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...small secret is that journalists don't mind spin either. A politician's ability to spin is a measure of his or her professionalism, which journalists respect. Furthermore, spin needs to be interpreted, which is the journalist's job. If politicians were totally truthful, political journalists would be out of business...
...emerged that British Prime Minister Tony Blair had been questioned for a second time by police investigating allegations that seats in the House of Lords were sold for political donations. The interview, which took place on Jan. 26 at 10 Downing Street, was kept secret at the request of Scotland Yard. Previously questioned by police in December, Blair was again treated as a witness, not as a suspect...
...lady and allow them to sit in Britain's 748-member upper chamber of Parliament. Under a 1925 law, the sale of honors is illegal. Police are now attempting to find out if some peerages recommended since 2001 by all major parties were given in return for donations and secret loans. (More than 90 people have been questioned so far, including former Conservative leader Michael Howard.) They are also investigating whether another law, which says that all donations of more than $10,000 must be declared, has been broken. In recent weeks, police appear to have shifted the focus...
...when journalists are threatened, the voices of journalism make no such distinction between good leaks and bad ones. If they did, this one would certainly qualify as a bad leak. The secret it revealed, a U.S. intelligence officer's identity, should have stayed secret. Nor did anyone ever suggest that New York Times reporter Judy Miller should not qualify for protection because she never used the stuff Scooter leaked...
...unethical manipulation” of stock options by Wall Street executives, according to a statement from the center. Three of the stories that made last year’s final round covered high-profile national issues such as the National Security Agency’s wiretaps, the revelation of secret CIA prisons and the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. “This year you don’t have the blockbuster national security stories,” Jones said, “but that doesn’t mean that this year’s stories are any less important...