2001 News Ombudsman Reflections on Media
A compact survey of 2001 media coverage themes from post 9/11 to evolving news analysis. The piece notes testing of numbers and URLs, critiques photo captions, bear headlines, and critiques slogans while referencing Iowa City Gazette items and a Gazette editor's reaction to media spin.
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Iowa City Gazette
Irving Weber
Iowa
Gazette
Dubuque County
Minnesota
Adagio
Devotay
Linn St
Iowa City Gazette News Bureau
E Hazardous
International Federation of Journalists
Afghanistan
Ifj.org
Kenneth Starck
The
GazetteOnline.com
Kcrg-Tyv
Kcrg-Am
Iowa Farmer Today
Community News Advertiser
Cedar Rapids
Ombudsmnafyiowa
Debate on Hawkeyes and media ethics sparks readers
Readers criticize a dec 29 Hawkeye ISU loss report for overplaying reactions and underreporting sources. The column questions objectivity, cites misused headlines, and notes limited interviews amid broader discussions of journalism values and public accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Hawk
ISU
Iowa City Gazette
Hawkeye
I Am Entangled With Windows XP and Buddy the Wart
A humorous reflection on the quirks of personal computers and Windows XP. The narrator describes frequent computer errors, mysterious on screen messages, and disk scans, paired with a talking wart named Buddy. He recalls past Windows versions and needless purchases while considering professional help to achieve reliability.
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New Zealand
Buddy
Microsoft
Windows
Dallas
Bill Gates
Vermont
Rob Stavis
Rob
Clinton's bid to polish a blemished presidency
Ross K. Baker argues that Bill Clinton has assembled aides to spin and embellish his eight years in the White House. He likens this effort to vanity CVs and warns it invites ridicule rather than a fair, balanced history.
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Ross K. Bakerohn
Quincy Adams
White _™ House
House of Representatives
Ulysses S. Grant
White House
U.S
New York
Washington, D.C
Clinton
Monica
Lewinsky
Andrew Johnson
Holiday season and Washington tax debate spillover
A satirical critique of GOP tax policy and stimulus steps highlights corporate breaks, deficits and media scrutiny. It notes Daschle’s obstructionism, Bush tax cuts for the rich, and the AMT repeal for corporations, ending with a rueful call to reframe attitudes toward Washington.
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Daschle
Washington Press Corps
Bushies
U.S. Treasury
IBM
General Electric
New York Times Business
Leona Helmsley
Bill Thomas
House
Ways and Means Committee
Times
Paul Krugman
GOP
Thomas
Krugman
Washington
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San Antonio
University of Iowa
American Journalism Review
Columbia Journalism Review
Gilbert Cranberg
Randall Bezanson
John Soloski
Iowa State University Press
Bill Kovach
Tom Rosenstiel
Crown Publishers
Sacramento Bee
University of California, Sacramento
Sacbee.com
Monty Python Institute of Customer Service
J.C
Dave Barry
Codaa & Bickinv
Tennessee
Johnson
Bill Clinton
Ross K. Baker
Rutgers
Fripped
Ees
Olive
Bey
Los Angeles Times
Rich
Osama bin Laden
al-Qaida
Judge Crater
Chandra Levy
Congress
Senate
Tom Daschle
D-S.d
Molly Ivins
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