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The Way It Was. The Way It Will Be?
Americans will always remember Walter Cronkite. As the man who had the most trusted voice of America. Who had more power over the American people than the President himself. Whose voice guided Americans through the uncertainties and tragedies of war.
Journalists remember him as the man who presided over the “golden age” of journalism. Geoffrey Cowan, former dean of my alma mater, the Annenberg School for Communication, described him as one of the greatest men in journalism.
All of that is certainly true. But I will remember him as a man who was honest, thoughtful, and humorous. In the fall of 2005, in my freshman year of college at the University of Southern California’s prestigious Annenberg School of Journalism, I had the opportunity to meet Mr. Cronkite and hear him speak to a large group of USC students and faculty. Ever since, I have been struck by the candor of his …
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FBI Captures Top 10 Fugitive
FBI officials announced today that they captured top 10 fugitive, Emigdio Preciado Jr., in Mexico.
The FBI had offered a reward of up to $150,000 for information leading directly to the arrest of Preciado Jr.
For more information on Preciado Jr. and for a video of him, visit the FBI’s ten most wanted list.
According to KTLA, more details will be released Monday morning in a joint press conference by:
Salvador Hernandez, assistant director in charge of the FBI in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy Baca, and Sheriff’s deputies David Timberlake and Michael Schaap, who survived the attempted homicide Preciado is accused of committing.
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Rasmussen: Consumer Confidence Lowest Since March
It’s been six months since President Obama signed the stimulus package in February. The stimulus was designed to increase consumer confidence, save stumbling businesses and prevent unemployment from expanding.
So how has it done so far?
In consumer confidence, it may not look so good, according to RasmussenReports. That’s because today, the Rasmussen Consumer Index, “which measures the economic confidence of consumers on a daily basis, dropped to its lowest level since March 13.”
At 63.3, the index is down 10 points over the past week and 11 points over the past month. Consumer confidence is up just three points from the beginning of the year.
Is it time to reevaluate the stimulus plan? What do you think? Leave your comments below.
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U.S. Aid: Change Hondurans Can Believe In?
New American Media’s Roberto Lovato has an interesting take on the Obama Administration’s role in the Honduran crisis: “Obama’s “Si Se Puede” (Yes We Can) to continued military aid for such human rights violation-plagued governments as those of Colombia, Mexico and Honduras will only tarnish his and the U.S. image in the region. “
Lovato writes that President Obama’s image could be so badly wounded that these policies could be the downfall of his “rock star” image around the world.
Why?
the whole Latin American world is watching Honduras and President Obama, who still has not heeded calls to suspend U.S. military aid to Honduras. [...] While nobody in the hemisphere wants the return of the actions of the Bush era, many already believe that the Obama Administration’s inactions mean that the “new” or fundamental “change” Obama promised during his also widely-viewed Summit of the Americas speech last April adds up to little
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