News Summary
Date: 02 December 2005
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1st of December 2005 News
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Senate Summons Pentagon To Explain Effort to Plant Reports in Iraqi News Media
Date: 02 December 2005
By ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID S. CLOUD; Jeff Gerth contributed reporting for this article
Eric SCHMITT
Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, John W Warner, summons top Pentagon officials to closed-door session to explain reported secret military campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media; White House also expresses deep concerns about program, which is said to employ public relations firm Lincoln Group to translate articles written by American troops into Arabic; Gen George W Casey Jr initially protested that program should not be discussed publicly because it is classified; senior Pentagon official reportedly called Casey's response inadequate; photos (M)
U.S. Is Said to Pay to Plant Articles in Iraq Papers
Date: 01 December 2005
By JEFF GERTH and SCOTT SHANE; Eric Schmitt contributed reporting from Washington for this article, and Kirk Semple and Edward Wong from Baghdad
Jeff GERTH
United States military is said to be engaged in multimillion-dollar covert campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media and pay friendly Iraqi journalists monthly stipends; Lincoln Group, Washington-based public relations firm paid by Pentagon, takes articles prepared by American military, translates them into Arabic and submits them to Iraqi newspapers or advertising agencies without revealing Pentagon's role; in addition to paying newspapers to print government propaganda, Lincoln has paid dozen Iraqi journalists whose past coverage has not been antagonistic to US; State Dept and United States Agency for International Development are paying contractors millions of dollars to help train journalists and promote professional and independent Iraqi media; Pentagon is paying millions more to Lincoln Group for work that appears to violate fundamental principles of Western journalism; military spokesmen claim they have no informatin on contract with Lincoln Group (M)
In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists
Date: 02 December 2005
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and DOUGLAS JEHL
Richard STEVENSON
Conversation between Time magazine reporter Viveca Novak and Karl Rove attorney Robert D Luskin may have led Rove to change his testimony last year to grand jury in CIA leak case, according to people knowledgeable about sequence of events; some suggest that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is still trying to determine whether Rove was fully forthcoming with investigators (M)
Bullet Points Over Baghdad
Date: 02 December 2005
By PAUL KRUGMAN; Thomas L. Friedman is on vacation
Paul KRUGMAN
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says Pres Bush's new public relations offensive on Iraq is test for news media, to see if they are still too cowed, too addicted to articles that contain little more than dueling quotes to tell public when administration is saying things that are not true; says many major news organizations have failed to provide public with effective fact-checking of typical speeches by Pres Bush and Vice Pres Cheney; notes that refuting some of their upbeat assertions about Iraq requires specialized knowledge, but many of them can be quickly debunked by anyone with Internet connection (M)
Spano Disputes Report on Boys' Deaths
Date: 01 December 2005
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
Anahad O'CONNOR
Exile Returns To Seek Justice In Ukraine Death
Date: 01 December 2005
By ANDREW E. KRAMER
Andrew KRAMER
Mikola Melnichenko returns to Ukraine after five years in exile in United States; he is former presidential bodyguard who implicated Pres Leonid D Kuchma in killing and beheading of muckraking journalist Georgy Gongadze in 2000; that killing and authorities' alleged cover-up became rallying cry in Orange Revolution; Viktor A Yushchenko, who succeeded Kuchma and pledged to solve Gongadze case, has not done so; Melnichenko says he will pursue case (M)
City's Schools Cut Racial Gap In Test Scores
Date: 02 December 2005
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN; Elissa Gootman, in New York, and John Files, in Washington, contributed reporting for this article
New York City narrows gap in achievement between black and Hispanic students and their white counterparts, outpacing 10 other large urban school districts in addressing such disparities; federal reading and math scores in fourth and eighth grades released on Dec 1 show urban districts over all making substantial progress in math and very limited gains in reading compared with 2002 and 2003, last time big-city schools were tested; in nationwide pattern, latest results show reading scores in urban districts are up in fourth grade but flat or lower in eighth grade; except for Austin, Tex, and Charlotte, NC, urban districts remain solidly below national average in both reading and math; New York City's strongest results are in fourth-grade math; city is also top urban district in both fourth and eighth grades among students eligible for free and reduced lunch, indicator of socioeconomic disadvantage; photo; graph (M)
