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Politics
Once Over Lightly
August 2, 2005 03:43 PMWatching CNN's "American Morning" today, CJR Daily learned that President Bush had spoken out in favor of teaching intelligent design in schools. Here's how CNN's Carol Costello broke it down: President Bush reportedly said intelligent design should be taught in... Continue reading
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Politics
Flip, Flop, Flip
July 29, 2005 04:00 PMThe big news this morning from Capitol Hill was Sen. Bill Frist's announcement that he is breaking with the president to support legislation that lifts limits on stem cell research and increases federal funding for such work. The Senate majority... Continue reading
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Politics
John Madden Infiltrates Fox News!
July 27, 2005 03:33 PMLate this morning Fox News brought on military analyst retired Major General Bob Scales to update viewers on the War on Terror. Today's topic: The Cone of Instability. You see, Scales explains, the military is sending advisors abroad "in order... Continue reading
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The Audit
Bubble Stories
July 26, 2005 04:31 PMYesterday the National Association of Realtors released a report stating, "Existing-home sales surpassed market expectations and reached another record in June, as low mortgage interest rates and favorable market conditions continued to attract buyers." The report went on to... Continue reading
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Politics
Fox News: All Terror, All the Time
July 25, 2005 03:53 PMCable news is known for its bias toward conflict and sensationalism. There's nothing that gets viewers to tune in more than exaggerated reports of the latest near-attack by a shark -- or, for that matter, a hurricane. And the most... Continue reading
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Politics
Drama Queen in Darfur
July 22, 2005 01:51 PMYesterday, as we noted in the blog report, Sudanese government officials threw a fit when U.S. reporters accompanying Secretary of State Condelezza Rice began to aggressively question Sudanese President Lt. Gen. Omar Hassan Bashir. One reporter, NBC's Andrea Mitchell,... Continue reading
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Politics
A Medical Story Gone Awry
July 20, 2005 04:50 PMYesterday the Food and Drug Administration issued a public health advisory for Mifepristone, the abortion pill commonly known as RU-486, as the organization continues to investigate four deaths of pill users from infections between September 2003 to June 2005.... Continue reading
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Politics
Rural Legend Bumps into Fact, Survives
July 20, 2005 04:21 PMA couple weeks ago, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report shooting down a longtime Rural Legend -- and oft-time Republican talking point -- that impecunious farm families often have to sell their farms to pay the estate... Continue reading
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Politics
Getting It Wrong on the Dead and the Dying
July 15, 2005 01:30 PMWhile her husband deals with the revolving Supreme Court and the loose lips of his closest political strategist in Washington D.C., Laura Bush is strutting her first lady stuff in Africa. Yesterday she and Cherie Blair, wife of British Prime... Continue reading
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Blog Report
CBS Grows Brain, Kenny Rogers Takes Train to Nowhere
July 14, 2005 01:14 PMA few months ago all we heard in the media world was CBS this and CBS that. Then Dan Rather stepped down. And poof, just like that, CBS was gone from the world of media chatter. Then on Tuesday came... Continue reading
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Blog Report
Deficit Bloggers Dismayed No One is Dancing in the Streets
July 13, 2005 01:04 PMToday came news that the federal budget deficit is on the decline. Why's that? Increased tax revenue. And suddenly, everyone's raking in the dough as an economic analyst. Alexander K. McClure thinks that the news ought to... Continue reading
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The Water Cooler
Doug Clifton on What He Said and What He Meant
July 13, 2005 10:52 AMDoug Clifton Doug Clifton has been a reporter at the Miami Herald, deputy chief of Knight Ridder's Washington bureau, editor of the Miami Herald and currently serves... Continue reading
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The Audit
Pumping Up Gas Prices
July 11, 2005 03:09 PMFeeling the squeeze at the pump? Today the Associated Press confirms your fears! The headline? "Pump prices surge to record $2.33 a gallon." The first paragraph: "Gas prices have hit a record high of $2.33 a gallon." Third... Continue reading
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Blog Report
Damn! Nobody Dead, Nobody Injured
July 11, 2005 12:30 PMThe weather is on the mind of the blogosphere this morning. Or rather, the lack of weather. Near Orlando, Tom Carbone writes, "Well, I [rode] out Hurricane Dennis and survived. It didn't rain at all today, and the... Continue reading
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Magazine Report
Newsweek Recommends No Sex for Time
July 5, 2005 12:20 PMLast week Time magazine's editor-in-chief, Norman Pearlstine, announced that he was turning over reporter Matthew Cooper's confidential notes to federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, in regards to a Web story Cooper wrote concerning the Valerie Plame case. After months of backing... Continue reading
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Politics
Forgetful Fox Races to Print
July 1, 2005 11:30 AMMost journalists came to work today thinking it'd be a nice, slow Friday before the holiday weekend. And then, out of nowhere, Sandra Day O'Connor retires, and your editor wants a story with a deadline of ten minutes ago. So... Continue reading
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Politics
O’Reilly Solves Holloway Case
June 30, 2005 02:56 PMLast week, after spending the day watching sixteen hours of cable news, we observed that Fox News sought to make itself the go-to outlet for the latest on Natalee Holloway, the missing white woman du jour. The... Continue reading
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Politics
The Interview That Keeps On Giving
June 29, 2005 05:14 PMAnother speech from President Bush on the War on Terror, five more references to 9/11, and another opportunity for politicians still so inclined to allege that Saddam Hussein was connected to the attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.... Continue reading
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Magazine Report
Abe Lincoln, a Terrorist in Training and, Yes, Jennifer Wilbanks
June 28, 2005 12:22 PMHead over to The New Yorker's Web site and you'll see that Nancy Franklin's latest covers ABC's upcoming "limited series" -- new TV-world parlance for "mini-series" -- set in the final weeks of Caesar's Rome. Franklin tells us... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Everybody Hates a Winner
June 24, 2005 03:43 PMFor years now, the Southside Chicago White Sox have played second fiddle to the Northside Cubs. In good years and bad, the Cubs have always packed in the crowds with the lure of historic Wrigley Field and its reputation as... Continue reading
Desks
The Audit Business
- Reuters’s OKC gusher Its outstanding Chesapeake Energy investigation turns toward the gas driller SandRidge
- Audit Notes: insider trading versus CDO fraud, 401(k)s, lead and crime Rough treatment for inside-trading suspects contrasts with CDO probes
The Observatory Science
- Environment coverage TBD The Times says it’s committed, but only time will tell
- Call in the math club Science reporters can help ward off a “Big Data bubble”
United States Project Politics & Policy
- The Frank Luntz script for Congressional Republicans A guide to phrases journos should look for (and scrutinize)
- Hey readers: They’re bluffing! (maybe) The need to put political bargaining positions in context
Behind the News The Media
- German bill would charge for aggregation The potential law would provide content creators with a portion of the profits search engines make by aggregating them
- Gun permit data wasn’t maximized The choice that faced the Journal News was not simply whether to map gun permit holders’ addresses, but how
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