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Federal school grant program jump-starts efforts to fix troubled schools
After two years, the federal program providing billions of dollars to help states and districts close or remake some of their worst-performing schools remains an ambitious work in progress, with roughly 1,200 turnaround efforts under way but still no...Tags: Teachers, U.S. Department of Education, Parties and Movements, Cultural Development, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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Olbermann and Gore deserve the pain they are inflicting on each other
The Baltimore SunTalk about a Friday afternoon dump: Keith Olbermann and his $50-million, five-year contract dumped by Al Gore's audience-challenged Current TV after less than a year on-air. There is no shortage of meat for analysts to chew on these bones, and that is...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Al Gore, Cancer, Keith Olbermann, Al Sharpton
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The media are letting us down in the run-up to the 2012 elections
The news media's lack of analysis regarding the policy proposals of the leading presidential candidates is disheartening. The media have relinquished their responsibilities to inform the public; instead, they have become entertainment impresarios, hailing...Tags: Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Ron Paul, Media Industry, Media Industry
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CNN, John King, ABC, Brian Ross have nothing to apologize for with Gingrich
The Baltimore SunIn November, I advanced one of CNN's debates with a piece hoping aloud that Wolf Blitzer would not let Newt Gingrich bully him as the the former Speaker of the House had been doing to other debate moderators. Here's a bit of what I wrote: And so it...Tags: Wolf Blitzer, ABC (tv network), Matt Drudge, Bret Baier, Media Industry
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CNBC gets the wrong Bain in linking Romney to Obama
The Baltimore SunI have a million other things to write about, and about 500,000 of them have been rightfully ordered up by editors. Despite that, and a growing momentum this Friday night in Baltimore that nothing matters in the world except the Ravens playoff game...Tags: Gilda Radner, CNBC (tv network), Social Media, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama
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Fake female empowerment vs. the real thing
Two items have recently burst onto the media scene: a movie called "The Iron Lady" about one of the greatest women in history — former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher — and a growing European recall of breast implants in danger of...Tags: New Year's Day, Europe, Television Industry, Fox News Channel (tv network), Television
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Korean baseball's governing body bans Orioles scouts in wake of Kim signing
The Baltimore SunThe Orioles' signing of a South Korean teenage pitching prospect has prompted Korean baseball officials to consider imposing stricter rules on major league clubs looking to sign the nation’s top young talent. Last month, the Orioles signed 17-year-...Tags: Major League Baseball, High Schools, Schools, Spring Training, College Baseball
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Orioles' signing of 17-year-old pitcher draws criticism in Korea
The Baltimore SunThe Orioles’ signing of a 17-year-old high school sophomore from South Korea has drawn the ire of the Korean Baseball Organization, which is threatening to petition Major League Baseball for what it deems the fleecing of its young talent. The...Tags: High Schools, Boston Red Sox, Taylor Teagarden, Schools, Schools
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CNN's new host Erin Burnett: Smug, superficial and acting like she knows
The Baltimore SunI promised myself I was going to give CNN's new weeknight host Erin Burnett a full week of shows before I reviewed her. It was hard keeping that promise Monday night when I saw her pay a visit to the Occupy Wall Street encampment so she could look down...Tags: Haiti, Journalism, Health and Medical Professionals, Media Industry, Haiti Earthquake (2010)
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Long-time CBS broadcaster Andy Rooney dead at 92
The Baltimore SunAndy Rooney, whose CBS career spans the entire post-war history of network news, died Friday as a result of complications following minor surgery, the network announced. A mainstay of Sunday night viewing for millions of Americans, the 92-year-old Rooney...Tags: Genres, Emmy Awards (tv program), World War II (1939-1945), PBS (tv network), Pat Robertson
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Baltimore Sun to begin charging users of its website
The Baltimore Sun will begin charging frequent users of its website a subscription fee Oct. 10, joining several news organizations that have recently established price tags for online information.
The Sun will allow users 15 free page views a month on...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, File Sharing, Media Industry, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Newspapers
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Former CNN executive David Bohrman says he's been longtime liberal
The Baltimore SunAfter having written numerous pieces in recent years arguing how crucial it is to have a 24/7 cable news channel that presents fact-based journalism without a a bias to the right or the left, I have to admit I am troubled by the admission from David...Tags: Al Gore, Television, Keith Olbermann, Current TV (tv network), Fox News Channel (tv network)
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