Leaning Forward, MSNBC Loses Ground to Rival CNN
Date: 13 October 2014
By BILL CARTER
Bill CARTER
Audiences have thinned for all cable television news, but the politics-centric, left-of-center MSNBC has suffered as CNN has grabbed more of its terrain with a surge in international news; its third-quarter ratings had some record lows.
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The Challenge of Defining Rape
Date: 12 October 2014
By IAN URBINA
Ian URBINA
News analysis; states across the country are trying to figure out how to address problem of sexual assault more effectively and to redefine scope of sexual misconduct; some legal experts predict that changes to criminal laws in many states may not be far off.
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Prime Time
Date: 12 October 2014
By KERA BOLONIK
Kera BOLONIK
Kera Bolonik reviews book The News Sorority: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour--and the (Ongoing, Imperfect, Complicated) Triumph of Women in TV News by Sheila Weller.
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