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...less of a fresh breeze and more of a suit--and not a very charming one at that. When attacked, he righteously tucks his chin into his chest and looks a bit like the Saturday Night Live Church Lady. He is learning the perils of impolitic candor. A national CNN poll last week put Dean's summer surge in perspective: Gephardt, Dean, Joe Lieberman and John Kerry were bunched in the teens, with the flavor of next month, General Wesley Clark, surprisingly strong at 10%. This is a wide-open race--and the tortoise is a player...
...CNN-level scrutiny has redefined what was once only a military affair. By focusing on setbacks, this model makes any situation look like a “quagmire”—the word of the day for President Bush’s detractors. Coverage of the way hundreds of thousands were fed and medicated in Somalia in 1992, for example, could not counterbalance the deaths of 18 servicemen and women, particularly not in a mission that seemed trivial for America’s national interest. Fear of another Somalia kept President Clinton at bay while France and Britain...
This angle in reporting foreign affairs has caused much distortion. Consider the former Yugoslavia. Instead of focusing on the rather boring Serbian retreat from its outposts in Kosovo, CNN and BBC regaled in airing errant U.S. bombs blowing trains off their tracks and careening into downtown Belgrade. And only after the broadcast of a certain amount of death and destruction against the people of Sarajevo was it acceptable for America and NATO to threaten a military barrage of their very...
...Harvard to overachieve, so let’s do it one more time. Rather than settle for a tie with Princeton atop the U.S. News rankings, Harvard needs to stand alone as the only number one school in the nation. By providing students with access to networks such as CNN and C-SPAN, the academic prowess of our school can be further enhanced...