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We harass, you decide

November 10, 2005
By Doug Thompson

Seems like the good old boys at Fox News Network just can’t leave the girls alone. First network loudmouth Bill O’Reilly got caught making dirty phone calls to a female producer. Now the network’s VP of advertising and promotions, Joe Chillemi is under investigation by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a “pattern of subjected...
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The Missing White Girl Syndrome

September 20, 2005
By Doug Thompson
The Missing White Girl Syndrome

Meet Taylor Behl, a 17-year-old freshman at Virginia Commonwealth University. She’s young, pretty, white and missing — ingredients that make her newsworthy in today’s 24/7 news culture. Taylor’s case has all the ingredients for the sensationalist side of news: She disappeared without a trace, she has a “dark side” to her life that shows sign...
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Uncertainty

September 6, 2005
By Doug Thompson

Like many others in the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, newspapers feel the effect of tragedy. In Biloxi, the Sun-Herald reports that 30 percent of its staff is still missing after Katrina devastated the city last week. In New Orleans some wonder is the venerable Times-Picayune will continue publishing, prompting the publisher to issue a public letter...
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