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22nd of September 2004 News
Nieuws zoals het verscheen op de voorpagina van de New York Times op 22 september 2004
CBS Storm Washes Over Viacom
Date: 22 September 2004
By Geraldine Fabrikant
Geraldine Fabrikant
Viacom, parent of CBS, is not expected to suffer much of blow from scandal over National Guard documents that CBS News now concedes cannot be authenticated; Viacom stretches far beyond CBS, and fate of its other businesses is not closely tied to reputation of its news operation; CBS's national news division, whose evening news program remains stuck in third place in ratings behind NBC and ABC, generated no more than $100 million to $300 million in operating profit; Viacom chairman Sumner M Redstone acknowledges he is concerned about recent developments; says that neither he nor other top Viacom executives involved themselves in decisions inside CBS News; chart; photos (M)
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CBS Appoints 2-Man Panel to Investigate Guard Report
Date: 23 September 2004
By Jim Rutenberg and Jacques Steinberg
Jim Rutenberg
CBS enlists former Atty Gen Richard Thornburgh and former AP executive Louis D Boccardi to investigate journalistic lapses that led to Dan Rather's broadcast of flawed 60 Minutes report about Pres Bush's National Guard service; Rather's objections to Thornburgh because of Republican ties and Thornburgh's own 1989 clash with network recalled; key part is role of report producer Mary Mapes, who arranged to get documents supposedly from files of late Lt Col Jerry B Killian, and who also put Bill Burkett, reported source, in touch with aide to Democratic nominee John Kerry (M)
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CBS Says Producer Violated Policy by Putting Source in Touch With Kerry Aide
Date: 22 September 2004
By Jim Rutenberg and Bill Carter
Jim Rutenberg
CBS News says that Mary Mapes, producer of its flawed report about Pres Bush's National Guard service, violated network policy by putting source Bill Burkett in touch with Joe Lockhart, a senior adviser to Kerry; CBS declares 'It is obviously against CBS News standards and those of every other reputable news organization to be associated with any political agenda'; privately, network officials say they were caught off guard when Lockhart told reporters that he had spoken to Burkett at behest of Mapes; Mapes photo (M)
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Death Of A Blog
Date: 22 September 2004
By Nat Ives
Nat Ives
Arts Briefing column; anonymous author of The Minor Fall, The Major Lift, acerbic online blog begun in May 2003 out of boredom and disgust with poor journalism, posts Dear Internet letter announcing its demise (S)
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Commission on Debates Rejects Prompt Signing of Campaigns' Accord on the Events
Date: 22 September 2004
By Jodi Wilgoren
Jodi Wilgoren
Commission on Presidential Debates tells Bush and Kerry campaigns that it will not be able to meet their request that it sign by Sept 22 their 32-page agreement detailing parameters for debates; says it has to determine which candidates have enough support in polls to qualify for debates, which it does not plan to do until Sept 24; regardless of timing, new requirement that independent commission as well as four journalists selected to moderate debates sign onto pact between two candidates has made some people uncomfortable (M)
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They Are Sleuths Who Weigh Prose
Date: 23 September 2004
By Tom McNichol
Tom McNichol
Role of computers in document authentication discussed; computers help make more precise measurements for discovering forgeries, but also make it easier to produce more convincing forgeries; photo (M)
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Allawi, in U.S., Is Presented as a Symbol of Iraqi Progress
Date: 22 September 2004
By Elisabeth Bumiller
Elisabeth Bumiller
Bush administration opens intensive campaign to present Prime Min Ayad Allawi as symbol of Iraqi progress, even as violence there mounts and doubts grow about holding elections in January; Allawi, on first official visit to US, will address Congress and take part in joint news conference with Pres Bush; two meet in New York during UN session and present optimistic picture of Iraq; photo (M)
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Good Stock Advice or Online Noise?
Date: 23 September 2004
By Hal R. Varian
Hal Varian
Hal R Varian Economic Scene column on study by University of British Columbia economists Werner Antweiler and Murray Z Frank on legitimacy and worth of stock message boards on Internet; photo (M)
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Iraq Leader, Seeking Support, Calls Rise in Violence a Sign of Desperation by the Insurgents
Date: 23 September 2004
By Warren Hoge
Warren Hoge
Interim Prime Min Iyad Allawi seeks to counter growing pessimism over conditions in Iraq, interview at United Nations; says rise in number and ferocity of terror attacks by insurgents is proof they are getting weaker and more desperate; is in United States for weeklong effort to build international support for his government and American-led forces supporting it; will address joint session of Congress and appear at news conference with Pres Bush, then deliver speech to United Nations General Assembly; criticizes news coverage of Iraq, saying it focuses only on violence and other setbacks and fails to capture gains for Iraqi society; takes dismissive view of Moktada al-Sadr, calling him 'nuisance rather than an insurgent'; claims Sadr's forces are 'disintegrating'; photo (M)
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Panel Chief Is Said to Seek Judge's Firing Over Fees
Date: 23 September 2004
By Andy Newman
Andy Newman
New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct reportedly will decide whether to recommend ouster of Brooklyn Surrogate Michael H Feinberg, who is accused of awarding excessive fees to lawyer Louis R Rosenthal, former judge, for handling estates of people who died without wills or executors; William Josephson, former assistant attorney general who probed Feinberg, says he routinely awarded Rosenthal fees of 8 percent or more of estate, while court-appointed lawyers are entitled to only 6 percent; both Feinberg and Rosenthal have long been active in Brooklyn Democratic Party (M)
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