Can A Reporter Get Too Close To A Story?

Mon, 02/08/2010 - 14:41

By GARY BAUMGARTEN
Paltalk News Network

The public editor at the New York Times is recommending that the paper's Jerusalem bureau chief be reassigned because his son is now in the Israeli army. How can the father be objective, the editor asks, with a son in harm's way? I understand the concern, but where does one draw the line?

Shuttle Launch Sparks Early Sunrise

Mon, 02/08/2010 - 06:04

Space shuttle Endeavour lit up the predawn sky above Florida's Space Coast on Monday with a 4:14 AM New York time launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The shuttle's last scheduled night launch began a 13-day flight to the International Space Station and the final year of shuttle operations.

Budweiser Bull Top Super Bowl Ad

Mon, 02/08/2010 - 15:17

Results of a national study conducted among Super Bowl viewers last night revealed that the Budweiser Bull ad was selected as the number one ad of Super Bowl XLIV.

Not All Government Agencies Have Open Websites

Mon, 02/08/2010 - 18:50

By JENNIFER LaFLEUR
ProPublica

Saturday was the deadline for federal departments and agencies to launch their open-government Web pages under a directive issued by the White House Office of Management and Budget. Our Transparency Tracker clocked the progress of some of those pages and found that while many agencies posted their new pages, there are some stragglers. We found no open-government sites for the CIA, the Federal Election Commission or the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Iran Reports Nuke Fuel Production

Mon, 02/08/2010 - 10:19

Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Commission that it is increasing its enrichment of its nuclear stockpiles to 20 percent.

The Audacity Of Arrogance

Mon, 02/08/2010 - 06:14

By DOUG PATTON
Paltalk News Network

Barack Obama loves to be compared to Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt. Abraham Lincoln he definitely is not, but the FDR analogy is apt.

The 'New' Obama: Genuine Or Damage Control?

Mon, 02/08/2010 - 10:58

By GORDON OSMOND
Paltalk News Network Contributor

With great fanfare, President Barack Obama announced a new approach to his pet project — health care reform. Later this month, Republican and Democrat leaders will convene at Blair House to approach the issue with more bipartisanship and more transparency. Lest one think that this is a fresh approach, it would be well to remember that it is actually nothing more or less than what Obama promised more than a year ago, a year during which the mantra, “But I won,” became the overriding principle in legislative development.

John Murtha Dead

Mon, 02/08/2010 - 19:07

By ALAN JASIE
Paltalk News Network

Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) has died at the age of 77.

Waiting For Mandella

Mon, 02/08/2010 - 12:21

By DANNY SCHECHTER
Paltalk News Network Contributor

Twenty years ago during this very week, I was leading the production team of Globalvision’s inaugural TV series, South Africa Now. We were all consumed by the rumors that best known political prisoner in the world, Nelson Mandela, the leader and symbol of the African National Congress, was about to be released from prison in South Africa after 27 years.