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Date: 03 October 2004
By Eric Lichtblau
Eric Lichtblau
Fox News apologizes for 'bad judgment' in posting made-up news article on its Web site that quoted Sen John Kerry as gloating over his fine manicure and 'metrosexual' appearance; article was written by chief political correspondent Carl Cameron, who has been reprimanded over incident (M)
Date: 03 October 2004
By Warren St. John
Warren St
Article on growing popularity of news satire, on television, on Web and in print; recent live analysis of presidential debate between Pres Bush and Sen John Kerry on The Daily Show, hosted by Jon Stewart, offers evidence that fake news is becoming mainstream and even being adopted as part of regular cable and network news shows; photos (M)
Date: 04 October 2004
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
Columbia University Jounalism School study finds daily metropolitan newspapers in last few years have cut amount of space devoted to articles on arts, but not by as much proportionately as cuts in main news and business pages; finds sports pages have grown in prominence; graphs; photo (S)
Date: 04 October 2004
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
Dan Rather's admission in Sept that he erred in broadcasting and defending flawed report on 60 Minutes about Pres Bush's National Guard Service is discussed at panel on presidential campaign sponsored by New Yorker magazine, New York City; rival broadcasters Peter Jennings and Tom Brokaw defend Rather, who declines to comment on probe; photo (M)
Date: 04 October 2004
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Bush and Kerry presidential campaigns mount energetic efforts to influence press, and public, perceptions of first presidential debate before they take hold across cable and network news, newspapers, Internet and late-night comedy shows; it is daunting task, since journalists try to be beyond such persuasion, partisan bloggers approach their writing with hardened point of view, and comedians will pounce on whatever will get most laughs; on Sunday morning public affairs programs, perceptions seem to have hardened; liberal and conservative commentators alike say Kerry won debate, and polls over weekend show that voters agree with that assessment; strategists on both sides say race for now seems to be tightening after weeks in which Bush had built first solid lead of general election; photo (M)
Date: 04 October 2004
By Sarah Kershaw and Kenneth Chang
Sarah Kershaw
Residents of Toutle, Wash, are slightly nervous about scientists' warnings of new, imminent eruption of Mount St Helens, but not as fearful as they were in 1980, when volcano rained utter havoc from 30 miles away on this tiny town; residents now know the drill, evacuation routes and ways to protect themselves and their property from heavy ash fall; they are mostly aggravated at all the local traffic, caused by thousands of tourists, reporters and enterpreneurs headed throgh town to lookout point on mountain; photo (M)
Date: 03 October 2004
By Patrick E. Tyler
Patrick Tyler
Foreign media offer their analyses of American presidential debates; reaction in European press seems to favor Sen John Kerry over Pres Bush; consensus is that neither candidate scored mortal blow against other, but Kerry's strong performance has reopened race; photo (M)
Date: 03 October 2004
By David A. Kaplan
David Kaplan
David A Kaplan BackTalk column suggests that Martha Stewart would be natural choice to lead New York Mets as detail-oriented perfectionist with hardened experience dealing with media; drawing (M)
Date: 03 October 2004
By Timothy Egan
Timothy Egan
Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki accomplishment of setting mark for number of hits in single season did not generate media mania that has accompanied other record-breaking moments in past baseball history; possible reasons discussed (M)
Date: 04 October 2004
Correction of Oct 3 article on worldwide reaction to American presidential debate regarding quotations from two Japanese newspapers