Slidell, LA -- The residents of Chalmette are glum: three and a half weeks
ago, Hurricane Katrina ravaged their coastal community, a suburb east of
New Orleans. Chalmette was determined to be “100%”; this damage
classification means that...
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16 October 2005
This month we’ve heard a lot of talk about journalists who got tough
with President Bush. And it’s true that he has been on the receiving end of
some fiercely negative media coverage in the wake of the hurricane. But the
mainstream U.S....
15 October 2005
Dan Rather caused some ripples when he spoke at a law school in New
York on Sept. 19 and warned that politicians have been putting effective
pressure on the corporate owners of major broadcast outlets. Summarizing
his remarks, the...
15 October 2005
These are triumphant hours for Pat Robertson. His standing as America's senior ayatollah is becoming firmer as Billy Graham and even Jerry Falwell yield the prime-time pulpit to the smooth-tongued maestro of the Christian Coalition....
14 October 2005
By now, millions of TV viewers have seen the video numerous times on
television: Two police officers are beating a man on the pavement. It’s
big news -- because a camera was there.
Robert Davis, a 64-year-old retired...
Robert Davis, a 64-year-old retired...