We Have Met the News, and It Is Us
Date: 24 September 2004
By Clyde Haberman
Clyde Haberman
Clyde Haberman NYC column muses about public attention on the media itself in wake of Dan Rather's flawed CBS report on Pres Bush's military record (M)
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24th of September 2004 News
Zprávy, jak se objevily na titulní stránce New York Times dne 24. září 2004
'60 Minutes' Delays Report Questioning Reasons for Iraq War
Date: 25 September 2004
By Kate Zernike
Kate Zernike
CBS News says it will postpone 60 Minutes segment questioning Bush administration's rationales for going to war in Iraq until after election; decision comes four days after network acknowledged it cannot prove authenticity of documents it used in segment about Bush's National Guard services; Iraq segment was originally bumped in June for more research and bumped again in September at last minute for Guard segment; CBS News reporters and producers are said to be frustrated by decision that network could not legitimately criticize Bush for relying on false documents to build case for war (M)
Truth Be Told, the Vietnam Crossfire Hurts Kerry More
Date: 24 September 2004
By Jodi Wilgoren
Jodi Wilgoren
News analysis suggests that war over who did what in Vietnam has inflicted more wounds on candidate who saw combat, John Kerry, than on George Bush, who did not; says questions about documents broadcast by CBS have largely innoculated Bush, who has for years faced questions about his National Guard record; Kerry also thrust his decorated record to center of candidacy; New York Times/CBS News poll, before questions about CBS documents, shows just 20 percent of voters believe Bush tells whole truth about his service while 29 percent said Kerry is fully honest about his (M)
Investigator for CBS Criticized '60 Minutes'
Date: 24 September 2004
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
Dick Thornburgh, former attorney general selected by CBS to help investigate flawed Sixty Minutes report about Pres Bush's National Guard service, sharply criticized same program in memoir last year, with regard to 1992 report on Justice Department probe of bank misconduct; Thornburgh wrote of turning down interview with Mike Wallace because of previous 'shabby treatment' on program; Wallace calls Thornburgh inappropriate choice (M)
Researcher for The Times in China Is Detained
Date: 24 September 2004
By Erik Eckholm
Erik Eckholm
Chinese research assistant in Beijing bureau of The New York Times, Zhao Yan, is detained on suspicion of revealing state secrets to foreigners; Times foreign editor Susan Chira expresses concern for Zhao and categorically denies that he provided any state secrets to newspaper; Times executive editor Bill Keller has contacted White House, State Dept and Chinese government on Zhao's behalf; Beijing journalists speculate that his detention may be linked to Sept 7 article in The Times on Jiang Zemin's plan to resign his last position of power; accuracy of article was confirmed on Sept 19, when Jiang relinquished his military post; deliberations among party leaders are highly secretive in China, and leaks are considered crime (M)
The Face of Iraqi Democracy
Date: 24 September 2004
Editorial says visiting Iraqi Prime Min Ayad Allawi insists that security in Iraq is improving, economic reconstruction is progressing and democratic institutions are taking root, contrary to news reports Americans get daily; says his claims are everything Bush re-election campaign could have asked for, but most of them are wrong
When the Shooting Stopped
Date: 25 September 2004
By Pete Hamill
Pete Hamill
Pete Hamill Op-Ed article pays tribute to war photographer Eddie Adams, who died last weekend; recalls Adams' photograph of South Vietnamese police commander shooting prisoner during Tet offensive; finds press in general and photographers, in particular, were never given same freedom to cover American wars after Vietnam; comments on photography in Iraq war; suggests defining images of Iraq war were taken by amateurs at Abu Ghraib (M)
Security in Britain Full of Holes, With Another Palace Breached
Date: 25 September 2004
By Sarah Lyall
Sarah Lyall
Reporter for The Sunday Times Scotland, disguised as construction worker, enters Queen Elizabeth's residence in Edinburgh unchallenged; Queen is not present at time; incident follows embarrassing breaches of security in House of Commons and Buckingham Palace in England and new Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh (M)
Turkish Captive in Iraq Tells of Fearful Struggle to Hold On
Date: 24 September 2004
By Susan Sachs
Susan Sachs
Zeynep Tugrul, Turkish journalist, is freed by Iraqi kidnappers after four days of terror, surviving double pressure of arguing for her own life while trying to protect Canadian colleague Scott Taylor; she says she was beaten and threatened with beheading; two spent most of their captivity together in northern Iraqi towns of Tal Afar and Mosul; after being handed from one group of captors to another, they were separated on day of Tugrul's release; Taylor was let go next day; Tugrul is third foreign woman taken in flood of kidnappings in Iraq; photo (M)