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Networks Insist Oil Is at 'Record High
Reporters finally give geopolitical factors strong place influencing price; but adjusted for inflation, oil is still $10 below 1981 peak.
Weekend Captionfest: Wilsons Meet the Press
Original AP caption: "Former CIA officer Valerie Plame, center, and her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, left, take part in a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington."
Rolling Stone Editor Believes There is a Pro-Israeli Media Bias in Ame
Most NBers are likely unfamiliar with the name Eric Boehlert. He is a contributing editor for Rolling Stone magazine that used to write for Salon, and has a book out called “Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over For Bush.” In it, he accused the media of actually having a pro-Bush bias in a book that the Washington Post’s Book World comically declared was “written as though a cadre of Bill Clinton's…
Boston Globe Cartoon: Only Court Decision Prevents W From Ordering Tor
Somebody please tell me what is funny or - more importantly - true about this cartoon. Is this really the view of Dan Wasserman and by extension the paper that employs him - the Boston Globe? Do Wasserman and the Globe really believe that, in his heart, President George W. Bush is a torture-master of medieval proportions? Do they truly think that only international agreements and court…
The Decline of Western Newspapers - Part I
The numbers are starting to come out for newspaper earnings. Take a wild guess. The Tribune Company lost 62 percent of their earnings. McClatchy kept earnings about the same though they lost almost 5 percent of their circulation. Media General lost 47 percent from a year ago. Gannett lost 8.3 percent. Of course, none of the papers will admit that their bias and reportage are to blame for their…