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Vatican appoints former Boston archbishop head of a Rome basilica By AP 5/27/04 "Vatican City - Pope John Paul II on Thursday gave Cardinal Bernard F. Law an official position in Rome, naming the former Boston archbishop who resigned in the sex abuse scandal as head of a basilica. Law will have the title archpriest of St. Mary Major Basilica, a largely ceremonial post often given to retired prelates." http://news.bostonherald.com/international/view.bg?articleid=29578
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2001937812_npr25.html
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Most NPR sources are Republicans, watchdog group says
By Peter Goodman
Newsday
Despite a perception that National Public Radio is politically liberal, most of its sources are actually Republicans and conservatives, according to a survey released today.
"Republicans not only had a substantial partisan edge, individual Republicans were NPR's most popular sources overall, taking the top seven spots in frequency of appearance," according to a report accompanying the survey by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, a left-leaning media watchdog. In addition, representatives of right-of-center think tanks outnumbered their leftist counterparts by more than 4-to-1, FAIR reported.
Citing comments dating to the Nixon administration in the 1970s, the report said, "That NPR harbors a liberal bias is an article of faith among many conservatives." However, it added, "Despite the commonness of such claims, little evidence has ever been presented for a left bias at NPR." The study counted 2,334 sources used in 804 stories aired last June for four programs: "All Things Considered," "Morning Edition," "Weekend Edition Saturday" and "Weekend Edition Sunday." For the analysis of think tanks, FAIR used the months of May through August 2003. Overall, Republicans outnumbered Democrats by 61 percent to 38 percent. The figure is only slightly higher now than during a previous survey in 1993....
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