Month September 2005

But it’s finally happening NBC’s Williams: Journalists’ gloves off NBC’s Brian Williams says the lasting legacy of Hurricane Katrina for journalists may be the end of an unusual four-year period of deference to people in power. Indeed Rather than fight…

‘Bout time

Sue trapped in elevator for an hour, rescued by LAFD! Might make Channel 4 News. Still  no power. More later! When reporters asked what it was like, she said, “Dark. And no Diet Coke.” And here’s Sue’s 15 seconds of fame…

The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader, urged victims of the Sept. 11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina on Sunday to turn their tragedies into something that makes them stronger. “Your sadness, your anger will not solve the problem,” the 70-year old…

From the hysterical tree huggers at that dangerously radical publication, the International Herald Tribune. The early warning signs of global warming are apparent: an increase in summer deaths due to heat waves in Europe; the northern migration of toxic algae…