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Couric Will Report From Iraq, Syria

Anchor plans 10-day trip through Mideast before surge report

Aug 29, 07 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Katie Couric leaves today for a 10-day trip to Iraq and Syria, where she will cover the war and the turbulent Middle East as the Pentagon's September 15 deadline for a report on Iraq looms. Couric will spend six days in Iraq, twice anchoring "CBS Evening News" live from... More »

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Iraq • Congress • Pentagon • Syria • Katie Couric • CBS • Baghdad • news • reporter • Damascus • Iraq war • news anchor

Why the Press Fell for the
Cult of Karl

Forget liberal bias, the press likes their politicians Machiavellian

Aug 14, 07 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - What people don't understand about the press, Jay Rosen writes, is that reporters care less about ideology than they do about being savvy—"shrewd, practical, well-informed, perceptive, ironic, unseminental." That's what they aspire to, that's what they worship; it's their religion, if you will. Karl Rove is all... More »

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media • Karl Rove • newspaper • press • reporter

And He's Not Going to Take It Anymore

'Mad Money' madman Cramer snaps,
beseeches Bernanke to cut rates

Aug 7, 07 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - In YouTube's most watched video today, CNBC's Jim Cramer blasts Fed chairman Ben Bernanke for signaling that he won't cut interest rates, calling the present stay-the-course market situation "Armageddon." As his dumbfounded interlocutor looks on, the "Mad Money" host pounds the table and thunders that the "... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • news • money • reporter • US economy • Jim Cramer • anger • interest rate

Reporter Flees Geek Summit

Hacker conference chews up, spits out TV producer

Aug 5, 07 7:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tech blogs are abuzz with reports of an NBC producer who attempted to infiltrate an annual hackers' conference and had the tables turned on her. Michelle Madigan of "Dateline"—the show that gave the world "To Catch a Predator"—arrived packing a hidden camera and fled... More »

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reporter • Michelle Madigan • Dateline • Defcon • computer

LA Mayor's Reporter Lover Suspended

'Conflicted' newscaster covered his divorce

Aug 3, 07 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Telemundo reporter who covered the Los Angeles political beat while having an affair with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has been suspended for two months without pay. Mirthala Salinas' involvement with the then-married mayor was an open secret at the station when she broadcast the breakup of his 20-year marriage. Media... More »

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news • Los Angeles • Antonio Villaraigosa • Mirthala Salinas • Telemundo • mayor • reporter • affair

Late-Night Icon Tom Snyder Dead at 71

'Tomorrow Show' host's conversational style enchanted insomniacs

Jul 30, 07 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Talk show host Tom Snyder, known for his interviews with celebrities like John Lennon and Johnny Rotten, died yesterday after battling leukemia for 2 years, the AP reports. The man who paved the way for David Letterman and Conan O'Brien as the host of NBC's "Tomorrow Show" and gained... More »

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television • NBC • obituary • reporter • leukemia • Tomorrow Show • Tom Snyder • talk show

Phoenix News Choppers Collide

Jul 28, 07 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Television reporters had to focus on their own yesterday, after a pair of news choppers from different stations collided over a Phoenix park, killing two pilots and two photographers. Both choppers were sending live footage of a police chase involving a stolen truck. "There was a huge boom,"... More »

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Arizona • crash • reporter • helicopter • journalist

LA Mayor Bares Affair With
News Anchor

She broadcast reports of his crumbling marriage

Jul 4, 07 5:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa yesterday revealed an ongoing, year-long love affair with a local anchorwoman, which triggered the breakdown of his marriage. The newscaster, who works for Spanish-language channel Telemundo, broadcast news of the mayor's separation from his wife last month, despite a conflict of interest. More »

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divorce • Los Angeles • Antonio Villaraigosa • Mirthala Salinas • Telemundo • mayor • reporter • affair • news anchor

News Anchor Shreds Script, Hailed as Hero

MSNBC journalist's refusal to read Hilton story wins cyber fan

Jun 30, 07 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bloggers, who normally revel in afflicting TV news anchors, have made one a star. MSNBC newsreader Mika Brzezinski won legions of fans in the blogosphere when she refused, despite prodding from her co-hosts, to read a news item about Paris Hilton Wednesday morning, and then shredded the script. “I... More »

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MSNBC • Paris Hilton • news • Mika Brzezinski • reporter • blog • blogger • news anchor

Journal Employees Stage Anti-Murdoch Protest

Union action relates to pending deal, labor talks

Jun 28, 07 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wall Street Journal employees around the country were intentionally late for work today in a job action to protest News Corp.'s impending purchase of Dow Jones. The union representing reporters coordinated the demonstration, Forbes reports, to give a collective thumbs-down to Rupert Murdoch and to protest recent developments in... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • Dow Jones • protests • union • reporter • News Corp

Captors Threaten to
Kill Kidnapped BBC Reporter

Video shows Johnston wearing explosive belt

Jun 25, 07 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A newly released video shows kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston wearing an explosive belt that his captors say will be detonated if a rescue attempt is made. The video deflates hope that Hamas would be able to negotiate Johnston's release after taking control of the chaotic Gaza strip. Johnston's family... More »

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Gaza • Alan Johnston • Hamas • kidnapping • Army of Islam • reporter • Ismail Haniyeh • Britain

Abductors Release Video
of Kidnapped BBC Reporter

Journalist in captivity since March 12

Jun 1, 07 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a video posted on the Internet today, a captured BBC reporter says he is in good health and has been well treated. It is unclear when the footage of a beleaguered-looking Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped in Gaza City March 12, was taken. Toward the end of the footage,... More »

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Alan Johnston • BBC • Palestine • kidnapping • Army of Islam • reporter • Gaza City • militant • al-Qaeda

Woodward, Tenet Form Perfect Storm
of Ego

Whine over who wronged whom

May 15, 07 7:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once upon a time, former CIA director George Tenet and superstar political reporter Bob Woodward were friendly, but now they're locked in an ego battle too degrading to produce any winners. The New Yorker this month gives each space to snipe at the other and explores what the whinefest means... More »

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CIA • George Tenet • news • Bob Woodward • reporter

Katie's Ratings Flatline

Some doubt if viewers are ready for a woman anchor.

May 14, 07 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Katie Couric, as always, is upbeat, but her ratings are undeniably dismal: “CBS Evening News” numbers have dropped lower than they've been since the Nielsens began measuring audiences with “people meters” 20 years ago, the New York Times  reports. The 8-month-old show is an even-more-distant third than... More »

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television • Katie Couric • CBS • news • audiences • reporter • journalist • news anchor

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