In ‘Truth,’ a News Team Tells Its Side of a ‘60 Minutes II’ Scandal
Date: 15 October 2015
By JOHN KOBLIN
John KOBLIN
James Vanderbilt film Truth revisits controversy around 2004 episode of CBS news show 60 Minutes II that questioned then president George W Bush’s National Guard service using documents network was later unable to authenticate; CBS denounces movie, which is based on book by former producer Mary Mapes, as glorifying discredited journalists; Mapes and correspondent Dan Rather still maintain veracity of documents.
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Review: ‘Truth’ Treads a Perilous Political Tightrope
Date: 16 October 2015
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Stephen HOLDEN
Stephen Holden reviews movie Truth, written and directed by James Vanderbilt and starring Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford.
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What We’re Reading
Date: 16 October 2015
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads from Kenneth Chang, Anne Barnard and others.
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Morning Agenda: A Fight North of the Border for Pickens
Date: 16 October 2015
By AMIE TSANG
Amie TSANG
Trading Slump Hurts Goldman Earnings | Y Combinator to Fund Later-Stage Companies | Morgan Stanley Deal Maker Leaves for BDT & Co.
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Morning Agenda: Companies Test Inhospitable Market for Public Offerings
Date: 15 October 2015
By AMIE TSANG
Amie TSANG
A Radical Plan for Puerto Rico | Rabobank Traders on Trial for Rigging Libor
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Staging, Manipulation and Truth in Photography
Date: 16 October 2015
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
After a recent survey showed a significance number of photographers admitted to staging pictures, Lens asked several editors and photographers to address the issue.
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Lessons of Iraq Loom Over Obama’s Decision to Keep Troops in Afghanistan
Date: 16 October 2015
By PETER BAKER
Peter BAKER
News Analysis; Pres Obama's decision to keep American troops in Afghanistan tacitly acknowledges disastrous withdrawal from Iraq; speech draws contrast between cooperative Afghan regime and frayed relations with Baghdad in 2011; many experts expected, and applauded, president's reversal, while antiwar activists decry it.
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