The Greening Of Ted Turner — How The Godfather Of Cable Traded His Outrageous Nature For A Flag Of Peace And Preservation

Ted Turner Note: Originally published in Pacific NW Magazine of The Seattle Times, July 1, 1990 by Glenn Nelson Coming this fall, Gaia, spirit of Earth, will wake from a millennium nap to discover the devastation humans have wreaked on the environment. Fearing for the future, she will assemble five youngsters from different corners of …

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Citation Journalism and the Blurring Lines in Reporting

Last Saturday, I saw a front-page tease on The Seattle Times that stirred my heart: The newspaper was reporting that one of my childhood idols, Spencer Haywood, had been elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. But by the time I went to read the story on the newspaper’s website later that day, things had …

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