NBC Brings Back Andrew Lack to Lead Its News Division
Date: 07 March 2015
By EMILY STEEL
Emily STEEL
NBC Universal announces hiring of Andrew Lack as head of news division; Lack was president of NBC News from 1993 until 2001, and his rehiring represents largest step in broad restructuring.
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Black Comedians in South Africa Put Power in the Punch Lines
Date: 08 March 2015
By BAZ DREISINGER
Baz DREISINGER
South African news parody show Late Nite News With Loyiso Gola tackles controversial subjects evenhandedly and gives black comedians opportunity to express dissatisfaction with government.
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What Iran Won’t Say About the Bomb
Date: 08 March 2015
By WILLIAM J. BROAD and DAVID E. SANGER
William BROAD
News Analysis; Iran has managed to effectively evade question of whether it has capability to build atom bomb for dozen years; United States and other major powers are considering whether to compel Iran to reveal depth of its knowledge about atom bomb as part of deal to curtail its nuclear program.
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If an Algorithm Wrote This, How Would You Even Know?
Date: 08 March 2015
By SHELLEY PODOLNY
Shelley PODOLNY
Op-Ed article by writer Shelley Podolny calls attention to growing use of computer algorithms to produce written content that readers are unable to distinguish from content written by humans; examines implications of this development, and in particular how it will make humans rethink how central language is to their identity.
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Making Clinton Coverage Bulletproof
Date: 08 March 2015
By MARGARET SULLIVAN
Margaret SULLIVAN
Margaret Sullivan The Public Editor column responds to complaint by author David Brock and echoed by other readers about article on Hillary Rodham Clinton's email practices while secretary of state; stands by story, but makes suggestions for how coverage of Clinton and her probable presidential campaign could be made more airtight.
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