Kurtz: MJ Coverage “an Embarrassment to the News Business”


 

Kurtz: MJ Coverage “An Embarrassment To The News Business” – “Washington Post” media critic Howard Kurtz thinks the news networks, including his own CNN, are going “overboard” with their excessive coverage of Michael Jackson’s death, calling it “an embarrassment to the news business.” Syracuse University Professor Robert Thompson agreed, saying of the coverage, “This shouldn’t have surprised us.”

 

Experts: Zero-tolerance on 'cannabis driving' too severe

Filed under: drug addiction newspaper

According to Henrik Rindom, a doctor specialising in drug abuse, the legal limit for cannabis use has been set so low that it amounts to harassment. “Because the authorities can't impact the cannabis trade through policing efforts, they are instead …
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Ohio Man charged in 2nd raft of burglaries

Filed under: drug addiction newspaper

The newspaper reported the Portage County Sheriff was able to solve the second set of crimes after Ferrell was taken into custody in May and cooperated with authorities. They said his motive is drug addiction. Ferrell's trial before Portage County …
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