NBC News Picks Leader to Steer Turnaround
Date: 21 May 2013
By BRIAN STELTER
Brian STELTER
NBC News names Deborah Turness as its new president, ending months-long search and beginning new era for wounded news division that forfeited its top spot in morning television ratings race in 2012 to archrival ABC News.
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Justice Dept. Investigated Fox Reporter Over Leak
Date: 21 May 2013
By BRIAN STELTER and MICHAEL D. SHEAR
Brian STELTER
White House defends Pres Obama's support for aggressive investigation into national security leaks despite disclosures about 2009 case in which Justice Department searched Fox News reporter James Rosen's personal e-mails and attempted to track his movements; details of government investigation emerged in court affidavit obtained by The Washington Post.
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Another Chilling Leak Investigation
Date: 22 May 2013
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Editorial contends Obama administration moved beyond protecting government secrets to threatening fundamental freedoms of the press when it decided to label Fox News television reporter James Rosen as a possible 'co-conspirator' in criminal investigation of news leak.
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Ex-U.S. Attorney in Arizona Is Criticized for Leak to Fox
Date: 21 May 2013
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
Charlie SAVAGE
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz criticizes former top federal prosecutor in Arizona, Dennis K Burke, for leaking document to Fox News in 2011 about federal agent who raised alarms about botched gun trafficking investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious.
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U.S. Attorney in Phone Leaks Has Seen Both Sides
Date: 21 May 2013
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
Gretchen MORGENSON
Ronald C Machen Jr, United States attorney for District of Columbia, whose office secretly seized telephone records of Associated Press reporters as part of leak investigation of national security information to the media, has been involved in telephone records cases before; he counseled client on theft of phone records in 2005.
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ESPN, Despite Growth, Is Cutting 300 to 400 Jobs
Date: 22 May 2013
By JAMES ANDREW MILLER and RICHARD SANDOMIR
James MILLER
ESPN is cutting 300 to 400 jobs; reductions are small in company with more than 6,500 employees but surprising because ESPN is such a robust part of the Walt Disney Company.
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Stop the Leaks
Date: 21 May 2013
By WILLIAM P. BARR, JAMIE S. GORELICK and KENNETH L. WAINSTEIN
William BARR
Op-Ed article by former Justice Department officials William P Barr, Jamie S Gorelick and Kenneth L Wainstein argues prosecutors, in vigorous search for a master bomb builder within Al Qaeda, were well within their rights to obtain phone records of AP journalists; holds public outcry over their choice sends wrong message to government officials who are responsible for national security.
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News Quiz | May 21, 2013
Date: 21 May 2013
By ANASTASIA ECONOMIDES
Anastasia ECONOMIDES
See what you know about the news of the day.
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