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When the forum opened for questins from the audience, participants asked about Roosevelt’s ego and political acumen and how he would function in today’s media-driven world...
...money. But in the golden age that these critics appearently long for, before cable, TV news was the monopoly of three outlets, ABC, CBS and NBC, run by paternalistic white men. If that wasn't media consolidation, what is? Paddy Chayefsky's "Network," which lampooned network heads as profit-driven morons willing to turn news into entertainment for ratings, came out years before "Nightline" ever made...
Senior agents are flooding out of the FBI in unprecedented numbers, many driven into early retirement by FBI Director Bob Mueller's energetic, impatient style. In his first six months, Mueller has replaced 80% of the senior headquarters staff, and he's about to name new commanders in nearly a third of the field offices. Latest to depart: the FBI's highest-ranking Hispanic, Ruben Garcia, 50, whom Mueller named just two months ago to be executive assistant director in charge of criminal and cybercrime investigations...
...deliver the intangible assets of the United States, things like our belief system and our values." But the Muslim world's hostility is based, in the first instance, less on America's values than on perceptions of its policies. There's no question that conservative Muslim fundamentalists may be driven apoplectic by the freedoms enjoyed by American women or the rights Americans have to speak their minds. But the widespread negative perceptions of America among ordinary, less ideologically inclined Muslims around the world are based, if anything, on a perception that U.S. policies affecting many Muslims are in conflict even...
...defensive these days. With the first round of France's presidential election set for April 21, the incumbent went into offensive mode last week by announcing his intention to seek re-election. And he did it in true Chirac style: big on gesture, short on ideas. "I am driven by passion," he said on national television. "I love France, and I love the French. I want to be the candidate of union and renewal...