Archive for November, 2005
Woodward Adds to Plame Scandal
November 16th, 2005 Dan Chou's Story of the Week
I haven’t been keeping up with this investigation as well I usually do, but when I was going through my news RSS feeds, this immediately jumped out at me. With all the talk recently in class about confidential sources and integrity, it initially surprised me that Bob Woodward would have to apologize to executive editor Len Downie that he knew about Plame.
Perhaps the best point this article points out is summarized in this paragraph: The abrupt revelation that Woodward has been sitting on information about the Plame controversy has reignited questions about his unique relationship with The Post while writing books with unparalleled access to high-level officials, and about why Woodward minimized the importance of the Fitzgerald probe in television and radio interviews while hiding his own involvement in the matter.
Woodward can definitely be considered a “celebrity journalist.” So where does this start affecting his journalistic integrity. There haven’t been many celebrity journalists like Woodward with such a peculiar relationship; this may be a time when news outlets begin adding parts regarding celebrity journalism in their code of ethics.
A Survey
November 10th, 2005 Entries
I am writing a term paper on interracial marriages between Asians and Caucasians. Here’s how you can help!
Right click on one of the below links to download this survey I cooked up, depending on what gender and race you are. Your responses will be much appreciated and very important to my paper.
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Please pass this on to other people as well! The more responses, the better!
On Being Debonair
November 9th, 2005 Dan Chou's Story of the Week
What exactly does being debonair mean?
According to dictionary.com:
1. Suave; urbane.
2. Affable; genial.
3. Carefree and gay; jaunty.
Popular culture has, as Dan Neil pointed out, equated being debonair with how a person looks. That is why James Bond is the epitome of a debonair gentleman. “To be debonair would seem to require observing a rigid code of appearances, that you can never laugh too loud, get a pimple or fail to execute the tango perfectly. To be debonair is to be a metrosexual with delusions of grandeur.”
Instead, debonair is much more of how people handle themselves. There are a lot of guys out there who want to be debonair, because that is very attractive to girls. However, I like how this article points out that you can’t buy being debonair. It’s about a person’s character.
It reminds me of our “grilling the pastors” on Friday night (see a few entries down). Some may say that chivalry is dead, and so for those guys who do practice acts of chivalry, they often get misinterpreted as being flirts. Instead, that’s how every guy should act. We all need to be gentlemen. But if we all aren’t, that’s fine with me too — that means those who are will just stick out more. I need to stop thinking about girls.
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