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...usual, most Americans were left wondering what to make of the data. Answer: nothing. It is just one quarter's report, and it must be viewed in the context of the previous quarters (see chart). That means both candidates may be wrong. Consider: 210,000 new jobs were created in October. Is the economy then speeding up again? The answer may become clearer in the months ahead, as new data come out, minus the political spin...
...chart below, TIME on Capitol Hill offers a comparison of the amount of money raised by the leading congressional candidates seeking your vote...
...Bears (I-CUB), which is pushing a November ballot initiative to outlaw baiting and hounding bears as well as stalking them in the spring, when sows emerge from their dens with newborn cubs. This fall, hunting- and wildlife-related measures are on the ballot in several states (see chart). Those determined to reform hunting practices have resorted to popular referendums because the legislative committees and regulatory commissions that oversee hunting are usually controlled by the sport's hard-liners. So ballot initiatives are "the only effective means to get at the outrages of hunting," says Cleveland Amory, president...
...Westinghouse and CBS. Microsoft and MSNBC. Time Warner and Turner. Among the trends in the media world is consolidation, with sprawling corporations' owning news organizations and raising the specter of conflicting interests and a less diverse babble of journalistic voices. The Nation magazine this summer published an octopus-like chart of media conglomerates, noting that the companies themselves would be unlikely to do so. Herewith, we do so, detailing that of our parent company...
...best safeguard against corporate conflicts is openness and full disclosure, so readers and viewers can watch for any lapses in editorial integrity (hence the chart). Our critics pan some Warner Bros. movies (the Batman series, I've noticed, has sometimes been brutalized) and praise others, purely as they see fit. The same is true for the music, TV shows and other productions of the far-flung divisions of Time Warner. If any readers or watchdog groups discern a pattern of dishonest judgments, they can (and should) flail...