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...along the neat rows of vines and pointed out some of his big recent investments: the state-of-the-art water recycling[an error occurred while processing this directive] system, the new storage and bottling barn and the twin rows of conical fermentation vats. Now comes the moment of truth. Standing in his refurbished tasting room, he picks up a glass of the 2005 vintage, sniffs, sips and sucks the wine noisily through his teeth before spitting it out into a gleaming ceramic basin. He looks up quizzically, but he already knows the answer. It's good...
...Read "State of Denial"—it says and concludes that for three and half years, the president has failed to tell the truth about what Iraq has become...
...Bush spouts off. The big difference? Venezuela hasn't attacked anyone. Lorne G. Sykes Caesarea, Canada In discussing Chavez's praise of Noam Chomsky's book Hegemony or Survival at the U.N., Time stated that "only loyal fans still read" Chomsky's work. That is light-years from the truth. Chomsky's numerous books are featured on university reading lists around the globe. I include his work to encourage students to consider alternative interpretations of how power is used and how it is reported by the media. Even if one disputes Chomsky's analyses, few people dispute the quality...
...proposed French bill, Armenian genocide deniers would face fines and prison terms equivalent to those mandated by anti-Holocaust-denying laws in some central European nations. Although the motivations for these laws may have been understandable in the post-war era, governments should not impose their version of the truth over their citizens. The French bill is well intentioned; its goal is to force Turkey to confront the atrocities committed by the ruling Committee for Union and Progress during World War I. But we cannot help but be skeptical of any state trying to impose its version of history...
...basement,” he said, eliciting laughter from the crowd. A more optimistic view prevailed, however: News readers are able to separate good from bad reporting—and leaders in the field should help them do so. “We all do care about the truth,” said Jeff Jarvis, BuzzMachine.com blogger. “It’s not us versus them.” And poor news reporting did not originate in the blogosphere, according to Paul Sagan, president and chief executive officer of Cambridge-based media business Akamai...