Senate Summons Pentagon To Explain Effort to Plant Reports in Iraqi News Media
Date: 02 December 2005
By ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID S. CLOUD; Jeff Gerth contributed reporting for this article
Eric SCHMITT
Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, John W Warner, summons top Pentagon officials to closed-door session to explain reported secret military campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media; White House also expresses deep concerns about program, which is said to employ public relations firm Lincoln Group to translate articles written by American troops into Arabic; Gen George W Casey Jr initially protested that program should not be discussed publicly because it is classified; senior Pentagon official reportedly called Casey's response inadequate; photos (M)
U.S. Is Said to Pay to Plant Articles in Iraq Papers
Date: 01 December 2005
By JEFF GERTH and SCOTT SHANE; Eric Schmitt contributed reporting from Washington for this article, and Kirk Semple and Edward Wong from Baghdad
Jeff GERTH
United States military is said to be engaged in multimillion-dollar covert campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media and pay friendly Iraqi journalists monthly stipends; Lincoln Group, Washington-based public relations firm paid by Pentagon, takes articles prepared by American military, translates them into Arabic and submits them to Iraqi newspapers or advertising agencies without revealing Pentagon's role; in addition to paying newspapers to print government propaganda, Lincoln has paid dozen Iraqi journalists whose past coverage has not been antagonistic to US; State Dept and United States Agency for International Development are paying contractors millions of dollars to help train journalists and promote professional and independent Iraqi media; Pentagon is paying millions more to Lincoln Group for work that appears to violate fundamental principles of Western journalism; military spokesmen claim they have no informatin on contract with Lincoln Group (M)
In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists
Date: 02 December 2005
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and DOUGLAS JEHL
Richard STEVENSON
Conversation between Time magazine reporter Viveca Novak and Karl Rove attorney Robert D Luskin may have led Rove to change his testimony last year to grand jury in CIA leak case, according to people knowledgeable about sequence of events; some suggest that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is still trying to determine whether Rove was fully forthcoming with investigators (M)
Bullet Points Over Baghdad
Date: 02 December 2005
By PAUL KRUGMAN; Thomas L. Friedman is on vacation
Paul KRUGMAN
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says Pres Bush's new public relations offensive on Iraq is test for news media, to see if they are still too cowed, too addicted to articles that contain little more than dueling quotes to tell public when administration is saying things that are not true; says many major news organizations have failed to provide public with effective fact-checking of typical speeches by Pres Bush and Vice Pres Cheney; notes that refuting some of their upbeat assertions about Iraq requires specialized knowledge, but many of them can be quickly debunked by anyone with Internet connection (M)
Spano Disputes Report on Boys' Deaths
Date: 01 December 2005
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
Anahad O'CONNOR
Exile Returns To Seek Justice In Ukraine Death
Date: 01 December 2005
By ANDREW E. KRAMER
Andrew KRAMER
Mikola Melnichenko returns to Ukraine after five years in exile in United States; he is former presidential bodyguard who implicated Pres Leonid D Kuchma in killing and beheading of muckraking journalist Georgy Gongadze in 2000; that killing and authorities' alleged cover-up became rallying cry in Orange Revolution; Viktor A Yushchenko, who succeeded Kuchma and pledged to solve Gongadze case, has not done so; Melnichenko says he will pursue case (M)
City's Schools Cut Racial Gap In Test Scores
Date: 02 December 2005
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN; Elissa Gootman, in New York, and John Files, in Washington, contributed reporting for this article
New York City narrows gap in achievement between black and Hispanic students and their white counterparts, outpacing 10 other large urban school districts in addressing such disparities; federal reading and math scores in fourth and eighth grades released on Dec 1 show urban districts over all making substantial progress in math and very limited gains in reading compared with 2002 and 2003, last time big-city schools were tested; in nationwide pattern, latest results show reading scores in urban districts are up in fourth grade but flat or lower in eighth grade; except for Austin, Tex, and Charlotte, NC, urban districts remain solidly below national average in both reading and math; New York City's strongest results are in fourth-grade math; city is also top urban district in both fourth and eighth grades among students eligible for free and reduced lunch, indicator of socioeconomic disadvantage; photo; graph (M)
