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...public, Jordan responded to his critics, did not need CNN to prove that Saddam was a monster: "Iraq's human-rights record and the brutality of the Saddam Hussein regime were well known." But CNN's decisions affected more than its coverage of one regime. They confirmed the popular suspicion that there is one story for insiders and another one for regular suckers--the journalistic equivalent of Martha Stewart and ImClone. Too many Americans already live in parallel universes, one controlled by a vast right-wing conspiracy, another in which Vincent Foster was murdered. In even more polarized and desperate...
...course, other news organizations make such calls too, and after CNN's roasting, we will probably never learn who else did so in Iraq. Jordan's belated candor was brave, but it also presumed a tolerance for media paternalism that has not existed for decades. CNN's audience had the right to decide whether its reports were worth trusting, despite the pressures underlying them. Instead, CNN arrogated that right to itself. And yet it may also have made viewers more sophisticated, if less trusting. Jordan has made several trips to North Korea, as he did to Iraq, and says...
...days of searching for an empty common room so that you can watch SportsCenter on ESPN, or stay up to date on the war with CNN, are nearly over,” says Undergraduate Council representative Wes Kauble ’06. The council has passed a resolution introduced by Kauble urging the administration to implement an innovative and inexpensive “ethernet cable” system. The collective dream of cable access in every Harvard dorm appears close to becoming a reality. The final decision falls to the Committee on House Life, which should implement the Kauble cable...
Harvard is now one of only two Ivy League schools—Cornell is the other—at which students do not have cable, and bringing cable to every dorm would be a welcome improvement. Students could stay informed with channels like CNN and MSNBC, learn something new on the Discovery Channel, or rest their weary minds while kicking back to ESPN, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central or MTV. In fact, access should be made universal: the cost should be included in the room fee so that financial aid will cover access for those who can not otherwise afford...
...Dean has continued to beat the anti-war drums. "We've gotten rid of him," Dean said of Saddam Hussein's ouster. "I suppose that's a good thing." Pressed again last week on CNN, Dean refused to concede that Iraq is better off without Saddam. And two weeks ago, while campaigning at a Stonyfield yogurt factory in New Hampshire, the would-be Commander-in-Chief suggested that America should be planning for a time when it is not the world's greatest superpower : "We have to take a different approach [to diplomacy]. We won't always have the strongest...