The Tulip Trap from NYT > Turkey by By ANDREW FINKEL While Istanbul celebrates its favorite flower, it is destroying its few remaining natural habitats. Turkish PM resents project ?ruining? Istanbul?s silhouette from Hurriyet Daily News Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has again excoriated developers.. Art Sold at Controversial Istanbul Auction Comes Partially … Read more
Boston Marathon Explosions Become a Live-Tweeted Disaster from Wired Top Stories by Spencer Ackerman Word of explosions in Boston — along with pictures, and even warnings against speculation about them — are rocketing across social media. Police Tweet Request for Video From Boston Marathon After Blast from Mashable! by Sam Laird [View the story … Read more
BBC needs ?radical overhaul?: chairman from Hurriyet Daily News The head of the BBC?s governing body said yesterday the broadcaster needs a radical overhaul following the resignation.. BBC needs to relearn its journalistic ABC Endless layers of checking by executives and lawyers cannot replace experienced professional judgment, writes Philip Stephens MAIN FOCUS: BBC mired … Read more
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdigan addresses his party members in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. Erdogan said Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime is engaged in “state terrorism” an criticized the world for just watching the “slaughter of Muslims” there. Turkey has become the Assad regime’s strongest critic and is host to Syrian opposition … Read more
WikiLeaks looks for more partners while news organisations start to consider in-house submissions? from Editors Weblog – all postings by Emma Heald While WikiLeaks is apparently looking to enlist the help of 60 news organisations around the world to cover the secret US diplomatic memos, New York Times executive editor Bill Keller has written a … Read more