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Gaps In McCain's Military Record Raise Questions
""At a meeting in his Pentagon office in early 1981, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman told Capt. John S. McCain III that he was about to attain his life ambition: becoming an admiral.... Mr. McCain declined the...Out of the Way, Peasants
"Readers will be shocked to learn that California has about 1 million citizens who are literally above the law. Members of this group can drive their cars as fast as they choose. They can drink a six-pack of beer at...
Vatican says Pope's baptism of Muslim not a hostile act
The Vatican's own newspaper printed an article today stating how the Pope Benedict's baptism of an Italian Muslim man over Easter weekend was not a hostile act against Islam, after the move angered critics in the... McCanns win libel damages against media
After alternatingly glowing and brutal coverage of Kate and Jerry McCann, the parents whose daughter Madeleine went missing in Portugal last year, the family has won damages against two papers."Two newspapers said on Wednesday they will pay "substantial" damages to Madeleine...Arithmecrats vs. Momentucrats: The Democratic Primary Paradigm
An insightful analysis from the CJR about today's NYT front page. The conceptual framework presented (arithmecrats vs. momentucrats) is an important perspective for understanding the media's perspective and the...Dr. King's speech opposing Vietnam War
"Dr. King's speech opposing Vietnam War The following speech by Martin Luther King at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on April 30, 1967 could easily have been about the Iraq war. One would think that this talk of Dr.... US Media Covering Up for Government?
"For the second time in two weeks, the entire U.S. press has let itself be scooped by Rupert Murdoch's London Sunday Times on a dynamite story of criminal activities by corrupt U.S. officials promoting nuclear proliferation. But there is a worse journalistic sin than being... Top 2007 media screw ups
One of my journalism instructors tried to convince all his students that the profession is in a "state of crisis" because the public doesn't trust the media. This article is a lengthy list of solid reasons why... Shock Waves From Syria
Coupled with all the non-news and what may be interpreted as silent consent of Syria's neighbor, Turkey and almost all the rest of the world, how will the government of Bashar al-Assad respond to what may have been a...Jordan: Newspaper banned for publishing anti-Hamas plan details
" Jordan blocks newspaper edition over story on ‘secret’ Palestinian plan New York, April 30, 2007—Jordanian authorities should lift their ban on today’s edition of an independent paper, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. Fahd al-Rimawi, editor of the...Egypt at the Crossroads
"Egypt at the Crossroads Posted by Scott MacLeod | Comments (0) | Permalink | Trackbacks (0) | Email This President Hosni Mubarak's regime is looking rattled this week. In December, the Egyptian leader proposed a series of 34 amendments to the constitution, which he...NY Times Study On Women 'Living Without Spouse' Included 15-Year-Olds
"This morning, NewsBusters' Mark Finkelstein reported (here) how CBS anchors yucked it up over a front-page story in today's New York Times that blared, "51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse." This study is nothing to laugh at. It's incredibly misleading, if not...Malaysian newspaper gets slapped for sex story
"Malaysian government leaders have rebuked a local newspaper for publishing a frank expose of sexual attitudes among the country's youth. The Weekend Mail gave detailed descriptions of favorite sex positions from its survey -- including "spooning, galloping and tea bag...ELECTIONEERING OF THE TIMES - NY Post
"November 4, 2006 -- Yesterday's front-page story in The New York Times about the U.S. Web archive of captured documents detailing Saddam Hussein's quest for nuclear weapons raises a lot of serious questions -...
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