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I'm With Byron: NY Times Needs To Answer NSA Story Questions
New York Times Public Editor Byron Calame agrees that the refusal to answer a single question about the spy story is "woefully inadequate." I e-mailed a list of 28 questions to Bill Keller, the executive editor, on Dec. 19, three days after the article appeared. He promptly declined to respond to them. I then sent the same questions to Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the publisher, who also declined to…
Sycophantic Dan Rather Touts 'First Husband' Opportunity for Bill Clin
Dan Rather fawned over former President Bill Clinton, and giddily promoted Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid, in a new story for the New Year’s day 60 Minutes ostensibly focused on Clinton’s effort to get low-priced AIDS medicines into China. Rather pointed out how Clinton couldn’t take Air Force One on a trip to China, and wondered: “Do you miss it?" Clinton said he misses the workplace on it…
Rather Delivers Clinton Fluff Piece On 60 Minutes
On tonight's edition of 60 Minutes Dan Rather was supposed to interview Former President Bill Clinton for the "work" his foundation has done for AIDS relief. However, it quickly turned into a fluff piece that promoted his Presidency, how much he accomplished, and his hopes to be the First Husband.
Clinton blames those big bad pharmaceutical industries for charging high prices for medicine…
Where Will Media Stocks Head in
Will "old media's" finances continue to erode in 2006, or will upstart media companies finally get their comeuppance? I'm guessing it will be some combination of the two. Over at the Hollywood Reporter, Paul Bond thinks that after three straight years of declines, big media stocks will reverse course.