For Bush, Bad News Is Bad News
Date: 25 October 2004
By Bob Herbert
Bob Herbert
Bob Herbert Op-Ed column says Pres Bush's re-election hopes are dimming with flood of bad news at home and abroad; says Bush is campaigning on fear and Republicans are trying to block as many Democratic votes as possible
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Have Papers Taken Sides on O'Reilly?
Date: 25 October 2004
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
Rival New York Post and Daily News have each fully covered sexual harassment controversy involving Bill O'Reilly of Fox News and Andrea Mackris, producer on his program, with Post tending to paint Mackris in more negative light than News has; News deputy publisher Martin Dunn suggests Post might be pulling its punches because News Corp owns both Post and Fox; Post editor in chief Col Allan denies he is under pressure to protect O'Reilly; photos (M)
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Times Co. Promotes Real Estate Officer
Date: 26 October 2004
Hussain Ali-Khan, executive managing director for real ei
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Newspapers Create New Safeguards After Circulation Scandals
Date: 25 October 2004
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
Recent ackowledgments of circulation inflation by Tribune Co, Belo Corp and Hollinger International spurrs at least six other newspaper chains to install safeguards intended to bolster confidence in their circulation figures; Knight Ridder, McClatchy Co and E W Scripps now require top executives at each of their papers to sign their names to quarterly circulation figures; analysts and advertisers now have to decide whether safeguards are adequate; photos (M)
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China to Consider Resuming Human Rights Talks
Date: 26 October 2004
By Steven R. Weisman
Steven Weisman
Secretary of State Colin L Powell says China has agreed to discuss American request for new dialogue over detention of Chinese citizens without due process and other human rights violations; says he again expressed American concern to Foreign Min Li Zhaoxing about arrest of Zhao Yan, research assistant working for The New York Times in its Beijing bureau; says Chinese leaders responded negatively when he sought to encourage them to have dialogue with Taiwan to resolve differences; Powell aide says China criticized American military aid to Taiwan (M)
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Thus Ate Zarathustra
Date: 26 October 2004
By David Brooks
David Brooks
David Brooks Op-Ed column says in close elections, results are a crapshoot, undermining any pundit's claim to expertise; pokes fun at those who can fill air with 45 minutes of bogus pontification and pretentious gibberish about outcome of 2004 presidential race, than declare that election is too close to call (M)
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As Race Tightens, the Pace Heightens
Date: 26 October 2004
By Carl Hulse
Carl Hulse
One week to go and the presidency remains up for grabs, if one takes as evidence the pace of the campaigns, the intensity of the attacks and the fluidity of opinion polls.
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HOOPER HOLMES CLEARS CHIEF OF FINANCIAL WRONGDOING
Date: 26 October 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hooper Holmes, which conducts
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