Archive for February, 2008
« Previous EntriesDetroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick: “I don’t understand when people say ‘resign.’”
Thursday, February 28th, 2008Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick insists he will not resign despite the unfolding text-messaging scandal which has already cost the city of Detroit millions of taxpayer dollars.
Embattled Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said Thursday he won’t resign because of a text-messaging scandal that has engulfed his administration, but acknowledged the uproar has reduced him to tears.
Kilpatrick, during an […]
The New York Times and John McCain, No Bed Sheets, No Story?
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008The New York Times has deservedly faced massive scrutiny and criticism over its story of John McCain’s alleged affair with lobbyist Vicki Iseman. Buckling under the weight of media and public reaction, the Times responded.
A recent New York Times article examined a number of decisions by Senator John McCain that raised questions about his […]
John McCain and Vicki Iseman, All the Innuendo That’s Fit to Print?
Thursday, February 21st, 2008As dutifully as it reported its eight-year-old unproven allegations that Senator John McCain had an affair with lobbyist Vicki Iseman, the New York Times reports on his denial.
Senator John McCain said Thursday that an article in The New York Times about his close ties to a woman lobbyist was untrue, that he had no […]
The John McCain Affair: Thought Crime? Reality?
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008It appears we have come a long way from the Gary Hart days when journalists found pictorial evidence.
Now all it takes is to report on a presidential candidate’s advisers who thought he might have been having an affair eight years ago. The New York Times has just released an explosive story on John […]
Leaving Facebook: The Long Goodbye or the Impossible Goodbye?
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008News surfaced in recent days that users could deactivate but not delete their Facebook profiles, but the glare of publicity and Facebook member outrage has forced Facebook to reverse the Facebook profile deletion policy.
Until now, Facebook has offered only a deactivation option, which keeps copies of the account’s personal information on the company’s servers. It […]