Diane Tucker

Newspaper Editors To Generation Y: Drop Dead

Diane Tucker | Posted 03.28.2009 | Media

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Diane Tucker

Doesn't the best online journalism still depend on old media outlets? What happens when we lose all those print reporters, the ones who file history's first draft?

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Government 'Of The People, For The People' Returns To America

Diane Tucker | Posted 04.29.2009 | Politics

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Diane Tucker

Our new president didn't have a powerful father to place him in things, or get him out. He worked hard to become the 44th president. He is of the people, which tends to make a person for the people.

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Times' David E. Sanger: Obama Must 'Re-Balance The Portfolio' And Address Multiple Global Threats

Diane Tucker | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

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Diane Tucker

Sanger: "The Iraq War so preoccupied the senior leadership of the United States that many greater threats were allowed to fester. President-elect Obama needs to re-balance the portfolio."

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Could Twitter Have Saved The New York Times?

Diane Tucker | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

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Diane Tucker

Newspapers have great capital: talented reporters with superb rolodexes. But if the bigshots at the top don't join the rest of us in the 21st century soon, those writers will be out of work.

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In Gaza, A Doctor's Voice Tells of Shaking Houses, Breaking Windows

Diane Tucker | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

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Diane Tucker

Four days after Israeli air attacks against the Gaza Strip began, hospitals are already overwhelmed by the influx of wounded patients.

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Rockets And Retaliation: Who Will Broker The Peace In Gaza?

Diane Tucker | Posted 01.30.2009 | World

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Diane Tucker

For nearly twenty years, Aaron David Miller has played a central role in U.S. efforts to broker an Arab-Israeli peace as an advisor to presidents, sec...

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Me, Too! I Want To Be A Senator From New York

Diane Tucker | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

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Diane Tucker

Lots of New Yorkers are throwing their hats into the ring, but everyone's talking about Kennedy. Did you read her interview in the New York Times on Sunday?

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Canadian Political Crisis: Citizens React With Disgust, Anxiety

Diane Tucker | Posted 07.14.2009 | World

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Diane Tucker

Last week in Canada, three opposition parties united against Prime Minister Stephen Harper, charging he failed to insulate Canada from the global fina...

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Ha! Would You Buy A Car Designed By OUR Government?

Diane Tucker | Posted 01.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Automaker Bailout, Gasoline Prices, Wall Street Crisis, Big Three Automakers, Chrysler, General Motors, David Cole, Robert Nardelli, Alan Mulally, Rick Wagoner, Cars, Chris Dodd, Ford Motor Company, Diane Tucker, Financial Crisis, Business News
Diane Tucker

Thanks to CEO Alan Mulally, Ford made a profit in the first quarter of 2008. What's more, Mulally saw the credit crisis coming and fought to get a line of credit for Ford way back in 2006.

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De Niro Expands Tribeca Film Festival To Doha, Aims To Break Down Stereotypes

Diane Tucker | Posted 02.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movies, Tribeca Film Festival, Filmmaking, Museum of Islamic Art, Abu Dhabi, Middle East Media, Robert De Niro Hotel, Tribeca Film Festival Doha, Al Jazeera, Diane Tucker, Qatar, Craig Hatkoff, Jane Rosenthal, Dubai, Robert De Niro, Middle East, Entertainment News
Diane Tucker

Craig Hatkoff: We'd like to see Doha become part of a larger hub -- a network that underscores the potential of the region.

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Luckovich's Lament: Cartooning Obama Is Gonna Be Tough

Diane Tucker | Posted 02.20.2009 | Media

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Diane Tucker

The more editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich sees of Barack Obama, the more he likes the President-elect. Oddly enough, this turn of events has the Pulitzer Prize winning artist very, very worried.

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Don't Get Fooled Again: How To Spot An Internet Hoax

Diane Tucker | Posted 03.10.2009 | Media

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Diane Tucker

Today we know there's no such person as Martin Eisenstadt. He was nothing but a hoax. The truth was established way back in June, thanks to good sleuthing by a blogger.

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Journalist to GOP: You're 100 Percent Wrong About U.S. Automakers

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

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Diane Tucker

"People who say the U.S. doesn't innovate are woefully out of touch with Detroit's standing in this business."

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Black American Voters Excited, Slightly On Edge

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- How did it feel to be a Black American voting for Barack Obama on Election Day 2008? Outside the polling station at the corner of ...

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On Election Eve, Flashing Billboard Irks Obama Supporters In Ohio

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home

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NILES, Ohio -- On Election Eve in Niles, a small town in the northeastern part of the state, a privately funded digital billboard was flashing "Say NO...

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Obama Campaign Rewrites Fundraising Rules by Selling Merchandise

Off The Bus | Posted 05.29.2009 | Home

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Off The Bus

One under-reported aspect of the Obama campaign's fundraising prowess is its strategy to charge most of its supporters for campaign paraphernalia. The strategy -- both innovative and controversial -- is a boon to the campaign, raising the number of low-dollar donors and motivating supporters to volunteer more often.

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McCain, Palin Draw Surprisingly Small Crowds In Ohio

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

John McCain and Sarah Palin crisscrossed Ohio over the weekend, appearing at multiple rallies that drew surprisingly small crowds -- especially taking...

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Voting Expert William Jacoby Knows How You're Going To Vote

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

As the polls grow tighter, more people wonder what the electorate will be thinking on Nov 4. OffTheBus posed that question to political scientist Will...

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Pre-Election Anxiety Squeezes African American Women

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.29.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

"On the news yesterday, they revealed a potential neo-Nazi plot against Barack Obama, and then they gave more details on the racially-motivated Ashley...

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Dems Mobilize Against GOP-Planned Showdown at Ohio Polls

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home

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Republicans intend to place GOP recruits inside Ohio polling places on Election Day to challenge the qualifications of certain voters. The Obama campa...

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Expat Voters Tangled Up in Ballot Red Tape

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

"Will Mississippi election officials accept a Czech-language notarization?" Brian Reagan, an American citizen living in Prague, asked OffTheBus. Reaga...

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McCain Volunteers Finally Roused In Northern Virginia

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

I peered inside the huge glass windows and saw something unexpected: rows and rows of people on phone banks, dozens of them. It was completely unlike the other McCain "victory offices" I've visited.

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Ohio GOP Still Chasing Undecideds; Dems Making Sure Supporters Pull The Lever

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.16.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

The GOP must believe it can make inroads into Youngstown's urban community, because this month the second-biggest buy on the city's hip-hop air waves was made by the Mahoning County Republican Party.

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Cindy McCain's Attack On Obama's Record Offends Military Spouses

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.12.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

"It ruffles our feathers when someone claims that Barack Obama doesn't support the troops, because the Obamas have gone out of their way to understand the military, its families, and its veterans."

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