To Interview Former P.O.W., CBS Offers Stardom
Date: 16 June 2003
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
CBS News's bid for interview with Pfc Jessica D Lynch bundles two-hour documentary with many other projects envisioned by other divisions Viacom, its corporate parent, including television movie project, Simon & Schuster book, MTV2 music video program and Country Music Television special; bid renews concerns among critics about independence of news divisions owned by media giants; is latest development in long, complicated history of pursuit of exclusive interview with newsmaker of moment, known in television business as 'the get'; photo (M)
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The Nation: Don't Call It Gravitas; David Brinkley Was a Brand Unto Himself
Date: 15 June 2003
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Death of David Brinkley may mark end of era of dominant television news anchorman that began with Brinkley and his 1950's and 60's contemporaries; network newscasts are more successful in holding their audiences than rest of broadcast television and still dwarf any regular cable news shows; photo (M)
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Long Island Everyman Masters the Sound Bite
Date: 15 June 2003
By Alan Feuer
Alan Feuer
Profile of Greg Packer, middle-aged highway repairman from Long Island, who has cultivated persona with news media of being an 'everyman,' who provides common person's perspective on array of city happenings, ranging from N'Sync concert to New York Jets playoff game; photo (M)
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How 15 Minutes Became 5 Weeks
Date: 15 June 2003
By Frank Rich
Frank Rich
Frank Rich article discusses 'mediathon,' his word for new form of mass entertainment in US; term refers to all-consuming news stories that result in media circus, soap opera and tabloid journalism; says coverage of story about Jayson Blair, New York Times journalist who falsified stories, exemplifies current practice of turning event of limited interest into oversized spectacle; photos (L)
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2 Journalists and U.S. Clergyman Are Reported Held in Laos
Date: 16 June 2003
By Seth Mydans
Seth Mydans
Laotian authorities detain Thierry Falise and Vincent Reynaud, European journalists, and Naw Karl Mua, American of Laotian origin, who is believed to have been acting as interpreter for them in covering Hmong insurgency; say men may be charged in connected with killing of village security guard by local fighters; international journalist organizations urge their release (M)
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The Nation; READING FILE
Date: 15 June 2003
Alan Berlow, in article in Atlantic Monthly magazine, holds Alberto R Gonzales, now White House counsel, gave then-Gov George W Bush inadequate data to decide on 57 Texas death penalty cases; Jeet Heer, writing in National Post in Canada, argues number of influential ex-Trotskyists helped support Bush administration's foreign policy; Dean Stanley Fish, writing in Chronicle of Higher Education, holds University of Illinois's Daily Illini editors erred in printing anti-Semitic letter on free speech grounds; Engineering News-Record article on rebuilding of Iraq cites uncollected trash as most obvious problem; photo (M)
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Faraway Radio Voices Tell Fans at Home That Reyes Has Arrived
Date: 15 June 2003
By Rafael Hermoso
Rafael Hermoso
New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes, who was called up from minors, is subject of much fanfare and media attention in his native Dominican Republic as youngest player in Major Leagues and celebrity at home; photos (M)
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Tall Tales in N.B.A. Don't Fool Players
Date: 15 June 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Many N.B.A. hopefuls exaggerate their height while in high school or college to make themselves more appealing to coaches and scouts.
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Pipeline Project Under the Timor Sea Is Approved
Date: 16 June 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
ConocoPhillips secures East Timor government's approval to proceed with extraction of natural gas from beneath bed of Timor Sea and construction of submarine pipeline to carry gas to northern Australia (M)
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Ex-Secretary of Defense Tries Role With the Fed
Date: 15 June 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Garry Maddox, who played 15 seasons with the San Francisco Giants and Philadelphia Phillies, has made a novel transition from Major League Baseball to banking.
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