Senate Summons Pentagon To Explain Effort to Plant Reports in Iraqi News Media
Date: 02 December 2005
By ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID S. CLOUD; Jeff Gerth contributed reporting for this article
Eric SCHMITT
Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, John W Warner, summons top Pentagon officials to closed-door session to explain reported secret military campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media; White House also expresses deep concerns about program, which is said to employ public relations firm Lincoln Group to translate articles written by American troops into Arabic; Gen George W Casey Jr initially protested that program should not be discussed publicly because it is classified; senior Pentagon official reportedly called Casey's response inadequate; photos (M)
U.S. Is Said to Pay to Plant Articles in Iraq Papers
Date: 01 December 2005
By JEFF GERTH and SCOTT SHANE; Eric Schmitt contributed reporting from Washington for this article, and Kirk Semple and Edward Wong from Baghdad
Jeff GERTH
United States military is said to be engaged in multimillion-dollar covert campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media and pay friendly Iraqi journalists monthly stipends; Lincoln Group, Washington-based public relations firm paid by Pentagon, takes articles prepared by American military, translates them into Arabic and submits them to Iraqi newspapers or advertising agencies without revealing Pentagon's role; in addition to paying newspapers to print government propaganda, Lincoln has paid dozen Iraqi journalists whose past coverage has not been antagonistic to US; State Dept and United States Agency for International Development are paying contractors millions of dollars to help train journalists and promote professional and independent Iraqi media; Pentagon is paying millions more to Lincoln Group for work that appears to violate fundamental principles of Western journalism; military spokesmen claim they have no informatin on contract with Lincoln Group (M)
In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists
Date: 02 December 2005
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and DOUGLAS JEHL
Richard STEVENSON
Conversation between Time magazine reporter Viveca Novak and Karl Rove attorney Robert D Luskin may have led Rove to change his testimony last year to grand jury in CIA leak case, according to people knowledgeable about sequence of events; some suggest that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is still trying to determine whether Rove was fully forthcoming with investigators (M)
Bullet Points Over Baghdad
Date: 02 December 2005
By PAUL KRUGMAN; Thomas L. Friedman is on vacation
Paul KRUGMAN
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says Pres Bush's new public relations offensive on Iraq is test for news media, to see if they are still too cowed, too addicted to articles that contain little more than dueling quotes to tell public when administration is saying things that are not true; says many major news organizations have failed to provide public with effective fact-checking of typical speeches by Pres Bush and Vice Pres Cheney; notes that refuting some of their upbeat assertions about Iraq requires specialized knowledge, but many of them can be quickly debunked by anyone with Internet connection (M)
Spano Disputes Report on Boys' Deaths
Date: 01 December 2005
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
Anahad O'CONNOR
Exile Returns To Seek Justice In Ukraine Death
Date: 01 December 2005
By ANDREW E. KRAMER
Andrew KRAMER
Mikola Melnichenko returns to Ukraine after five years in exile in United States; he is former presidential bodyguard who implicated Pres Leonid D Kuchma in killing and beheading of muckraking journalist Georgy Gongadze in 2000; that killing and authorities' alleged cover-up became rallying cry in Orange Revolution; Viktor A Yushchenko, who succeeded Kuchma and pledged to solve Gongadze case, has not done so; Melnichenko says he will pursue case (M)
City's Schools Cut Racial Gap In Test Scores
Date: 02 December 2005
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN; Elissa Gootman, in New York, and John Files, in Washington, contributed reporting for this article
New York City narrows gap in achievement between black and Hispanic students and their white counterparts, outpacing 10 other large urban school districts in addressing such disparities; federal reading and math scores in fourth and eighth grades released on Dec 1 show urban districts over all making substantial progress in math and very limited gains in reading compared with 2002 and 2003, last time big-city schools were tested; in nationwide pattern, latest results show reading scores in urban districts are up in fourth grade but flat or lower in eighth grade; except for Austin, Tex, and Charlotte, NC, urban districts remain solidly below national average in both reading and math; New York City's strongest results are in fourth-grade math; city is also top urban district in both fourth and eighth grades among students eligible for free and reduced lunch, indicator of socioeconomic disadvantage; photo; graph (M)
