Free Republic

I've been doing this for ten years as an email to a list of friends and subscribers. I've been persuaded to try it as a blog. The idea is that a ten minute weekend read can help you stay informed even if you don't have time to follow the news each day.

New Jersey's largest city is engaging in pay-to-praise journalism. Newark is paying a newspaper 100-thousand dollars to publish positive stories about the city. The no-bid contract was awarded to the Newark Weekly News. The city already advertises heavily in the paper. The newspaper must generate stories based on leads from the city's public information office. Newspaper owner Howard Scott tells The Star-Ledger of Newark he's providing a service much the same way as other newspapers print legal advertisements for municipalities.

THE WHITE HOUSE NEWS -- WEEKLY REVIEW November 22, 2002 In this Issue - AT THE TOP ^ Homeland Security & Terrorism Insurance ^ NATO Summit ^ Next Week- PRESIDENTIAL & ADMINISTRATION NEWS ^1 Meeting Russian President ^2 Meeting British P.M. ^3 Meeting Czech President ^4 NATO Preview ^5 Thanksgiving ^6 Nobel Laureates __________________________________________________________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~AT THE TOP~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Homeland Security & Terrorism Insurance EVEN MORE PROGRESS CAPS TWO YEARS OF LEGISLATIVE ACHIEVEMENT On Tuesday Congress took an historic step forward to protect the American people by passing legislation creating the Department of Homeland Security. The landmark bill is the most extensive...

THE WHITE HOUSE NEWS -- WEEKLY REVIEW November 15, 2002 In this Issue - AT THE TOP ^Homeland Security - PRESIDENTIAL & ADMINISTRATION NEWS ^1. West Wing Tour Online ^2 Cabinet Meeting ^3 Veteran's Day ^4 U.N. Sec. General Visit ^5 NATO Summit __________________________________________________________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~AT THE TOP~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Homeland Security PRESIDENT CALLS ON CONGRESS TO PASS HOMELAND SECURITY ACT Calling it the single most important objective for Congress' lame duck session, the President reiterated his call for the creation of a department of homeland security. The President was encouraged by ongoing discussions and said he believed the current session of...