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Clinton vs. Obama -- Who Better Engages 'Customers'?

Clinton vs. Obama -- Who Better Engages 'Customers'?Clinton vs ObamaI disagree with this article and mistakenly voted a thumbs up. I believe that Clinton brings history and experience (and that is good and bad), but no matter how you look at she is qualified and can do the job.Obama is...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Media Bias, Obama

Discussion threads 2008-01-09

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NPR news: national pentagon radio?

WHILE THE IRAQI government continued its large-scale military assault in Basra, the NPR reporter's voice from Iraq was unequivocal on the morning of March 27, 2008: "There is no doubt that this operation needed to happen." Such flat-out statements, uttered with journalistic tones and without attribution, are routine...

Articles 2008-05-01

Anti-West mass demonstrations continue for 2nd day in China

BEIJING, April 20 Kyodo Mass demonstrations against Western support for Tibet independence and Western media criticism of China continued for a second day Sunday in cities around China, state-run media reported. The official Xinhua News Agency said protests, directed mainly against France but...

Articles 2008-04-21

China state media appeals for restraint after weekend protests

BEIJING, April 21 Kyodo Patriotism is noble but being rational is also important, Chinese state media said Monday, after a weekend of anti-West demonstrations in various parts of the country. The People's Daily, the newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, said in an...

Articles 2008-04-21

LEAD: Chinese gov't steps up attack on CNN over 'goons' comment

BEIJING, April 17 Kyodo (EDS: ADDING FURTHER COMMENT) The Chinese government has formally reprimanded CNN, rejecting an apology issued by the TV network after one of its political commentators called the Chinese ''goons and thugs,'' state-run media reported Thursday. The China...

Articles 2008-04-21

China state media appeals for restraint after weekend protests

BEIJING, April 21 Kyodo Patriotism is noble but being rational is also important, Chinese state media said Monday, after a weekend of anti-West demonstrations in various parts of the country. The People's Daily, the newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, said in an...

Articles 2008-04-21

Anti-West mass demonstrations continue for 2nd day in China

BEIJING, April 20 Kyodo Mass demonstrations against Western support for Tibet independence and Western media criticism of China continued for a second day Sunday in cities around China, state-run media reported. The official Xinhua News Agency said protests, directed mainly against France but...

Articles 2008-04-21

Chinese hold pro-Olympic protests in Europe, US

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Several thousand Chinese rallied Saturday in Paris, Britain, Berlin and Los Angeles in support of their country and against allegedly biased media coverage of the Olympic torch relay and unrest in Tibet. In Los Angeles, police said up to 5,000 people gathered outside the...

Articles 2008-04-19

China tries to cool down 'patriotic fervour' over Tibet

BEIJING (AFP) — China has urged its citizens to rein in their "patriotic fervour" in a sign control-conscious Beijing may be growing uncomfortable with a nationalist outburst over Tibet as the Olympics approach. China's government and state media have repeatedly railed against allegedly biased foreign media coverage of...

Articles 2008-04-17

Rule of Law conference scheduled today in OKC

The Oklahoma Bar Association's inaugural Rule of Law Conference is scheduled for Friday at Oklahoma City University. The half-day event begins at 8 a.m. in the Kerr-McGee Auditorium of the Meinders School of Business. Keynote speaker will be U.S. District Court Senior Judge Lee R. West. ...

Articles 2008-04-11

China promotes website attacking Western media

BEIJING (AFP) — More than a million people have "signed up" to a website petition being promoted by one of China's biggest Internet portals to criticise Western media "bias" in covering the Tibetan unrest. The petition on Sina.com has attracted 1.19 million signatures, most of them from within...

Articles 2008-04-04

Iraq coverage biased

It's a little annoying to indulge the media with their vitriolic announcement of "4,000 deaths mark the 5-year anniversary of war in Iraq." On the same day that four volunteer soldiers were killed in Iraq, we had three deaths from ski accidents in Utah. Did we hear any more than...

Articles 2008-03-30

Pastor John Hagee Refutes Media Accusations of Anti-Catholic Bias Leveled Following His Endorsement of John McCain

LOS ANGELES -- Pastor John Hagee of Cornerstone Church and John Hagee Ministries in San Antonio, Texas issued a statement today refuting recent media accusations of anti-Catholic bias leveled at him following Hagee's endorsement of Senator John McCain in his 2008 Presidential campaign. Hagee states, "I feel the...

Articles 2008-03-27

Fiji regime's Kiwi lawyer accuses Radio NZ, journalist of 'bias'

A Kiwi lawyer working for Fiji's regime has issued a formalcomplaint against Radio New Zealand and a Fairfax journalist, sayingtheir coverage of the country is "deeply biased". Fiji Solicitor-General Chris Pryde, a Christchurch lawyerappointed to the top role last year, made the written complaint tothe New Zealand Press Council....

Articles 2008-03-27

Chinese vent anger online over 'biased' western Tibet coverage

BEIJING (AFP) — Angry Chinese nationalists are using the Internet to denounce Western media coverage of Tibetan unrest, amid a campaign by the Beijing government to discredit what it says are biased foreign reports. An "anti-CNN website" brands the news channel as the world's "leader of liars", exposing...

Articles 2008-03-26

Story Blaming Payday Lenders for Mortgage Crisis Slammed By Media Critic

To: REAL ESTATE EDITORS Contact: Steven Schlein or Lyndsey Medsker, both for theCommunity Financial Services Association of America, +1-202-296-0263 Reporter Only Talked to Critics, Cited Anecdotes WASHINGTON, March 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/-- NewsBusters, amedia watchdog organization dedicated to exposing bias in the mediahas taken Reuters reporter Nick Carey to task for...

Articles 2008-03-26

Overseas Chinese launch website to expose 'biased' Tibet coverage

BEIJING (AFP) — Chinese students living overseas have launched an "anti-CNN website" aimed at exposing the Western media's alleged biased coverage of unrest in Tibet. The website, www.anti-cnn.com, has posted an open letter asking all Chinese to rise up against the "Western Goebbels' Nazi media", a reference to...

Articles 2008-03-25

Unhelpful media

The Chinese Government claims "a small group of mobs" started theriots. They "burnt, looted, attacked" innocent people (and theirbusiness) until the armed police constraint intervention. State-owned media also showed images of the riot to support theirallegations. Similar images were taken by an Australian tourist,which can be viewed on YouTube. ...

Articles 2008-03-25

In shift, Malaysia reaches out to bloggers

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — Malaysia's government has said it will reach out to bloggers, dropping threats of arrest in a major change of policy triggered by a shock election loss that has raised calls for reform. The nation's mainstream media is mostly part-owned by parties in the ruling...

Articles 2008-03-23

The truth hurts: blogs are best

Bloggers. Dontcha hate 'em? You can just imagine them out there - in some grungy internet cafe, consumed with bile, prejudice and misinformation, drinking from a scummy coffee cup. One thing they won't be drinking from is any kind of fount of wisdom. And as for the 'Oxford English Dictionary',...

Articles 2008-03-23