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The International Red Cross says it had corroborated reports from Guantanamo Bay detainees about abuse of the Koran by U.S. personnel. But when they told the U.S. authorities, the abuse stopped and they received no more reports from 2003 onwards. An excerpt from the Salon story: The international Red Cross told U.S. authorities about allegations [...]
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The NYT's David Brooks decries the uproar on both sides of the Newsweek/Koran issue, saying the real enemies are Muslim extremists who exploit such situations. An excerpt: Maybe we should all focus on what's important. Newsweek's little item was seized and exploited by America's enemies in a way that was characteristically cynical, delusional and fascistic. [...]
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60 Minutes II, the show that brought us Memo-gate, has been euthanized. Dan Rather, the featured correspondent and former CBS Evening News, keeps a gig — he'll be reporting for the main 60 Minutes show. An excerpt from the NYT story: Mr. Moonves acted in the midst of a particularly volatile period in the Wednesday [...]
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(Note: This was first posted to CAJ-L, the e-mail discussion list of the Canadian Association of Journalists, in May 2005. I made a few formatting changes on June 21, 2010) I really hoped to put the CAJ/Stevie Cameron affair behind me, but in the last few days, I’ve found myself roused into commenting once more. [...]
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