What to Do When News Grows Old Before Its Time
Date: 08 August 2004
By Jack Rosenthal
Jack Rosenthal
Jack Rosenthal, in Public Editor column, contends that much more news and much faster news has created kind of widespread attention deficit disorder; says when news events cycled in and out of spotlight more slowly, they stayed in public mind much longer; maintains that news grows old before its time in all-news environment; asserts that this creates new responsibility for New York Times and other serious media systematically to look back, recall and remind (M)
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Iraqi Leader Orders Temporary Closing of Al Jazeera's Bureau in Baghdad
Date: 08 August 2004
By Sabrina Tavernise
Sabrina Tavernise
Iraqi interim Prime Min Ayad Allawi orders temporary closing of Al Jazeera's news bureau in Baghdad; says bureau may reopen when it addresses government's concerns about biased coverage stirring up chaos in Iraq; feels that coverage of terrorist kidnappings encourages militants and that Iraq's need for security outweighs journalistic freedom (M)
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MediaTalk; Race Remains the Focus of Journalism Groups
Date: 09 August 2004
By David Carr
David Carr
Unity: Journalists of Color, which recently held convention, Washington, DC, continues to keep its membership based solely on ethnicity; works with National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association on common issues (M)
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Reporter Held in Contempt Over C.I.A. Leak
Date: 09 August 2004
By Adam Liptak
Adam Liptak
A federal judge jailed a reporter for Time magazine for refusing to name the officials who leaked an agent's identity.
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The Shield That Failed
Date: 08 August 2004
By Dahlia Lithwick
Dahlia Lithwick
Dahlia Lithwick Op-Ed article contends that case against Kobe Bryant may end before it begins; notes that prosecution has lost its bid to exclude evidence of accuser's sexual history from trial, and accuser is no longer certain that she wants to testify; holds that legal system is inadequate to task of resolving acquaintance rape cases, and media actually exacerbates original injustice--be that rape, or false accusation of rape; asserts that rape shield laws, enacted with best of intentions, do not work, particularly in high-profile cases (M)
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Hastings Journal; Florida's Potato Country Makes a Low-Carb Move
Date: 08 August 2004
By Abby Goodnough
Abby Goodnough
Wayne Smith and five other Florida farmers form cooperative to grow Dutch-developed Florida SunLite potato with 30 percent fewer carbohydrates than popular Russet Burbank; Florida is 11th among states in potato production, with sales of $130 million in 2003, compared with $542 million for Idaho; number of potato growers in Florida declined from 370 in 1971 to 92 in 1990; only about 40 growers still remain; cooperative plans to harvest early crop in January to capitalize on media buzz; photos; map (M)
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I.P.O. in India Sets Record
Date: 09 August 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tata Consultancy Services, software developer, raises 54.2 billion rupees ($1.17 billion) in initial public offering, biggest by nongovernment-owned Indian company; increases offering in face of strong investor demand (S)
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Ruling on Disney Records
Date: 09 August 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Judge Stephen P Lamb rules former Walt Disney Co director Roy E Disney cannot disclose company executives' compensation data to help his drive to oust chief executive Michael D Eisner (S)
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BellSouth Reaches Accord With Union
Date: 09 August 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
BellSouth Corp reaches tentative five-year accord with Communications Workers of America on labor contracts for 45,000 employees; agrees to increase pay 10.5 percent over five years and let union members perform work currently done by workers outside company (M)
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Research and Destroy
Date: 08 August 2004
Eric Alterman letter on Alan Wolfe July 11 review of Alterman's book What Liberal Media?: The Truth About Bias and the News; Wolfe replies (S)
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