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...give a full picture of the state of the White House press corps or American journalism. There is no thoughtful examination, for example, of whether reporters asked the right questions or enough of them in the run up to the war. Fleischer gripes about the press, but offers scant insight into how the Bush White House, one of the best message machines in modern politics, used video news releases, local media and direct appeals by the President to bypass the national media. They were blowing off the MSM long before bloggers made it so fashionable...
While many of NewMargin's projects are in IT, Feng still invests in companies that allow him to get his hands dirty. When he discovered Shenzhen-based hazardous-waste- treatment outfit Dongjiang in 2001, it was making a scant $100,000 a year collecting refuse from factories and, according to Feng, treating it so inexpertly that the company caused more pollution. Feng's younger brother Bo, also one of China's leading VCs, advised him against an investment. "It didn't look like a winner," admits Feng. But with his guidance, Dongjiang now boasts clients such as IBM, bringing...
...case appears to be based largely on evidence gathered by the foreign-intelligence service of a Saudi regime that has scant regard for human rights. The best witnesses against Abu Ali, who vehemently denies all the charges, are other prisoners in Saudi jails or members of the Saudi domestic-security service who conducted the interrogations. But, acknowledges a senior U.S. counterterrorism official, "it's unlikely we'll ever get them here to testify." One key witness is dead: the al-Qaeda operative with whom Abu Ali allegedly discussed assassinating Bush was killed in a shootout with the Saudis in September...
...relations. Although he repeatedly said such areas were "outside my area of expertise," it's disheartening that he should need to say such things at all. Four months ago the major parties fought a big-spending election, with economic management the decisive factor in John Howard's victory and scant debate about reform. From July, Howard's coalition will control the Senate and it's becoming clear that the climate of higher interest rates will be the excuse for major changes to industrial relations. Under the banner of productivity, the most vulnerable in the labor market are about...
Then, in 1997, the FDA--this time under pressure from drug manufacturers and their friends in Congress--loosened the rules on direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medications. Soon the airwaves were saturated with pharmaceutical messages, complete with big-budget videos and catchy jingles. Side effects received scant play, and most viewers assumed that if the drugs were FDA approved, the risks were probably minimal. Patients bombarded their doctors with requests for the new drugs. Harried physicians often acquiesced so they could address what they thought were more pressing needs. Demand for heavily promoted blockbuster drugs quickly soared...