ABC-CNN Talks Could Leave CBS the Odd Network Out
Date: 28 October 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Executives of ABC News and CNN expect to renew discussions soon about forming joint news operation; end result could be news organization of unrivaled size which would eclipse CBS's television news operations (M)
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Iraq Offers West's Reporters A Kinder, Gentler Face
Date: 28 October 2002
By John F. Burns
John Burns
Iraq's Information Ministry launches charm offensive to convince Western news media that Iraq is not hostile to Western news coverage; flurry of enhanced amiability seems part of wider effort by Pres Saddam Hussein to present more moderate image to world in face of American war threats; comes amid signs of uncertainty among high-level officials over how far Iraq should go in its efforts at describing itself as something other than repressive state; follows criticisms of ministry by Hussein's son Uday for overreacting in its handling of CNN, whose staff is being expelled for wide coverage of scattered street protests in Baghdad; photos (M)
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The Life Of Brian, Annotated
Date: 27 October 2002
By Robert Strauss
Robert Strauss
Profile of and interview with Brian Williams, anchor of CNBC's The News With Brian Williams who has been tapped to succeed Tom Brokaw as NBC news anchor when Brokaw retires after 2004 presidential election; Williams comments on growing up in middle class town of Middletown, NJ, his career and his interest in Nascar and presidential history; photo (M)
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Pataki Receives Two Editorial Endorsements
Date: 27 October 2002
New York Gov George Pataki is endorsed by The New York Times and Newsday for third term (M)
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Nervousville, U.S.A.?; Fear Stalks Suburbs, Even One With a Cheerful Name
Date: 27 October 2002
By Lisa W. Foderaro
Lisa Foderaro
Undercurrent of anxiety plagues parents in Pleasantville, NY, and other suburbs, where many moved to escape fears of city life; recent sniper shootings in Washington, DC, area, possibility of terrorist strike, spate of child kidnappings and Indian Point nuclear power plant's potential as target create dilemma for parents who wonder how to talk to their children about newly frightening world and how to balance older children's nascent independence with safety (M)
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The World; Where Novels Get Oscars
Date: 27 October 2002
By James Atlas
James Atlas
Announcement of Man Booker Prize as media event in Britain discussed; photo of this year's winner, Yann Martel (M)
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In Defense of the Boom
Date: 27 October 2002
By Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis article says rush to punish corporate wrongdoers is rewriting history, obscuring what was great about 90's; says it was during boom that rational, egalitarian structure--in which workers, through stock and options, had stake in their enterprise--gained popular acceptance; says periods of great prosperity always wind up being periods of great scandal; suggests scandal may somehow be essential ingredient in capitalism; says healthy free-market economy must tempt certain number of people to behave corruptly; says corporate crooks should be rounded up, but it is worth asking how they got away with it in the first place; questions where bold regulators and fire-breathing journalists were five years ago, when it actually would have been brave to inveigh against excesses of boom; says very people now baying so loudly for blood were in most cases creating climate that rewarded corrupt proctices; photos (L)
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Second Generation Joins the Family Business
Date: 27 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
With more than 1,400 N.H.L. games to his credit, Kerry Fraser is a mentor and refereeing encyclopedia for his eldest son, Ryan.
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False Idols
Date: 27 October 2002
Avi Frisch contends that baseball fans and media continue to mistakenly make heroes out of undeserving baseball players, as was most recently exemplified by arrest of former Minnesota Twins player and Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett for criminal sexual conduct (S)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 28 October 2002
INTERNATIONAL A3-10 Reserve Call-Up for Iraq May Match 1991 War If President Bush orders an attack against Iraq, the Pentagon has plans to mobilize roughly as many reservists as it did during the Persian Gulf war in 1991, when about 265,000 members of the National Guard and Reserves were summoned to active duty, administration officials and military experts say. A1
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