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The Company Reuters Keeps
One quick question: Is it appropriate for photographers who are members of a group called Artists Against the War (or translated via google) to be sent into war zones to document the events as they transpire? And, even if Mr. Qusini were not a member of this group, would his objectivity still be called into question by his association with them?
I mean, can we expect someone of that nature to…
CNN’s Cafferty Unleashes Against ‘Arrogant’ White House’s ‘A
During the 4pm EDT hour of "The Situation Room," CNN’s Jack Cafferty had a thing or two to say about a U.S. district court judge ruling the National Security Agency’s terrorist surveillance program as unconstitutional. Cafferty attacked the "arrogant" Bush administration for its supposed "abuse of power" and accused the President of lying to the American people and violating his oath of office:…
$90 College Textbooks a Sign of Runaway Inflation
When I was in college (1997-2001), I recall new textbooks ringing up at $75, $80, or even $90. That was pretty steep then, but The Washington Post's Nell Henderson sees similar prices now as a symptom of worrisominflation in her August 17 article:After poring over reams of data, the Labor Department reported
yesterday that inflation rose last month, eating into people's
paychecks and savings at…
Wash. Post Spins Inflation Data Negatively
Most other media outlets report positive assessments from experts after Wall Street rally.
Fake News Extreme: Journos Help Man Kill Himself for Cameras
Yellow journalism at its finest:KOLKATA, India - A group of Indian television
journalists gave a man matches and diesel to help him commit suicide in
order to get dramatic footage which was later broadcast on the news,
police said on Thursday.The
man died from severe burns to his body in hospital in Gaya town in the
eastern state of Bihar on Aug. 15, India's Independence Day.Footage
of the man,…