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Kaizar Campwala

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I am a contributing editor at NewsTrust, after nearly four years as its associate editor. During that time, I coordinated editorial and community activities of the site, and helped shape its overall direction. Prior to joining NewsTrust, I was a communications technology consultant to the City of New York. I earned a A.B. from Brown University in Political Science, with a focus on American politics and public access to information.

Why NewsTrust?
There is too much good journalism in the world to sit back and allow mediocre reporting to be uncritically consumed. As trust in a fragmenting news media declines, new tools are needed to help people sift through the noise and find the news that will responsibly and objectively inform them about world events. By urging readers to review the articles they are reading, NewsTrust gives them a stake in thinking critically about the news they consume. The site challenges readers to question their preconceived notions about a particular news source while allowing them to express their criticisms in a quantifiable way.

About Kaizar Help
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Expertise: Telecommunications, South Asia, Islam, American Political Development
Background Help
Education: College graduate
News: 90 minutes a day or more
Internet: 90 minutes a day or more
Languages: Other
Politics: Left
Age: 25-34
Gender: Male
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Web Page: blog.campwala.com
Address: Los Angeles, CA, US
Last Visit: Mar 21, 2012 - 8:21 AM PDT
Last Edit: Sep 12, 2010 - 12:33 AM PDT

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Kaizar reviewed this story - Jul 5, 2011
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4.2
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Kaizar reviewed this story - Jun 21, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
3.2

Kushnick approaches this issue from a perspective of fairness, as in, whether it was fair for ATT and Co to use the tactics they did in spectrum bidding. He fails to discuss the more interesting, and impactful issue: How will a duopoly effect 1) access to communications services 2) innovations in this space. These are much more challenging questions to tackle.

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Kaizar reviewed this story - Jun 17, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
2.8

I was hoping to read a economically-grounded critique of unions, but instead read a partisan, half-baked attack on Democrats. Which is unfortunate because there may be a lot of criticize about certain unions, but the story is very complex one. I guess I'll have to wait for a writer who is nuanced and policy-oriented, as opposed to Krauthammer...

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NT Rating: 3.0 | See All NT Reviews »
Kaizar posted this story - May 8, 2011
Kaizar reviewed this story - May 8, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
2.8

This is a story in isolation, with no discussion of the purpose of the regulations, or comparison with regulatory regimes elsewhere. Finally, there's no discussion of how the system could be improved.

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Kaizar reviewed this story - May 7, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
3.2

The initial analysis is weak and a bit jingoistic. The second analysis by the specialist is much more insightful.

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Kaizar reviewed this story - Apr 10, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
3.7
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NT Rating: 3.6 | See All NT Reviews »
Kaizar reviewed this story - Mar 13, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
3.4

I appreciate reporting on the Supreme Court. This piece does a decent job of summarizing some recent cases, but the trend analysis is simplistic. The cases that reach the supreme court are usually "hard cases", and don't easily fit into the simple buckets presented by the reporter (e.g., pro or anti-business, pro or anti free speech).

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Kaizar posted this story - Feb 12, 2011
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Feb 6, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
3.8

Their resolve marked a new and uncharted stage in Egypt’s unexpected uprising. Having beaten back assaults by armies of armed police and gangs of plain-clothes toughs, ... More »

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Kaizar reviewed this story - Feb 6, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
3.1

The numeric rating doesn't adequate convey the importance or quality of this aggregation of videos. It's difficult to rate these, because of their raw, decontextualized, and unverified nature. That being said, I'm not sure how one could contextualize video of cars running over seemingly peaceful protesters to justify the action.

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NT Rating: 3.3 | See All NT Reviews »
Kaizar posted this story - Feb 6, 2011
Kaizar reviewed this story - Feb 6, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
4.2

I totally agree with Rich's diagnosis. The hesitancy and discomfort about Egypt on the part of many American news pundits highlights the inadequacy of the talking points and stereotypes about the Middle East and Arabs that these pundits have relied on since 9/11.

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NT Rating: 4.3 | See All NT Reviews »
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Feb 6, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
4.3
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NT Rating: 4.3 | See All NT Reviews »
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Feb 6, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
4.1

One of the more articulate opinions I've read about the Islamist-democracy dilemma.

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NT Rating: 4.0 | See All NT Reviews »
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Feb 6, 2011
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Feb 6, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
4.5
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NT Rating: 4.3 | See All NT Reviews »
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Feb 6, 2011
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Feb 6, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
3.9
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NT Rating: 3.8 | See All NT Reviews »
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Feb 6, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
4.0
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NT Rating: 4.0 | See All NT Reviews »
Kaizar reviewed this story - Feb 6, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
3.9
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NT Rating: 3.9 | See All NT Reviews »
Kaizar reviewed this story - Feb 6, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
3.8

Interesting read, though the account of the collaboration with Assange was give a better treatment in the NYTimes.

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Kaizar reviewed this story - Feb 6, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
3.3
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NT Rating: 3.4 | See All NT Reviews »
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Feb 6, 2011
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Feb 5, 2011
Kaizar posted this story - Feb 5, 2011
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Feb 5, 2011
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Feb 5, 2011
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Feb 5, 2011
Kaizar posted this story - Feb 5, 2011
Kaizar reviewed this story - Feb 4, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
3.9
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NT Rating: 4.0 | See All NT Reviews »
Kaizar reviewed this story - Feb 3, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
3.9

A measured, thoughtful articulation of why the US should support the anti-Mubarak protesters in Egypt.

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NT Rating: 3.7 | See All NT Reviews »
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Feb 2, 2011
Kaizar posted this story - Feb 1, 2011
Kaizar reviewed this story - Jan 23, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
3.9

Krugman makes a convincing argument about the need for developing countries to appreciate their currencies.

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Kaizar posted this story - Jan 12, 2011
Kaizar reviewed this story - Jan 9, 2011
Kaizar's Rating
3.8

Nice map and explanations of new countries in the world.

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Kaizar posted this story - Dec 28, 2010
Kaizar posted this story - Dec 25, 2010
Kaizar reviewed this story - Dec 25, 2010
Kaizar's Rating
4.2
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NT Rating: 4.1 | See All NT Reviews »
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