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Protesters rallied Saturday in Baku, Azerbaijan to demand both more press freedom and a faster investigation into the murder of magazine journalist Elmar Huseinov. An excerpt from the Reuters story carried by the NYT: … The gathering was much smaller than the crowd that attended the funeral … Several thousand gathered for the funeral and the opposition [...]
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The NYT talks to some TV visionaries and asks them what CBS can do to revive its 'CBS Evening News' franchise. They are Lizz Winstead (The Daily Show), Mark Burnett (reality TV heavyweight), Don Hewitt (creator of 60 Minutes) and Al Primo (considered the founder of the modern local newscast). Some excerpts: Winstead: The big [...]
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NYT public editor Daniel Okrent on what he terms the toxicity of “scoops.” An excerpt: ast Wednesday, a lengthy Editors' Note on Page A2 scooped a scoop I had planned on the toxicity of scoops. The note addressed irregularities in a March 31 front-page article by Karen W. Arenson, “Columbia Panel Clears Professors of Anti-Semitism.” [...]
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The NYT's Frank Rich looks at the fetishizaton of death in American culture and some of the incongruities, to say nothing of rank hypocrisies, of some right-wing politicians who say they are promoting a culture of life. An excerpt: (Fox News) was pulling out all the stops to give the audience what it craved: a fresh, [...]
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From Saturday's Toronto Star, a story about the incredible effort it takes to stay just that much cooler than everybody else. An excerpt: … You have all the latest indie-rock CDs, the right art books, the latest ironic fashions, you make sure you are seen with the right people in the right clubs at the [...]
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