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Elsewhere, what has caused greatest alarm is the role of the U.S. media. Kenya's Daily Nation editorialized that "the alacrity with which the U.S. media announce results before rechecking is likely to cause confusion, rob the victor of his spoil, and vitiate what remains democratic in the system." Over in Paris, there was concern that the U.S. media had taken everyone for suckers. "When CNN and the other networks made these errors on calling Florida, it set off a worldwide media chain reaction," says TIME Paris correspondent Bruce Crumley. "There is concern here that everyone from the average...
Elsewhere, what has caused greatest alarm is the role of the U.S. media. Kenya's Daily Nation editorialized that "the alacrity with which the U.S. media announce results before rechecking is likely to cause confusion, rob the victor of his spoil, and vitiate what remains democratic in the system." Over in Paris, there was concern that the U.S. media had taken everyone for suckers. "When CNN and the other networks made these errors on calling Florida, it set off a worldwide media chain reaction," says TIME Paris correspondent Bruce Crumley. "There is concern here that everyone from the average...
...Registration," Oct. 16), and I thank those students with the Institute of Politics who took the time and effort to plan the event, which was a great success. I find it a terrible shame, however, that in his remarks to the audience, Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) chose to spoil an opportunity to inspire students by imparting a partisan political message for himself and Vice President Al Gore...
COLLEGE ATHLETICS DO SPORTS SPOIL OUR SCHOOLS...
...food in Sydney was fine, the weather mostly fine, the hosts the finest. Even a noisome appearance by that menace of modern Olympics, performance-enhancing drugs, couldn't spoil this party...