I've been on Newstrust.net six months now. In that time I have given hundreds of reviews and read thousands of articles. I usually try and start my day by writing a few reviews because most of what newspapers I read are already on the site. While I have a disagreement with the founders of Newstrust, like when they hide one of my reviews from public and won't tell you why, I'm basically proud of the work I and the other reviewer's do. Because, without the people who review this site, there would be no site.So, I'll hang around for awhile, if permitted, and keep on keeping on.
A great article that is more relevant now than ever. Why we keep building cold war weapons in an age of fighting insurgents is ridiculous. But with Obama on shaky ground With the military on his plans for Iraq, I don't see anything being done in the immediate future.
If you want to know where the newspaper companies are going, don't read this article.If you want a good read which is interesting and gives you some idea of where they came from and possible places it might go ,enjoy.
The era of the Big Time newspaper seems to be coming to and end. There will always be paper, but it appears that it will mostly deal with local issues.
While reading this well written an well sourced article, I started thinking what's the big deal. Maybe in New York, or Chicago it's a big dead, but this country isn't just big cities. People in small towns like I live in do not care. They have news coming out of their ears. Local news, national news on T.V., the internet has more news in ten minutes than a person could read in a lifetime. Want to know something. Google. I've gone out of my way to find someone who gives a damn if the New York Times closes, not one person said they cared. The local paper is sold out on Monday and Thursday. Why, because it is LOCAL.
Having said that, I've read a fresh newspaper everyday since I was eight.I was living in N.Y. and I went straight to the sports section to see if my hero, Mickey Mantle had homered or not. I hope the big time newspapers don't close, but I get all my news (except local) off the net or the news program.
This "gotcha" journalism is right out of the Mike Wallace playbook,with a right wing slant. Beck can't even read the cue correctly. This is in no way journalism. He's a paid, and paid very well, to spout the conservative agenda.
Rush doing his famous act of lying to gullible people isn't journalism by any stretch of anyone's imagination. The thing is, there are people who believe he can walk on water. He's done more harm to this country than George Bush, and thats saying something!
I don't know what Shepard is smoking to talk about the public option in a positive way. I've read a few things on other blogs about this. The Senator as usual, is spouting the same views as the party of NO!
This article is well written and researched. While HuPo is basically a liberal blog, the arthor uses various other resources to get a good point across. The right's heathcare plan is "Don't get sick".
A mostly sit on the couch and and watch the Sunday show article. I like the article, but there was nothing anyone else could not have written.
The Arthur, while citing statistics, seems to be relying on hope,more than facts. I find this disquieting.
While it's true a lot of bloggers have sold out and went main steam, what is going to happen when newspaper owners such as Murdock start charging for content. After a brief respite, I predict the bloggers will be a force to be reckoned with.
This Time author knows the area he covers. He writes a very good review of the election, for America. I wouldn't say bias. Maybe, hopeful optimism.
If a pebble drops in the sands of the middle east, will it make a sand storm around the world. Maybe, maybe not?
Mr. Hiatt, You're the first. The first one to stump me completely, solidly, and I hope, not permanatantely. While every point you make has merit, I can argue everyone, all day with you. I hate to do this, but, hear's a cigar.
The man is right. You either make this work, or capitalism, as it is , is fool's gold. If a two-part system can not, and I stress can not, find a way to make American work, and be a "force" in the global world world, Then there is a better way. If it does not work, then why beat a dead horse. It costs more to bury a dead horse than it costs to keep it. If, and again, I say If, Obama, and" this" Congress cannot work a few huge bills out, we will look like fools to the rest of the ... More »
I would bet my last dollar, and yes I'm down to my last dollar, that he will ram this through Congress by Hook or by Crook.
A 5.0. From me. To a journalist. No way, Jose. If a profession has to die, and I think they are burying it way to soon, you can't go out on a higher note.
A journalist is an integral part of society. They find the people who steal our money. That's basically what they do. I know, they cover wars, etc, but there's money there too.
As well as can be written considering the subject. Mom, Pie, and GM being sold isn't exactly a subject a journalist can "sink" his teeth in.
Hate to see it. Makes me mad. Wish it didn't have to happen. But, theres always a but, I don't hear alot of other people knocking down GM's door.
On a scale of 1-10, well, lets make a bigger scale. Obama has a scale of his own and this article proves it. Some speech and some article.
Let's see. If you hit a home run, it's four bases. What if you run to five bases. What is that called? That's called me with a lump in my throat, being proud to be an American again, and listening to a President, stand in front of the World, and not "LIE".
The author tells of another claim by a White woman, claiming she and her daughter were kidnapped, and the reaction that it has brought..
With the conservatives out of office, you will be hearing more and more of these claims. With our first black president, there is resentment not just from whites, but conservative blacks as well.
A fair and balanced report ( is this FOX) on Obama , the speech, the public's reaction and some thoughts from some "experts" who were there.
Unlike Helen's "declareration in the Time's, Obama is praised and muted in the opinion of these experts. A report that was interesting,informing, and thoughtful. Thank Amy and Juan for an excellent article, as usual.
Why, instead of trying to be Nostradomus,? can't a reporter just report? Why does a reporter, whose job is to report, have to put their 2 cents, plus my 10 cents, in every thing they write? You want to write about the Middle East problems, say so, if not, write what your assignment calls for.
Helen, No one, No one, thinks this speech solved the problems of the Middle East. It was a "SPEECH", be it a damn good one, Even to compare Bush's lies, with Obama's speech, is not worth reading. You make the whole day seem like it was the cure for polio.
