[pjnews] Action: Don't Let CBS Ridicule Rural America

2003-01-13 Thread parallax
IMAGINE THE EPISODE WHERE THEY HAVE TO INTERVIEW MAIDS, CHORTLED ONE CBS EXECUTIVE. How many ways can one TV network get it wrong? No. 1: Pick the last group of Americans about whom disparaging stereotypes go almost unchallenged: the people of Appalachia. No. 2: After a hick hunt, as one

[pjnews] Not All White House Reporters are Pushovers

2003-01-13 Thread parallax
NOT ALL WHITE HOUSE REPORTERS ARE PUSHOVERS By Norman Solomon / Creators Syndicate At 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., reporters usually shuffle along to a snoozy beat. But anyone who denigrates the mainstream media in general, or the White House press corps in particular, should acknowledge