TV News: Getting the Young to Tune In
Date: 21 January 2002
TV News: Getting the Young to Tune In To the Editor:.
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Date: 21 January 2002
TV News: Getting the Young to Tune In To the Editor:.
Date: 20 January 2002
By Scott Veale
Scott Veale
Word for Word column offers cornucopia of winceworthy errors in pages of The New York Times, from mangled spellings to mangled history; excerpts are from book Kill Duck Before Serving: Red Faces at The New York Times, edited by Linda Amster and Dylan Loeb McClain (M)
Date: 20 January 2002
By Seth Kugel
Seth Kugel
Riverdale Review, newspaper that is distributed for free in Riverdale, NY, runs full-page ads aimed at drawing advertisers claiming circulation at its rival, Riverdale Press, declined 44 percent in 2001; Press co-publisher Richard Stein says circulation drop, far less than claimed by Review, was caused by misunderstanding; photos (M)
Date: 21 January 2002
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Media column on Wall Street Journal reporter Alan Cullison's discovery of important Al Qaeda information in hard drive of computer purchased second-hand in Kabul shop; paper's managing editor Paul E Steiger explains moral decision to share data with US military to help in war against terrorism (M)
Date: 20 January 2002
By Amy Barrett
Amy Barrett
Interview with writer Vanessa Leggett on her five-month imprisonment for refusing to turn over research notes about 1997 murder case; her photo (M)
Date: 20 January 2002
By Richard W. Stevenson and Jeff Gerth
Richard Stevenson
Experts agree that system of safeguards put in place over years to protect investors and employees from catastrophic corporate implosion largely failed to detect or address problems that felled Enron Corp; say breakdown in checks and balances encompassed company's auditors, lawyers and directors, and extended to groups monitoring Enron from outside, like regulators, financial analysts, credit-rating agencies, media and Congress; company's demise prompts Congress to schedule blizzard of hearings, and seems sure to bring legislative changes as well as sweeping reviews by regulators, accounting and law firms and corporate boards; in Enron's case, questions extend to political influence wielded by company; it could be months before criminal, civil and Congressional investigations unearth all facts of Enron's collapse; much of early attention is focusing on performance of Enron's accounting firm, Arthur Andersen, whose primary function was to assure that company was accurately and completely disclosing its financial results and condition; Andersen gave that assurance in two statements at back of Enron's last annual report; Andersen may have had reason to view Enron through flattering lens, given its symbiotic relationship with company: while acting as Enron's auditor, it was also getting lucrative consulting work from Enron; photos (L)
Date: 20 January 2002
By Robert A. Hamilton
Robert Hamilton
Electric Boat, which is partnering with Newport News Shipbuilding, is having difficulty recruiting workers to build Navy's next-generation Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines at its shipyard in Groton, Conn; president Michael Toner says challenge is finding workers not challenged by perception that wild swings in workloads leads to layoffs after a year or two; photos (M)
Date: 20 January 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Canada defeats Haiti, 2-0, and Costa Rica defeats Martinique, 2-0, in Concacaf Gold Cup soccer tournament (S)
Date: 21 January 2002
Shirin Shoai letter comments on Jan 15 article on getting young people interested in watching television news
Date: 21 January 2002
Hugh Siegel letter on push to create youth-oriented television news (Jan 15 article)