Senate Summons Pentagon To Explain Effort to Plant Reports in Iraqi News Media
Date: 02 December 2005
By ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID S. CLOUD; Jeff Gerth contributed reporting for this article
Eric SCHMITT
Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, John W Warner, summons top Pentagon officials to closed-door session to explain reported secret military campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media; White House also expresses deep concerns about program, which is said to employ public relations firm Lincoln Group to translate articles written by American troops into Arabic; Gen George W Casey Jr initially protested that program should not be discussed publicly because it is classified; senior Pentagon official reportedly called Casey's response inadequate; photos (M)
U.S. Is Said to Pay to Plant Articles in Iraq Papers
Date: 01 December 2005
By JEFF GERTH and SCOTT SHANE; Eric Schmitt contributed reporting from Washington for this article, and Kirk Semple and Edward Wong from Baghdad
Jeff GERTH
United States military is said to be engaged in multimillion-dollar covert campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media and pay friendly Iraqi journalists monthly stipends; Lincoln Group, Washington-based public relations firm paid by Pentagon, takes articles prepared by American military, translates them into Arabic and submits them to Iraqi newspapers or advertising agencies without revealing Pentagon's role; in addition to paying newspapers to print government propaganda, Lincoln has paid dozen Iraqi journalists whose past coverage has not been antagonistic to US; State Dept and United States Agency for International Development are paying contractors millions of dollars to help train journalists and promote professional and independent Iraqi media; Pentagon is paying millions more to Lincoln Group for work that appears to violate fundamental principles of Western journalism; military spokesmen claim they have no informatin on contract with Lincoln Group (M)
In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists
Date: 02 December 2005
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and DOUGLAS JEHL
Richard STEVENSON
Conversation between Time magazine reporter Viveca Novak and Karl Rove attorney Robert D Luskin may have led Rove to change his testimony last year to grand jury in CIA leak case, according to people knowledgeable about sequence of events; some suggest that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is still trying to determine whether Rove was fully forthcoming with investigators (M)
Bullet Points Over Baghdad
Date: 02 December 2005
By PAUL KRUGMAN; Thomas L. Friedman is on vacation
Paul KRUGMAN
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says Pres Bush's new public relations offensive on Iraq is test for news media, to see if they are still too cowed, too addicted to articles that contain little more than dueling quotes to tell public when administration is saying things that are not true; says many major news organizations have failed to provide public with effective fact-checking of typical speeches by Pres Bush and Vice Pres Cheney; notes that refuting some of their upbeat assertions about Iraq requires specialized knowledge, but many of them can be quickly debunked by anyone with Internet connection (M)
Spano Disputes Report on Boys' Deaths
Date: 01 December 2005
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
Anahad O'CONNOR
Exile Returns To Seek Justice In Ukraine Death
Date: 01 December 2005
By ANDREW E. KRAMER
Andrew KRAMER
Mikola Melnichenko returns to Ukraine after five years in exile in United States; he is former presidential bodyguard who implicated Pres Leonid D Kuchma in killing and beheading of muckraking journalist Georgy Gongadze in 2000; that killing and authorities' alleged cover-up became rallying cry in Orange Revolution; Viktor A Yushchenko, who succeeded Kuchma and pledged to solve Gongadze case, has not done so; Melnichenko says he will pursue case (M)
City's Schools Cut Racial Gap In Test Scores
Date: 02 December 2005
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN; Elissa Gootman, in New York, and John Files, in Washington, contributed reporting for this article
New York City narrows gap in achievement between black and Hispanic students and their white counterparts, outpacing 10 other large urban school districts in addressing such disparities; federal reading and math scores in fourth and eighth grades released on Dec 1 show urban districts over all making substantial progress in math and very limited gains in reading compared with 2002 and 2003, last time big-city schools were tested; in nationwide pattern, latest results show reading scores in urban districts are up in fourth grade but flat or lower in eighth grade; except for Austin, Tex, and Charlotte, NC, urban districts remain solidly below national average in both reading and math; New York City's strongest results are in fourth-grade math; city is also top urban district in both fourth and eighth grades among students eligible for free and reduced lunch, indicator of socioeconomic disadvantage; photo; graph (M)
