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Another brutal day for journalism. Gannett began slashing jobs all across the country Wednesday in a cost-cutting move that was anticipated even before the recent news that a hedge-fund company was planning to buy the chain. The cuts were not minor

Abortion is a “right” is a claim often made by the media – and USA Today is no exception. USA Today’s Editorial Board penned a piece entitled, “Abortion safety as a pretext: Our view” on Oct. 10. In it, the staff called abortion a “right burdened by so many unnecessary obstacles” and detailed how “abortion foes” are “chipping away” at Roe v. Wade’s “guarantee.” From the beginning, the piece claimed, “States have every obligation to ensure that abortions are performed safely.” “But when states use safety as a pretext to put providers out of business,” the staff argued, “they make...

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NEW YORK — The Wall Street Journal has surpassed USA Today as the top-selling daily newspaper in the United States. The Audit Bureau of Circulations won't be releasing its latest figures until Oct. 26, but the Journal said Wednesday that it gained about 12,000 subscribers in the April-September period, compared with a year earlier. That puts its average Monday-Friday circulation at 2.02 million. The Journal claimed the top spot last week after USA Today released its circulation figures early, but had not given out specifics until Wednesday. USA Today, which has long been No. 1, said last week that it...

The Last Straw at the Los Angeles Times by Arlene Peck The worst so-called "journalism." For years, I've been a working member of the press. There was a time when I looked with pride at my life's accomplishments. Of course, those were the days when such men as Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Morrow were the role models. In recent years, I've become increasingly alarmed with the trend that I've seen among those who consider themselves 'reporters,' as well as those talking heads on the television's nightly news programs. We listen to dumbed-down, usually attractive, post-puberty 'experts' who can only...

Four (other) authorities interviewed by USA TODAY, including typewriter and type font experts, said the technology existed at the time to create the documents.

<p>NEW YORK (CNN) - The editor of USA Today resigned Tuesday, one day after the newspaper reported that a team of its journalists had found "strong evidence" that Jack Kelley, one of its former star reporters, made up portions of stories, plagiarized and lied.</p>

Majority supports Bush on terrorism By Richard Benedetto, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Most Americans still approve of President Bush's leadership in the war on terrorism, even after a week of accusations that he failed to pay enough attention to intelligence warnings before the Sept. 11 attacks. Although a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll finds that 53% believe the Bush administration is "covering up something" about its handling of intelligence before 9/11, 67% say it could not have prevented the attacks. But 54% say Bush still could have done more beforehand.

Twenty years ago on Sept. 15, Al Neuharth, Gannett Corp.'s then chairman-CEO, launched USA Today as a national newspaper to decidedly mixed reviews. Innovative, colorful and breezy, it was slammed for its shallowness by journalists, and ad agencies didn't know what to think of the paper's attempt to get some of the national ad dollars directed toward TV and magazines. Publisher-President Tom Curley was among the four Gannett executives tapped in 1979 by Mr. Neuharth to develop the paper, and has watched it grow to boast the nation's largest circulation. As of March, USA Today was reporting 2.12 million circulation...