Sensationalism
"Sensationalism," the doctrine that all knowledge is derived from sensations, takes several closely related forms. As a psychological theory it stresses the origins of kno...
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Johannesburg (dpa) - South Africa's top cop has sensationally
claimed that a shadowy syndicate intent on slowing down economic
growth is behind the theft of power cables, a ...
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BEIJING, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Nearly a tenth of 1.2 million
doses of children's vaccines recalled by American drug firm
Merck on Wednesday were sold in China, Chinese media reported
on Friday. Merck...
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Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is fighting to keep his grand jury testimony about the leak of a CIA operative's name from being released and broadcast in the media.Libby's grand j...
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Malaysian online political commentators have formed a group to protect bloggers' interests after two of them were sued by a newspaper with close government ties.The National Alliance of Bloggers' m...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:
CAMERAS IN THE COURTS (The New York Times, New York)
Anybody who has been in a working courtroom knows that a real
trial is a long way fr...
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Taipei (dpa) - Taiwan's most popular cable television channel TVBS
came under criticism Wednesday for reportedly trying to boost its
popularity by airing a video in which a ...
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New York (dpa) - Now that a rival bid has apparently faded, Rupert
Murdoch's News Corporation was closer to a deal that would bring the
prestigious Wall Street Journal into ...
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Islamabad (dpa) - A liberal female minister was ousted from a key
position in Pakistan's ruling party by rivals profiting from public
outrage at photographs of her hugging ...
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New Delhi (dpa) - India's domestic television news network Live
India TV, which is under fire by the judiciary for broadcasting an
alleged "fake" sting operation, has been b...
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has received a much-needed
surge in the polls Friday, five days into what promises to be a hard
fought six-week election campaign.
Two new opinion pol...
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Sensationalism
Power cable thieves out to cripple economy: SA police chief
