(2004-04-30) — ABC-TV journalist Ted Koppel, who caused a firestorm of controversy with his plan to read the names of U.S. troops killed in Iraq, today announced that in the interest of balance and fairness next week he will read another list on his show, Nightline.
“I would never want anyone to accuse me of bias. [...]
Entries from April 2004
Koppel to Read Names of Saddam’s Victims
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Tags: Global News
Pelosi to ‘Spit Out’ Communion Wafer in Protest
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(2004-04-29) — Despite a Vatican prohibition against serving Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi today announced that she would not only receive communion, but would spit it out in protest.
“It is my choice what I do with my body,” said Rep. Pelosi. “If I want to keep the communion wafer in [...]
Tags: Theology
Thursday’s Daily News
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Rep. McDermott Forgot ‘Under God’, Civil Rights Act
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(2004-04-29) — Rep. Jim McDermott, D-WA, explained yesterday that he had omitted the words “under God” while leading House colleagues in the Pledge of Allegiance because he had learned the Pledge before 1954 when the phrase was inserted by an act of Congress.
Later, a spokesman confirmed that Mr. McDermott also often forgets about the 1964 [...]
Tags: U.S. News
Bush Makes Deal with 9/11 Panel, Betrays Cheney
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(2004-04-28) — On the eve of his scheduled appearance before the commission investigating the 9/11 terror attacks, U.S. President George Bush tonight struck a deal with the panel to avoid testifying, in exchange for signing an affidavit laying the blame for the attacks on Vice President Dick Cheney.
According to the affidavit, the president alleges that [...]
Tags: U.S. News
Kerry to Reenact Medal Tossing Protest
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(2004-04-26) — Democrat presidential hopeful John Forbes Kerry today announced he would reenact for TV cameras the historic moment when he tossed his own Vietnam war medals over the White House fence.
To add realism to the dramatization, Mr. Kerry plans to use the actual medals he received for his service in Vietnam, rather than replicas. [...]
Tags: Politics
‘Final Generation’ of Abortion Advocates Rallies in DC
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(2004-04-25) — Calling themselves the “final generation” of abortion advocates, hundreds of thousands of women today packed the Mall in Washington D.C. to defend their right to prevent their views on abortion from being passed on to their children.
“It was too late for me,” one unnamed speaker told the throng of pro-abortion protestors. “I had [...]
Tags: U.S. News