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Your story was sensationalist and very opinionated. You have accused the Prime Minister of condoning crony capitalism, nepotism and corruption and have painted him as a dictator who has oppressed his people. Such a despicable person would be deeply hated. But Mahathir is a well-loved leader among Malaysians. Remember, he was democratically elected to Parliament and to the presidency of his party. By consensus within the ruling coalition, he leads the other parties in government. The wily Mahathir has never been too proud to ask for advice. And in this, he has been well served; he has some...
...think you have heard the last of the mid-nineties Jean-Michel Basquiat craze that Julian Schnabel started with his film Basquiat, you are wrong. Or at least, Phoebe Hoban, author of the most recent sensationalist Basquiat biography, hopes you are. Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art retraces the steps of Basquiat's quick rise to fame in the midst of the hyper-consuming New York art world of the 1980s. After chalking up Basquiat's success to the happenstance of being in the right trendy scene at the right time and the prevalence of the art world's "reverse...
...CRIME, May 4] are those of true love? But I suspect that my grandparents waited until their wedding night to consummate their relationship, the first marriage for both of them. Although I do not condone the adultery and premarital sex of the Letourneau-Fualaau pair, I disagree with the sensationalist labels of "rapist" and "child molester" that have been applied to Letourneau. I hope that someday she and Fualaau will be free to marry and rear their family together. AINSLEY JO PHILLIPS Anderson...
...Unfortunately, that sense of safety was potentially shattered by the early and sensationalist news reporting that attempted to identify the killers of Jeffrey Curley as gay lovers,' despite the fact that the facts were and still are unknown," the statement said. "In fact, both men have been reported to have girlfriends, and one has a history of domestic heterosexual violence...
...blacks as "niggers" and "black jelly beans." He claims that the reference to "niggers" was later discovered to be a garbled pronunciation of "St. Nicholas," and the language about jelly beans was taken from a diversity seminar. Hence, Leo surmises, Texaco's image had been unfairly tarnished by a sensationalist media. He adds, "it's hard to shed tears for Texaco," but then proceeds to drum up more pity for the corporation, excusing another racist remark as "narrow-minded but minor." His point is that "Texaco was forced to settle the case quickly for a large sum, $176 million...