Meddling With the News
Date: 12 February 2001
Editorial accuses Republican US Repr Billy Tauzin of using presidential election as excuse for tampering with most basic constitutional protections for free press by scheduling hearings into how television anchors erroneously projected winners on election night; says in free society, government should not try to intimidate or pressure media into changing way they report news (S)
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VIEW; The Scoop on Professor Gore, An Insider's Story
Date: 11 February 2001
By Josh Noel
Josh Noel
Josh Noel article on taking class from former Vice Pres Al Gore at Columbia Journalism School; photo (M)
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MediaTalk; Freelance Photo Issue At Los Angeles Times
Date: 12 February 2001
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Editors at Los Angeles Times object to having Times photographer Paul Morse taking official White House photographs; Morse then resigns from Times and takes job at White House, and Times asks all its photgraphers to report their freelance activity; photo (S)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 11 February 2001
INTERNATIONAL 3-21 Lure of the Border Brings Problems in Mexico The Mexican government is struggling to accommodate a tidal wave of workers drawn to cities along the United States border by foreign-owned manufacturing plants and increased trade. The population explosion has created one of the most dynamic industrial zones in the Americas, and all of the problems associated with explosive growth. 1
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Date: 12 February 2001
INTERNATIONAL A3-15 Fuel-Short Region in Russia Is Now Freezing in the Dark One of the most mismanaged and corrupt of Russia's 89 regions is suffering a devastating fuel shortage for the fourth winter in a row, in a nation that boasts the largest coal reserve on earth. President Vladimir V. Putin has pledged to bring such wayward regions back under central control. The Primorsky Region may be his first major test. A1 Protest Against Ukraine Leader Thousands of demonstrators marched through Kiev, the second such outpouring in a week, demanding the resignation of President Leonid D. Kuchma and calling for new presidential elections. Political parties have united in opposition over allegations of scandal. A8
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National News Briefs
Date: 11 February 2001
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Cosby Son's Killer Drops Appeal and Admits Guilt
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A Makeover For CNNfn
Date: 12 February 2001
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
AOL Time Warner says it will change name of its struggling financial cable news network, CNNfn, to CNN Money and see to it that network becomes available on more cable systems; CNNfn lags far behind CNBC; photo; graph (M)
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Joan Scarangello, Patrick McNeive
Date: 11 February 2001
Joan Frances Scarangello and Patrick Thomas McNeive were married yesterday by the Rev. Richard Leonard at All Souls Unitarian Church in Manhattan. The bride is a writer for ''The NBC Nightly News'' in New York. The bridegroom is a senior operations manager for ABC News in New York.
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Date: 11 February 2001
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Date: 12 February 2001
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