Archive for May, 2006
The 60-Second News Sieve
- Tree-hugging new Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson attacked by free enterprise activists because he’s the chairman of the Nature Conservancy.
- Mad cow restrictions lightened. Previously, a country had to wait seven years from its latest discovery to be considered at ‘negligible risk’ by the World Organization for Animal Health. Now, with the support of U.S. [...]
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On the Docket
It’s time for another new feature, in which we head into the bowels of New York’s State Supreme Court and pull random complaints.
Showroom Seven vs. Rachel Roy and Damon Dash
Summary: The fashion showroom is suing Jay-Z’s former business partner Damon Dash and his wife, designer Rachel Roy, for $148,505.52 plus damages.
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Together Forever: Rove Was Fired
For Leaking to Novak Back in ‘92
Call it a special relationship. In the wake of Murray Waas’ revelation that Karl Rove was columnist Bob Novak’s source in learning the identity of Valerie Plame, here’s a little history lesson:
Back in 1992, Rove was fired from the first President Bush’s reelection campaign because he reportedly leaked information to Novak about a meeting of the [...]
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The Sixty-Second News Sieve
- Five more companies are being investigated for backdating of stock options. Kudos to our former colleague, James Bandler, for breaking the original story back in March. (Wall Street Journal)
- Tom Delay’s legal defense fund is still touting Stephen Colbert as a supporter, displaying Colbert’s interview with liberal filmmaker Robert Greenwald at the top of [...]
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Does It Take An 8th-Grade
Education to Read Page Six?
Check out this readability test, which uses three different reading-level algorithims to determine the ease or difficulty of reading a Website’s content.
It’s all based on the number of words per sentence, number of syllables per word and the percentage of words with three or more syllables, among other things.
The Gunning Fog test is a rough [...]
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Random Searches Redux
Does the NYPD have some cause for concern about possible terrorist activity? Or are they just under pressure to put on a show of force for the sake of appearances?
Because our backpack was just searched by cops at the West Fourth Street station for the first time since last June, when they instituted the random [...]
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The Sixty-Second News Sieve
Here’s our new feature - a quick rundown of the day’s interesting stories and reports.
- Home Depot CEO’s pay rises as stock sinks (NY Times)… and some shareholders are outraged. (Workbench, via Raw Story)
- WTO shoots down Mexican proposal for 20% tax on high-fructose corn syrup in big victory for industry. (Farm Futures)
- Six [...]
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Congressman Turns Tables on Colbert
Maybe some of Stephen Colbert’s targets in his “Know Your District” skit are starting to catch on.
Last Friday, the Comedy Central faux blowhard dropped in on Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) during an illegal immigration briefing by a spokeswoman for the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps.
While one of Kingston’s reps filmed the whole thing, the Congressman [...]
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More Fun With Lexis-Nexis:
Still Getting Our Priorities Straight
When it comes to determining a news source’s objectivity and fairness, most commentators examine the content of stories - whether both sides in a conflict were offered a chance to respond, that hearsay was avoided, and that verifiable facts were used.
But just as important are two other factors: what stories were covered and the placement that they got.
We looked at the papers on [...]
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