Will it never end. A quality piece of journalism about the North and South and their relationship, what there is of it. Can't we all just get along?
I hope Kim's son is a little taller than Kim, so he will have no "complex" issues. You never want anyone to die, BUT.
A very well written and fair article of the need for Obama to to give the "Great" speech. It won't happen. Lincoln him self could not deliver a speech to please all the people Bush has alienated.
While Obama can deliver a great speech, "fogetabouit" He is popular at home. 60 % popularity. that still 40 % disapproval. Now, what are his chances in the Middle East. if he justs survives the trip and makes it back home, I'll consider that a success.
An interesting insight into the Muslim world. While Obama hasn't been in office long, hasn't really done much in the Middle East, his approval ratings are slightly higher.
In reality, America's popularity couldn't have been much lower. Bush/Cheney didn't do this country any favors
If the Muslim world is looking for a major announcement from the Obama admin., they will be disapointed according to this article. No one should expect any surprises.
Obama has a chance to tell not just the Muslim world, but the whole world that America is on a new path. Just the mention of torture and Gitmo will raise our view in the eyes of the world.
While this story was written by a liberal reporter, it doesn't change the facts that a rogue U.S. Colonel wants to kill reporters who report from the front.
Obama better jump on this idiot with both feet. You cannot have your officer's making policy, especially when it comes to the media, and the murder of journalists. This is outrageous.
while not knowing this publication very well, it seems like a straight up story. If this happened in the U.S., the ACLU would and should go crazy.
I fail to see what the difference of complaining on the internet or a newspaper matters. Unless the Indonesian government are afraid it will get picked up globally.
Ms.Razzi points out in this timely, if not too realistic, article, that person's making good money, although they have to work harder with longer hours, will have their dreams fulfilled in an economy that's going nowhere fast.
I would agree with the author, but she doesn't mention having children, raising children and sending then off to college, This has to be part of the equation, if you have kids, that is.
A well informed article that has unknown but believable sources mapping out Korea's next rocket launch. In such an impoverished nation, I do not see "spontaneous" crowds erupting without someone holding them up.
Kim loves attention. Kim fires rockets. Kim gets attention. Kim gets food for his army. Kim gets a bottle of high priced liquor and some new movies. Kim shuts up.
While supporting Mrs. Sotomayer is great , and she has a compelling story, her credentials are what really matter. Mr Thomas has no where near here experience then, and after all these years on the Court, he still doesn't.
There is nothing the Republicans can do to keep her off the bench. This is just a news story that is really getting old. Confirm her already and get to the real news.
Theres nothing wrong with the author's writing, it Gates using the same old same old we have been using for 20 years. How many times do we "look the other way."
North Kora is doing nothing it hasn't done in the past and won't be doing in the future. What else have they got. I believe Kim is more upset that when checking ships for any nuclear material, we will find his playboy books.
An excellent report on the growing crackdown on , not disidents, but organizations that are charitable in nature. While I admire Mr Mostafaei's spunk, I would not expect his life to be a long one.
Someone must be very powerful to crack down on Ayatollah Khomeini's grand daughter. Every six months are so, some magazine or newspaper will speak of the youth of Iran being fed up will all the restrictions and it won't be long before the mullah's are overthrown. This won't happen. They will do the same as China in Tinenmin Square so forcefully did.
The authors confirm what Obama said as a candidate that their will be a cyberspace office in the White House.This office is necessary to our national security.
While the authors talk about the stock exchange, global marketing and air traffic control, they leave out the most important thing that should be overseen. Our Electrical Grid. If an enemy took out our electrical grid, that could take over without firing a shot.
This is a well developed story on many fronts. But, which do you choose. If Kim is overthrown, by his own army, you can bet the country will be locked down like never before while they get their ducks in a row, if their is a living duck in North Korea. These are dangerous games for a country that has gone Nuclear
The Chinese trust no one, and neither should we. While I think Reagan was one of our worst Presidents, his trust but verify position was an excellent coarse.
The authors come together to report on the threats that N. Korea's Kim is using to try and frighten the south into not sanctioning their country.
With reports of Kim's illness on all the news around the world, Kim is trying to show he isn't going anywhere. While most think he is all talk, you never know what a mentally ill person will do,
While being biased, this is basically a complimentary piece. While the author tells of the struggle the republicans are going to have in her confirmation, it is not very deep.
Besides the talking heads like Rush and co., there are Republicans that voted her on the appeals court, and would be hyprocrtitcal to change their vote.
The author explains what the republicans shouldn't do, although they will anyway. They just won't be able to help themselfs. pity.
As soon as Souter announced his retirement, the bloodsucking money men sounded the alarm to all conservatives that this would be a bonanza for fund raising events.
While the author seems to want an answer to the Ricci case, an appeals court judge doesn't necessary have to give a written reason, as the Supreme Court is noted for.
Before Sotomayor's name was out of Obama's mouth, there were ads on television condemning her. No matter who Obama would have nominated, they were going to war with the radical right.
This excellent article tells the real story of what's happening in Afpak. Mindless civilian deaths, pointless and preventable deaths that make the population hate the west.
As usual, Kim is trying to flex his muscle to try and get attention. While the author's theory or succession may be true, no body really knows what that little man is going to do.
While this is Obama's first "test" with North Korea, he needs to go the Clinton route and have a dialog with this nut.
You read everyday that Obama has to much on his plate. This can wait, until there is a little more space on his overloaded plate.
If you want to build hi-tech weapons, try building robots that operate like drones and quit fucking killing the youth of this country.