When ‘60 Minutes’ Checks Its Journalistic Skepticism at the Door
Date: 23 December 2013
By DAVID CARR
David CARR
David Carr The Media Equation column contends that CBS News stalwart 60 Minutes has had significant lapses into credulousness of late, trading skepticism for access; asserts that viewers expect and deserve the show to bring its A game when it takes on a huge issue, like surveillance at the National Security Agency, to serve as a stand-in for the American people and ask the uncomfortable questions.
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A Reading List for Feuding Republicans
Date: 22 December 2013
By JONATHAN MARTIN
Jonathan MARTIN
News analysis; mainstream and Tea Party Republicans would do well to read books The New Democrats and the Return to Power by Al From and The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin, which offer lessons for how both factions can work out their differences well ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
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Health Care’s Road to Ruin
Date: 22 December 2013
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
Elisabeth ROSENTHAL
News analysis; high cost of health care in the United States can be addressed in any number of ways, some of which are contained within the health care reform law; US is fundamentally handicapped in its quest to reduce prices as every other developed country relies on a large degree of direct government intervention, which is not politically acceptable to Americans.
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Plan for Tribune Spinoff Raises Concerns for Future of Newspaper Operations
Date: 23 December 2013
By RAVI SOMAIYA
Ravi SOMAIYA
Analysts and staff members say plan by Tribune Company to separate eight newspapers, including The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune, from its more profitable digital and television businesses could threaten their survival; new company will have to pay rent and a dividend to its former parent.
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A Missing Spy and the Right to Know
Date: 22 December 2013
By MARGARET SULLIVAN
Margaret SULLIVAN
Margaret Sullivan The Public Editor column addresses readers' concerns about stories that The New York Times may hold back about the clandestine activities of the federal government, like the story about missing former FBI agent Robert Levinson.
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Times Minute | Pussy Riot Band Members Released
Date: 23 December 2013
By CHRISTIAN ROMAN
Christian ROMAN
Also on the Minute, real estate drones and packed flights.
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Times Minute | Inventor of the AK-47 Dies
Date: 23 December 2013
By CARRIE HALPERIN
Carrie HALPERIN
Also in the Minute, North Korea’s purge and New York’s 10 best restaurants.
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Times Minute | Uncle Sam's Clothing
Date: 23 December 2013
By CARRIE HALPERIN
Carrie HALPERIN
Also in the Minute, building a better robot and mining for bitcoins.
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With Punishments or Pardons, Putin Shows He Is in Control
Date: 22 December 2013
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and STEVEN LEE MYERS
David
Russian Pres Vladimir V Putin’s freeing of Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, nation’s best-known prisoner, by swift, personal fiat caps a remarkable string of single-handed decisions; other moves show Putin’s singular ability not only to wield executive power but also to bend the legislative and judicial branches of government to his will, and to exert heavy control over Russian news media.
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Are You Qualified to Be a Journalist in China? Take the Test
Date: 23 December 2013
By MIA LI and BREE FENG
Mia LI
Chinese reporters are studying hundreds of pages of materials on Chinese-style journalism in order to pass a test early next year to renew their official press cards.
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