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HUTTON REPORT THREATENS JOURNALISMPALAST AND OTHERS SPEAK OUTJOIN MEDIA FOR DEMOCRACY 2004Journalism is under attack was the conclusion. On stage last night at the 92nd Street Y here in Gotham, veteran New Yorker media writer Ken Auletta spoke with his former boss, editor Tina Brown. His topic was the state of the media and what [...]
SO YESTERDAYTHE CIRCUS MOVES SOUTHA NEW WAR COMING?The best line on CNN this morning: “New Hampshire was so yesterday.” And what a pithy insight it was, as the political race races on to other states and new battles. John Kerry won the “perceived electability” sweepstakes and is now the front runner in a scenario that [...]
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