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...course, other news organizations make such calls too, and after CNN's roasting, we will probably never learn who else did so in Iraq. Jordan's belated candor was brave, but it also presumed a tolerance for media paternalism that has not existed for decades. CNN's audience had the right to decide whether its reports were worth trusting, despite the pressures underlying them. Instead, CNN arrogated that right to itself. And yet it may also have made viewers more sophisticated, if less trusting. Jordan has made several trips to North Korea, as he did to Iraq, and says...
Sitting last weekend with two friends in the same Bronx diner where she used to fall asleep after long days on the streets, the 23-year-old Murray speaks with candor about the difficulties she faced growing up. She remains guarded, however, about the details of her life since she left the streets of the Bronx for Cambridge...
There is another Idol contestant, Trenyce, who was convicted of felony theft. Her candor with the producers, however, has saved her a spot on the show. So if Dartboard wants intrigue and scandal, there is still hope; vote for Trenyce and make her the next American Idol...
...Republican leaders and their apologists tend to go into a frenzy of denial when members of the liberal media cabal bring up these inconvenient facts. It's that lack of candor, of course, that presents the biggest obstacle to George W. Bush's commendable and long overdue campaign to persuade more African-Americans to defect from the Democrats to the Republicans. It's doomed to fail until the GOP fesses up its past addiction to race-baiting, and makes a sincere attempt to kick the habit...
Deviating from the familiar script in celebrity divorces, Lisa Marie Presley made no mention of a continued friendship or deep mutual respect when she announced that she and Nicolas Cage would be divorcing after three months of marriage. Instead, she displayed uncommon candor, saying, "I'm sad about this, but we shouldn't have been married in the first place. It was a big mistake." Presley and Cage ominously chose to marry on Aug. 10, the 25th anniversary of her father's death. Their divorce seems less surprising than the fact that the union didn't last as long...