Will We Need a New 'All the President's Men'?
Date: 17 October 2004
By Frank Rich
Frank Rich
Frank Rich article on attempt by Attorney General John Ashcroft to seize phone records of Judith Miller and Philip Shenon of The Times, claiming national security needs, to similar acts and arguments by Nixon administration, before exposure of its criminal acts after Watergate break-in; notes that even William Safire, alumnus of Nixon White House, expresses alarm at government's attempts to harass, discredit and prosecute free press; cites examples of Bush administration's successful intimidatio n of news outlets like Viacom and Time Warner; looks at insidious collaboration with White House of Fox News and Sinclair Broadcast Group, which have aired false reports, supporting Bush and attacking John Kerry, as real news; photos (L)
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From the Right
Date: 17 October 2004
By Bob Kohn
Bob Kohn
Author Bob Kohn, in Public Editor column, contends that New York Times is systematically biased against Pres Bush; holds that Daniel Okrent, paper's public editor, has already demonstrated how Times by advocating its liberal social agenda, systematically slants news against Pres Bush (M)
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Pierre Salinger, Kennedy Aide, Dies at 79
Date: 17 October 2004
By Thomas J. Lueck
Thomas Lueck
Pierre Salinger, spokesman for Kennedy White House who later became a European correspondent for ABC News, dies at age 79; photo (M)
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Political Bias at The Times? Two Counterarguments.
Date: 17 October 2004
By Daniel Okrent
Daniel Okrent
Columbia University Prof Todd Gitlin, in Public Editor column, contends that New York Times's decorous approach to news has often helped Pres Bush by equating his gross deceptions with Sen John Kerry's minor lapses, by omitting or burying news of administration activities and their consequences, and by missing deep pattern of Bush's prejudices and malfeasances (M)
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Study for U.S. Rated Coverage of Schools Law
Date: 16 October 2004
By Diana Jean Schemo
Diana Schemo
An essay written by a third-grade teacher and published in The Portland Oregonian that criticized the federal No Child Left Behind law got one of the lowest ratings: a negative 60. An article in The Akron Beacon Journal that credited No Child Left Behind with driving schools to close the achievement gap was praised, earning a score of 55 points.
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An Eye on China's Not So Rich and Famous
Date: 17 October 2004
By Judith H. Dobrzynski
Judith Dobrzynski
Judith Dobrzynski travel essay on people-watching in China; discusses wonderful close-up look at ordinary Chinese gleaned from English-language China Daily's Page Four; drawing (M)
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Ideas & Trends; New Novels, Big Awards, No Readers
Date: 17 October 2004
By Edward Wyatt
Edward Wyatt
Literary world was perplexed when fiction judges of National Book Award named Christine Schutt's first novel Florida, which has sold estimated 150 copies, one of five finalists; three other finalists have sold between 700 and 900 copies apiece; only Kate Walbert's Our Kind: A Novel in Stories, has sold as many as 2,500 copies; other fiction finalists are Sarah Shun-lien Bynum for Madeleine Is Sleeping, Joan Silber for Ideas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories, and Lily Tuck for The News From Paraguay; drawing (M)
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MARSHALL & ILSLEY BUYS TRANSACTION PROCESSOR
Date: 16 October 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Marshall & Ilsley Corp, biggest bank in Wisconsin, will buy VECTORsgi from Thoma Cressey Equity Partners for $100 million to add check-clearing and bill-paying services (S)
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MARVEL, COMICS PUBLISHER, NAMES CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Date: 16 October 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Marvel Enterprises' vice chairman Isaac Perlmutter will become chief executive in January (S)
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WINTRUST PURCHASES ANTIOCH HOLDING FOR $95 MILLION
Date: 16 October 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Wintrust Financial Corp, which owns 12 community banks in suburban Chicago and Milwaukee, agrees to acquire Antioch Holding Co for about $95 million to expand further in northern Lake County, Ill (S)
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