Al Jazeera Network Editorial Freedom Sympathetic Vision of Ted Turner CNN
Al Jazeera’s coverage of the current events in Egypt has been greatly received by global audiences This has been an unprecedented month in Al Jazeera history. Transformational events in the Middle East have brought enormous demand for news about the region. As director general of the region’s largest TV network, I am proud to say…
Italian Sex Scandal : Berlusconi`s Women Outraged over Evictions [photos]
The women named as guests in a sex probe involving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi have been evicted from their homes after the residents association complained they ‘lowered the tone.’ The women all lived rent-free in the complex after being given the apartments by Berlusconi, 74, and were regulars at his infamous ‘bunga bunga’ sex…
`Baby Doc` Duvalier charged with corruption, theft , stuns Haitians
Charges filed against ex-dictator Jean-Claude `Baby Doc’ Duvalier THONY BELIZAIRE / STAFF Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier is arrested January 18 2011 by police in the Karibe Hotel in Port-au-Prince. Police took Duvalier from his hotel Tuesday and headed to the prosecutor’s office, witnesses said Tuesday. The ousted president, who made a surprise…
Pulitzer Prize winner on congresswoman Giffords: violence the gun, rhetoric the trigger
It is not that we need more proof that editorial cartooning (with the exception of Reason.com’s Bok, Payne, and Stantis) is the lowest of all art forms, but here you go, a week’s worth of doodling by the Arizona Republic’s Steve Benson, who is, of course, a Pulitzer Prize winner. On January 9, the day after the horrifying…