shared subsidies, notes energy-poverty concerns, and urges CPUC to consider inequities before the January 28 decision.
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California
California Public Utilities Commission
CPUC
Anne E. Simon
NEM
Manhattan Institute
Robert Bryce
UC Berkeley
Severin Borenstein
Lucas Davis
Notable historical events on January 3
On January 3 events include the 1946 hanging of William Joyce Lord Haw-Haw for high treason in London. Other dates mark Luther's 1521 excommunication, Washington's 1777 Princeton victory, Brooklyn Bridge groundbreaking in 1870, first U S postal savings banks in 1911, March of Dimes founding in 1938, Supreme Court shop bans in 1949, Alaska statehood in 1959, Jack Ruby's death in 1967, Apple Computer incorporation in 1977, and Joy Adamson killed in 1980.
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William Joyce
Lord Haw-Haw
Wandsworth
London
Martin Luther
Leo X
Year in review 2015 highlights optimism and change
The piece argues 2015 was generally better, noting richer returns from investments and job creation, rising incomes across classes, more education choice, marijuana legalization in two states plus DC, and falling crime rates. It also contrasts terrorism with overall war-death declines and endorses gay marriage as a civil milestone.
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Washington, D.C
Baltimore
St. Louis
ISIS
Syria
Iraq
Afghanistan
America
Supreme Court
PPIs may raise heart attack risk but evidence mixed
Dear Reader explains proton pump inhibitors used for GERD and ulcers. A large study found a 16 to 21 percent higher heart attack risk in PPI users versus nonusers, though causality is unclear and other studies disagree. Alternatives include lifestyle changes and H2 blockers with doctor guidance.
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Komaroff
Harvard Medical School
AskDoctorK.com
Shattuck St
Boston
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Jack Ruby
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Dallas
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