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Accuracy in Media is all over the other CBS News scandal, the one you haven't heard about yet. >>>While the media were abuzz over the release of the independent review panel report on CBS's "memogate" scandal, another CBS scandal was emerging. Coinciding with the release of the CBS report was the release of the January cover story, "Tin Soldier," in the Columbia Journalism Review, strongly suggesting that 60 Minutes Wednesday used phony Al Qaeda videotapes in its 2002 segment "Heart of Darkness." Dan Rather narrated the segment. The powerful Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) story was written by Mariah Blake. It...

The usually well-informed Vcrisis website is reporting that the homes of two former executives of Venezuela's state-owned oil company PDVSA have been raided by police today, and a third raid on another executive's residence is said to be planned. One of the former executives, Horacsio Medina, is reportedly charged with treason. The Marxist regime of Hugo Chavez is increasingly willing to openly intimidate its opponents. The "crimes" of the former executives are unknown, but the basis of the "crimes" might well be political. Currently, the unionized workforce of PDVSA is locked in a pay dispute with the government, and union...

Big Arctic Perils Seen in WarmingBy ANDREW C. REVKINPublished: October 30, 2004 comprehensive four-year study of warming in the Arctic shows that heat-trapping gases from tailpipes and smokestacks around the world are contributing to profound environmental changes, including sharp retreats of glaciers and sea ice, thawing of permafrost and shifts in the weather, the oceans and the atmosphere.The study, commissioned by eight nations with Arctic territory, including the United States, says the changes are likely to harm native communities, wildlife and economic activity but also to offer some benefits, like longer growing seasons. The report is due to be released...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Investigators raided the offices of Rush Limbaugh's doctor Thursday, saying in search warrants that the conservative radio commentator engaged in illegal drug use and "doctor shopping" for prescription painkillers. The warrants show investigators were looking for records including prescription disbursements, appointment schedules, receipts and a medical questionnaire. "Mr. Limbaugh's actions violate the letter, and spirit" of the law that relates to "doctor shopping," stated one of warrants, signed by Asim Brown, a law enforcement agent assigned to the state attorney's office anti-money laundering task force. Doctor shopping refers to looking for a doctor willing...