Looking Back on Battered TV Journalism
Date: 20 January 2004
By Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges Public Lives column discusses veteran television news reporter Garrick Utley, who is leaving journalism to head Neil D Levin Graduate Institute of International Relations and Commerce at State University of New York; photo (M)
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Jerry Nachman Dies at 57; Award-Winning Journalist
Date: 21 January 2004
By Douglas Martin
Douglas Martin
Jerry Nachman, old-style newshound who had award-winning career in broadcast and newspaper journalism, dies at age 57; posts included editor in chief at New York Post and, most recently, editor in chief and vice president of MSNBC; photo
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Results Show Conventional Wisdom Short on the 'Wisdom'
Date: 20 January 2004
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Reporters covering Iowa caucuses have for weeks been forcasting two-man race, with Howard Dean as front-runner and Rep Richard A Gephardt close behind; that piece of conventional wisdom has been incinerated by actual results, and political punditry has gone into frenzied recalculation of voter sentiment that is certain to reset tone of coverage for race as it heads to New Hampshire (M)
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A Concession Rattles the Rafters (and Some Dean Supporters)
Date: 21 January 2004
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Howard Dean's concession speech after Iowa Democratic caucuses, and his roaring battle cry to supporters, are talk of political world, with some voters calling demeanor 'scary'; photo; Dean aides charge unfair media treatment (M)
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The Blackboard Jungle: Tamer Than You Think
Date: 20 January 2004
By John M. Beam
John
Op-Ed article by John M Beam says facts do not support what has been portrayed by some public officials and news media as frightening spike in violence in New York City public schools; says real problem is long-established administrative policies that inadequately distribute resources to schools; says students, regardless of race or income, tend to do better, and there is less crime, in schools with adequate resources; says there is significant negative relationship between race and income of students and distribution of many essential resources as well as teacher qualification; says city's policies for distributing essential educational tools have what civil rights attorneys would call disparate, negative impact on black and Latino and lower-income students; says putting more police officers in city schools will not solve problem (M)
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World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Journalist's Detention Denied
Date: 21 January 2004
By David Rohde (NYT)
David NYT
Pakistani officials, testifying in court, deny for third time that they are detaining journalist Khawar Mehdi Rizvi; Rizvi was traveling with two French journalists that were arrested last month for unauthorized travel to Quetta (Pakistan) (S)
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The President, a Quarterback And a Toddler in Cornrows
Date: 21 January 2004
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
TV Watch comment on yearly ritual of Pres Bush's appearance in House chamber to deliver State of the Union address (S)
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U.P.S. TO BUY PARTNER'S STAKE IN JAPANESE VENTURE
Date: 21 January 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United Parcel Service will buy Yamato Transport Co's 49 percent stake in joint venture UPS Yamato Express Co to increase services in Japan; venture will become UPS unit on April 1; financial terms undisclosed (S)
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WELLS FARGO RESTATES EARNINGS FOR 2000 AND 2001
Date: 20 January 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Wells Fargo & Co restates earnings for 2000 and 2001 because of accounting changes for car loans, reducing net income by $26 million; profit from 2000 is lowered to $40.1 billion from $4.03 billion, while earnings in 2001 are cut to $3.41 billion from $3.42 billion (S)
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DRUG DISTRIBUTOR ACQUIRES COMPANY FOR ONLINE SKILLS
Date: 21 January 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Drug distributor McKesson Corp acquires Moore Medical Corp for $40 million to gain technology for promoting and selling products on World Wide Web (S)
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