White House announces news conference next week via TwitterJuly 17th, 2009 Obama to have news conference on WednesdayWASHINGTON — The White House has announced on its Twitter page that President Barack Obama will have a prime-time news conference on Wednesday. The White House on Friday said that Obama will meet with reporters at the White House at 9 p.m.
Kennedy aides use Twitter to update public about memorial services for late senatorAugust 28th, 2009 Kennedy aides use Twitter to update the publicBOSTON — Aides to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy are sending updates about his memorial services through a Twitter account.
Obama turns to 'cyber czar' to protect computer security in many areas, including defenseMay 29th, 2009 Obama setting up better security for computersWASHINGTON — America has for too long failed to adequately protect the security of its computer networks, President Barack Obama said Friday, announcing he will name a new cyber czar to take on the job. Surrounded by a host of government officials, aides and corporate executives, Obama said this is a "transformational moment" for the country, where computer networks are probed and attacked millions of times a day.
Indian IT industry unperturbed by Bangalore-Buffalo remark by ObamaMay 7th, 2009 BANGALORE - Undaunted by US President Barack Obama's Bangalore-Buffalo remark and proposal to extend tax benefits to those creating job opportunities to Americans, experts in the Indian IT industry said the comments had nothing to do with outsourcing or with India. It is an instance of Obama's views being misinterpreted, said Som Mittal, President of Nasscom, while speaking to media persons here on Wednesday.
Twiddling one's thumb to make and break news!June 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - If a new, tech-savvy White House is using new social networking tools - Twitter, Facebook and text messages - to spread its message, it is because media in the United States has turned to them in a big way to provide news and instant analysis. As President Barack Obama delivered his historic address to the Muslim world Thursday, the White House's Twitter feed and Facebook page flooded the Internet with a flurry of messages.
Secret Service probing Facebook poll that asks if Obama should be killedSeptember 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a poll posted on the social networking site Facebook that asks if President Barack Obama should be assassinated.
Homeland Security launches new Web site, follows White House lead for Internet outreachJuly 22nd, 2009 Homeland Security revamps Web siteWASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department relaunched its Web site Wednesday and became the first Cabinet-level agency to follow the tech-savvy White House directives on social media. President Barack Obama's aides have been urging agencies to add interactive components to their Web sites, such as videos and blogs.
British journalist: James Murdoch approved out-of-court settlement in phone hacking scandalJuly 22nd, 2009 UK journalist: James Murdoch approved settlementLONDON — A journalist has told a British parliamentary committee that News Corp. executive James Murdoch, son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, approved an out-of-court payment to settle a controversial phone hacking case.
GOP activist apologizes after likening Michelle Obama to a gorilla on FacebookJune 15th, 2009 NEW YORK - After jokingly comparing America's First Lady Michelle Obama to an escaped gorilla on Facebook, a prominent South Carolina Republican was forced to kill his Facebook page, and apologize. Commenting on a report posted to Facebook about a gorilla escape at a zoo in Columbia, longtime GOP activist Rusty DePass wrote: I'm sure it's just one of Michelle's ancestors - probably harmless."
South Carolina political blogger and a former gubernatorial spokesman, Will Folks, busted DePass's remark, which later forced the Republican to apologize.
Obama stand on outsourcing is purely politics, comments US expertMay 5th, 2009 BANGALORE - US President Barack Obama's announcement to end tax sops to those US firms outsourcing jobs to countries like India has come under flak from Phil Harkins, a leading US management expert and chief executive of Linkage Inc, a global firm specialising in leadership development 'What Obama is doing is just politics. It's the arrogance of the US to think creating jobs overseas will result in job losses back home.
Officials say North Korea believed behind cyber attacks on SKorean, US Web sitesJuly 8th, 2009 Officials: NKorea believed behind cyber attacksSEOUL, South Korea — South Korean intelligence officials believe North Korea or pro-Pyongyang forces committed cyber attacks that paralyzed major South Korean and U.S. government Web sites, aides to two lawmakers said Wednesday.
Now, North Korean state media news available on TwitterJune 27th, 2009 SEOUL - News feeds from North Korea's state-run media have begun appearing on Twitter, the micro-blogging website. A feed under the name "kcna-dprk" - acronyms of Pyongyang's state Korean Central News Agency and the country's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea - provides links to hundreds of the agency's English-language stories, The China Daily reports.
US Secret Service investing Facebook poll that asked if Obama should live or dieSeptember 30th, 2009 Secret Service probing Facebook poll on ObamaWASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated, officials said Monday.
Ajmal Kasab belongs to Pakistan: Official sourcesJanuary 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist captured during the Mumbai attacks, belongs to Pakistan, The News reported in its website Wednesday, quoting official sources. '(The) Initial probe has proved that Ajmal Kasab is a Pakistani national,' The News added.
AP explores service for online exclusives; CEO says Microsoft-Google war could help industryOctober 6th, 2009 AP might charge some customers to get news earlierHONG KONG — The Associated Press is considering whether to sell news stories to some online customers exclusively for a certain period, perhaps half an hour, the head of the news organization said Tuesday. The AP licenses its stories and photographs to many of the Internet's main hubs, including Google, Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN, and its work also is used by hundreds of Web sites owned by newspapers and broadcasters.
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October 19th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Fox is not news, it is opinion journalism. This is fine, and other stations have it too but not to the degree that Fox does.
Asking questions that are worded in such a way that there is no possible way to answer them is not appropriate in News. That is appropriate in some situations but it is not NEWS reporting.
News reporting consists of asking fair, non leading questions and then shutting up and allowing the person to answer. THEN if they did not answer the question it is your job to rephrase the question again and get them to answer it. It is not a News person’s job to get out their own agenda. It is the news person’s job to allow each guest to get the word out about THEIR agenda. THEN the next job of the News is to be critical and find out if what they said is true or not and allow that news to come out by interviewing those people. A News person doesn’t call people a liar or tell them to shut up, they prove their points by interviewing others.