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Friday, January 02, 2004
60 Minutes versus the
New York Times. There may be a problem with Sharon
Waxman's report
that CBS paid $1 million to Michael Jackson partly in return for his
agreeing to be interviewed by Ed Bradley. Roger Friedman has the
details
at FoxNews.com.
Waxman's story was devastating. But
60 Minutes is - along with Nightline - the last great
TV news institution, and I'm willing to give Don Hewitt and company
the benefit of the doubt. It will be fascinating to see how this
plays out, given the Times' own troubles over the past
year.
New in this week's
Phoenix. 2004 is likely to be a
very good year for George
W. Bush and Capitol Hill Republicans - and, thus, a very bad one for
progressive aspirations.
Also, what if everything we know
about mad-cow
disease is
wrong?
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Dan Kennedy is senior writer and media critic for the Boston Phoenix.
