Mar 19 Facebook, Twitter Not Dominating News Landscape Just Yet The importance of using social media to promote a news organization's journalism is pretty much a given in any newsroom these days, but as popular as Facebook and Twitter are, they do not seem to be driving as much traffic… Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch U.S. Soldier Accused of Afghan Massacre Begins Building Defense Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, suspected of murdering 16 Afghan civilians near Kandahar, had his first meeting with defense attorney, John Henry Browne on Monday. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Mar 16 Shields, Brooks on Presidential Effects on Gas Prices, March Madness Mascots By Hari Sreenivasan Tonight we tackle a topic that has been bandied about for weeks as citizens across the U.S. face sticker shock at one gas pump after another. Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks weigh in on… Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch Shields, Brooks on Gas Prices, March Madness Shields, Brooks on Presidential Effects on Gas Prices, March Madness Mascots… Continue watching
Mar 15 Watch Campaigns Have Message Discipline Online, but Can't Control Facebook Groups Campaigns Have Message Discipline Online, but Can't Control Facebook Groups… Continue watching
Mar 15 Watch Afghanistan's Karzai to U.S. Troops: Leave Our Villages The U.S. mission in Afghanistan ran into more trouble Thursday as President Hamid Karzai announced he wants American forces to leave Afghan villages and immediately pull back to their bases in the wake of last weekend's civilian killings, allegedly at… Continue watching
Mar 15 Afghan's President Karzai 'Pulled in Conflicting Directions' By Larisa Epatko A rocky few weeks for the United States in Afghanistan got even rockier Thursday with two simultaneous though presumably unrelated events. Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch Obama, Cameron Outline Afghanistan Drawdown Plans At a White House news conference Wednesday alongside British Prime Minister David Cameron, President Obama said he didn't foresee "sudden additional changes" to U.S. troop drawdown plans in Afghanistan despite recent incidents stoking anti-American tensions there. Ray Suarez reports on… Continue watching
Mar 14 In Different College Basketball Bracket, Study Finds Gap in Graduation Rate Although the Syracuse men's basketball team received a No. 1 seed in this year's championship tournament, the program failed to meet NCAA graduation rate standards. Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images. Ahead of Thursday's tipoff of the NCAA men's basketball… Continue reading
Mar 14 Senate Passes Transportation Bill Updated 4:44 p.m. | The Senate passed a $109 billion, two-year surface transportation reauthorization Wednesday afternoon that Democrats say will save 2.8 million jobs. Senators rejected most amendments, but the measure does include proposals related to BUY AMERICA requirements, bridges… Continue reading