Suffering News Burnout? Rest of America Is, Too
Date: 11 August 2003
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Audience for television news, both broadcast and cable, is down this summer despite plethora of major stories; overall diminished state of television news ratings has surprised some television and advertising executives; industry experts cite two-years of heavy-duty, stressful news; ratings graphs; photos (M)
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In Full Field, The Talk Is of One Candidate
Date: 11 August 2003
By Charlie Leduff and Alan Feuer
Charlie Leduff
Nearly 160 people have tossed their hats into three-ring circus of California politics, but Arnold Schwarzenegger is only one grabbing media and popular attention; he stays away from Sunday talk shows, leaving his campaign chairman Peter Wilson to attack Gov Gray Davis; Schwarzenegger releases his tax statements, showing gross adjusted income for 2000 and 2001 of $57 million; spokesman says he has not decided whether he would place holdings in blind trust if elected; Democratic strategists bet presence of Lt Gov Cruz Bustamante, first statewide Latino officeholder in 100 years, will draw Hispanics to polls to vote no on recall, as he is urging them to do; others worry Hispanic voters will remove unpopular Davis and install Bustamante in his place; photo (M)
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The Art of The False Impression
Date: 11 August 2003
By Bob Herbert
Bob Herbert
Bob Herbert Op-Ed column says Al Gore's recent speech on Bush administration's credibility, or lack of it, raises points that deserve closer attention; says Gore claims corrosive false impressions are part of strategic pattern of distortion that administration has used to create support for war and for entire ideologically driven agenda that favors Bush's wealthy supporters and is driving federal government toward long-term fiscal catastrophe; Herbert claims media and much of public should be pursuing possible pattern of deceit at highest levels of government (M)
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Shockey Apologizes for His Remarks
Date: 10 August 2003
By Steve Popper
Steve Popper
New York Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey holds press conference to apologize for derogatory remarks he made about Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells in magazine article; photo (M)
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Ratings Hurt South Korean Leader Before Talks
Date: 11 August 2003
By James Brooke
James Brooke
Pres Roh Moo Hyun of South Korea blames press for his plummeting approval rating; his collision with nation's three largest newspapers comes at delicate time; he inherited economy that stumbled in first half of year and series of strikes that unnerved many South Koreans; now he hopes to win control of National Assembly from conservatives in elections next April; experts say that in trying to please everyone, he pleases no one and lacks direction; United States is concerned about Roh's political weakness because of upcoming talks with South Korea, Russia, China and Japan in effort to talk North Korea into giving up its nuclear weapons program; photo (M)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 11 August 2003
INTERNATIONAL A2-7 Security Guard Killed In Iraqi Fuel Riots Fuel riots continued in Basra, where a private security guard employed by the occupying forces was shot and killed by unidentified assailants. The severe fuel shortages plaguing southern Iraq could recur elsewhere in the country, officials said. A1 Within the next few years, hundreds of thousands of refugees are expected to return home to Iraq, but because of the country's precarious condition, the occupying powers have insisted that the refugees be resettled slowly. A7
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 10 August 2003
INTERNATIONAL 3-7, 11-13 Americans and Iraqi Exiles Sought Prewar Alliances The United States military, the C.I.A. and Iraqi exiles began a covert effort in Iraq at least three months before the war to forge alliances with military leaders and persuade commanders not to fight. 1 Intelligence reports say many Islamic militants who fled Iraq during the war have returned and are planning to conduct major terrorist attacks on the occupying forces. 1
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The Week in the News: August 3-9
Date: 10 August 2003
JUST as tree rings tell a story of wet and dry seasons, preliminary data from a newly released 1997 Iraqi census appear to record the seasons of war, revealing either a dearth of men or an excess of women in certain age groups and regions.
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The Week in the News: August 3-9
Date: 10 August 2003
JUST as tree rings tell a story of wet and dry seasons, preliminary data from a newly released 1997 Iraqi census appear to record the seasons of war, revealing either a dearth of men or an excess of women in certain age groups and regions.
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