Senate Summons Pentagon To Explain Effort to Plant Reports in Iraqi News Media
Date: 02 December 2005
By ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID S. CLOUD; Jeff Gerth contributed reporting for this article
Eric SCHMITT
Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, John W Warner, summons top Pentagon officials to closed-door session to explain reported secret military campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media; White House also expresses deep concerns about program, which is said to employ public relations firm Lincoln Group to translate articles written by American troops into Arabic; Gen George W Casey Jr initially protested that program should not be discussed publicly because it is classified; senior Pentagon official reportedly called Casey's response inadequate; photos (M)
U.S. Is Said to Pay to Plant Articles in Iraq Papers
Date: 01 December 2005
By JEFF GERTH and SCOTT SHANE; Eric Schmitt contributed reporting from Washington for this article, and Kirk Semple and Edward Wong from Baghdad
Jeff GERTH
United States military is said to be engaged in multimillion-dollar covert campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media and pay friendly Iraqi journalists monthly stipends; Lincoln Group, Washington-based public relations firm paid by Pentagon, takes articles prepared by American military, translates them into Arabic and submits them to Iraqi newspapers or advertising agencies without revealing Pentagon's role; in addition to paying newspapers to print government propaganda, Lincoln has paid dozen Iraqi journalists whose past coverage has not been antagonistic to US; State Dept and United States Agency for International Development are paying contractors millions of dollars to help train journalists and promote professional and independent Iraqi media; Pentagon is paying millions more to Lincoln Group for work that appears to violate fundamental principles of Western journalism; military spokesmen claim they have no informatin on contract with Lincoln Group (M)
In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists
Date: 02 December 2005
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and DOUGLAS JEHL
Richard STEVENSON
Conversation between Time magazine reporter Viveca Novak and Karl Rove attorney Robert D Luskin may have led Rove to change his testimony last year to grand jury in CIA leak case, according to people knowledgeable about sequence of events; some suggest that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is still trying to determine whether Rove was fully forthcoming with investigators (M)
Bullet Points Over Baghdad
Date: 02 December 2005
By PAUL KRUGMAN; Thomas L. Friedman is on vacation
Paul KRUGMAN
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says Pres Bush's new public relations offensive on Iraq is test for news media, to see if they are still too cowed, too addicted to articles that contain little more than dueling quotes to tell public when administration is saying things that are not true; says many major news organizations have failed to provide public with effective fact-checking of typical speeches by Pres Bush and Vice Pres Cheney; notes that refuting some of their upbeat assertions about Iraq requires specialized knowledge, but many of them can be quickly debunked by anyone with Internet connection (M)
Spano Disputes Report on Boys' Deaths
Date: 01 December 2005
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
Anahad O'CONNOR
Exile Returns To Seek Justice In Ukraine Death
Date: 01 December 2005
By ANDREW E. KRAMER
Andrew KRAMER
Mikola Melnichenko returns to Ukraine after five years in exile in United States; he is former presidential bodyguard who implicated Pres Leonid D Kuchma in killing and beheading of muckraking journalist Georgy Gongadze in 2000; that killing and authorities' alleged cover-up became rallying cry in Orange Revolution; Viktor A Yushchenko, who succeeded Kuchma and pledged to solve Gongadze case, has not done so; Melnichenko says he will pursue case (M)
City's Schools Cut Racial Gap In Test Scores
Date: 02 December 2005
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN; Elissa Gootman, in New York, and John Files, in Washington, contributed reporting for this article
New York City narrows gap in achievement between black and Hispanic students and their white counterparts, outpacing 10 other large urban school districts in addressing such disparities; federal reading and math scores in fourth and eighth grades released on Dec 1 show urban districts over all making substantial progress in math and very limited gains in reading compared with 2002 and 2003, last time big-city schools were tested; in nationwide pattern, latest results show reading scores in urban districts are up in fourth grade but flat or lower in eighth grade; except for Austin, Tex, and Charlotte, NC, urban districts remain solidly below national average in both reading and math; New York City's strongest results are in fourth-grade math; city is also top urban district in both fourth and eighth grades among students eligible for free and reduced lunch, indicator of socioeconomic disadvantage; photo; graph (M)