2005-2014

In an appearance on CNN's Larry King Live Monday night, the network's chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour passionately explained the difficulties TV journalists have in covering the conflict in Iraq. The hour-long interview show was dedicated on Monday night to the plight of journalists who have met harm in the country, most recently ABC's Bob Woodruff and Doug Vogt, as well as...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The American journalist Jill Carroll, weeping and veiled, appeared on a new videotape aired yesterday by Al-Jazeera, and the Arab television station said she appealed for the release of all Iraqi women prisoners. The video was dated Saturday - two days after the American military released five Iraqi women. Ms. Carroll, 28, was crying and wore a conservative Islamic veil as she...

A reporter for the weekly Dover Post newspaper was fired Monday for offensive comments made on his personal weblog. Matt Donegan, a copy editor and reporter for the newspaper, was fired by Dover Post Editor Don Flood after a reader reported the blog entries to Sussex County radio talk-show host Dan Gaffney. A producer for Gaffney's show called Flood on Monday to inform him about the blog, and...

CAIRO – The newspaper of Egypt’s oldest opposition party has stopped publishing for the first time in more than 20 years amid a leadership dispute that has paralysed the party, officials said yesterday. Al Wafd daily did not appear on newsstands on Friday for the first time since 1984. The liberal Al Wafd party was established in 1922, banned with other parties in 1954 and made its comeback in...

Last month, two UCLA professors produced a study alleging liberal bias in the mainstream media. In their study, titled “A Measure of Media Bias,” the professors first tallied how often members of Congress cited 200 prominent special interest groups. Then the researchers assigned these special interest groups ratings based on the voting patterns (liberal or conservative) of the members of Congress...

(New York-AP) January 31, 2006 - The Associated Press is actually two years older than previously reported. A recently acquired collection of old documents shows the world's biggest newsgathering organization started in 1846. The AP and journalism historians had traditionally set the date in 1848. The papers come from a great-great-grandson of the second owner-publisher of the original New York...

When a Brookfield alderman launched a Web site to promote and pummel candidates in local elections, he took a step that perhaps no other blogger in Wisconsin has taken. He registered under state campaign finance rules as an independent person trying to influence voters. Ald. Scott Berg even filled out a form listing every elected official and challenger he would advocate for and against on his...

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Bob Woodruff and Doug Vogt are no strangers to combat or sticky situations. Like hundreds of other journalists, both built their careers on going to war zones and bringing back the story. But the bomb attack that seriously wounded Woodruff and Vogt shook the news industry Sunday, providing a chilling reminder that covering the war in Iraq has become increasingly...

Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten has blinked finally. With Denmark standing in the danger of its trade ties with Muslim countries, particularly those in the Middle East, breaking down, the daily has tendered a virtual apology to the citizens of Saudi Arabia for 'erroneously publishing the cartoons that are offensive to the Prophet'. FIRED UP: Members of Palestinian militant group Popular...

Opinion about Iraq splits along political lines. Republicans maintain that the going is tough but we are making real progress. Most Democrats feel that we are wading deeper into quicksand. The public understandably wants an objective source of information about Iraq. That should be the American press, but it isn’t. The January Gallup Poll on Iraq found that 49 percent of respondents felt that we...