Anti-Wal-Mart Movie Presses Forward
November 9th, 2005 8:24 AM
Is Wal-Mart good for America or destroying its families? Two new documentaries show opposing views on the world’s largest retailer, but the media didn’t. The anti-Wal-Mart film “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price” has received most of the attention. The movie on the benefits of Wal-Mart, “Why Wal-Mart Works & Why That Makes Some People Crazy” was slighted. When both did get…
Washington Post Ombudsman Defends Use of Unnamed Sources
November 9th, 2005 1:04 AM
The Washington Post’s new ombudsman Deborah Howell, in only her second article in her new position, chose to defend journalists’ use of unnamed sources. Of late, this has become quite a hot-button issue, as an increasing number of articles from more and more media outlets seem to rely almost exclusively on anonymous suppliers of information, supposedly from within the White House.In fact, in the…
TIME: Rove, Rumsfeld, and Snow Are About to Leave the Bush Administrat
November 6th, 2005 8:33 PM
Although the focus of the article is deputy chief of staff Karl Rove, TIME.com is reporting (hat tip to Drudge Report) that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Treasury Secretary John Snow will also be part of an imminent White House reorganization:“Karl Rove's colleagues don't know exactly when it will happen, but they are already laying out the reasons they will give for the departure of…