Polemics Put News Media Under Threat In Venezuela
Date: 19 October 2001
By Juan Forero
Juan Forero
Venezuelan Pres Hugo Chavez, who promised when elected that press could criticize his policies without fear of repercussions, has lately threatened to revoke licenses of television network and launched blistering critiques of press; press freedom advocates fear 'intolerant and aggressive' language could lead to self-censorship in news media that is among most independent and competitive in Latin America (M)
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Congress and Journalists In a Tense Role Reversal
Date: 18 October 2001
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
Television network coverage of anthrax scare discussed; alarms shifted away from newsrooms in New York and Florida to Capitol Hill and New York Gov George Pataki's office in Manhattan, reversing roles in nation's most arresting television drama (M)
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Editors' Note; Editors' Note
Date: 19 October 2001
Editors' Note: News of Sept 11 attacks and aftermath continues to appear in Section B; sports pages (Section S) and Metro Section (Section D) are temporarily sharing section, back to back
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CBS Employee Contracts Anthrax; Third TV Network to Be Affected
Date: 18 October 2001
By Terence Neilan
Terence Neilan
A woman who works in the office of Dan Rather at CBS News has tested positive for the skin form of anthrax, the company said today.
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Anthrax in Three Incidents Is From the Same Batch
Date: 19 October 2001
By David Stout
David Stout
The anthrax mailed to New York City, Washington and Florida were all of the same strain, suggesting that they came from the same batch, the director of Homeland Security said today.
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Link Found to Anthrax Batches in New York, Washington, Florida
Date: 19 October 2001
By David Stout
David Stout
The anthrax mailed to New York City, Washington and Florida were all of the same strain, suggesting that they came from the same batch, the director of Homeland Security said today.
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Anthrax Menace Exposes Badly Coordinated Defense
Date: 18 October 2001
By Stephen Labaton and Robert Pear
Stephen Labaton
Growing alarm over anthrax exposes lack of coordination among federal agencies and between federal and state authorities that experts say has hampered government's health response and its law enforcement investigations; no single office or official in Washington is overseeing medical and legal responses to crisis, problem that has led in some cases to clashes between federal agencies and local authorities; lack of coordination has delayed criminal investigations and health tests, and contributed to public confusion and panic in some places; new Office of Homeland Security lacks full staff, resources or power to respond to problem (M)
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Doctor in City Reported Anthrax Case Before Florida
Date: 18 October 2001
By Lawrence K. Altman
Lawrence Altman
Interview with Dr Richard P Fried, infectious diseases specialist in New York City who correctly diagnosed anthrax infection in NBC News employee Erin O'Connor three days before disease was first detected in Florida; photo (S)
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Testing Links Anthrax In Florida and at NBC
Date: 18 October 2001
By Andrew C. Revkin
Andrew Revkin
Preliminary DNA tests show strain of anthrax that infected employee of NBC News appears identical to that found at offices of American Media Inc in Boca Raton, Fla, that killed employee; says results suggest Florida and New York incidents are related, but emphasize more definitive genetic tests are incomplete, as are tests on bacteria sent to office of US Sen Tom Daschle; say none of bacteria in three incidents are resistant to antibiotics; growing evidence supports notion that bacteria are being used in coordinated way (M)
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Coping With Bioterrorism; Beyond Safety
Date: 18 October 2001
Editorial says important weapon against public hysteria in time of crisis is clarity on part of government; says failure of Bush administration to fully explain what was happening when word spread that anthrax was sent to Sen Tom Daschle's office seems inexcusable; says public is forced to rely on statements by politicians who attended briefings rather than experts themselves; holds that turf wars and overlapping jurisdictions are hampering progress in investigation of anthrax outbreaks; calls for daily briefing on homeland defense analogous to those conducted by Defense Sec Donald Rumsfeld on war in Afghanistan
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