Jennifer Harper
Articles by Jennifer Harper
Report on Alhurra said to skew facts
CBS News and Pro Publica "distorted facts" in a collaborative investigative story that aired Sunday about Alhurra TV, according to officials from an independent federal agency that supervises all U.S. government-supported, non-military international broadcasting. Published June 24, 2008
Inside Politics Weekend
On this day in 1944, President signed the G.I. Bill to provide World War II veterans with money for education, unemployment compensation plus home and business loans. Three years later, vets made up half of the nation's college enrollment, according to the History Channel. Published June 22, 2008
Blogger, AP meet about use rift
The two sides in the Associated Press-blogosphere spat are talking now, but a war may loom anyway. America's biggest wire service wanted bloggers to pay for its content, as news organizations do, and threatened a lawsuit against Rogers Cadenhead, a Florida-based journalist who oversees the online Drudge Retort, a liberal answer to the much-viewed Drudge Report. Published June 21, 2008
AP, bloggers clash over wire content use
The ongoing war between the traditional "old" media and Internet-driven "new" media has gotten noisier, with peace and common ground still elusive. Published June 20, 2008
Anti-Obama pin jabs Texas GOP
Talk about a hot-button issue. Texas Republicans are wincing over a cultural gaffe that has put their party on notice. Published June 19, 2008
Creative trash talk aims at slowing landfill piles
The world is talking trash. Seriously. Unwieldy garbage is piling up around the planet - along with ideas for its creative disposal. Published June 18, 2008
Sikh sues Disney over right to wear turban
A Sikh musician has filed a $1 million class action discrimination suit against Walt Disney World, claiming the Florida theme park denied him employment because his religion requires him to wear a beard and a dastaar - a turban - which ultimately compromised company dress code. Published June 18, 2008
California weds first same-sex couple
In the wake of the Martin-Lyon nuptials, close to 170,000 gay couples from California and beyond will wed in the Golden State in the next three years, according to estimates from the University of California at Los Angeles. Published June 17, 2008
Inside Politics Weekend
Outbursts and all, Senator James Webb of Virginia is rumored to be on the short list as Sen. Barack Obama's potential running mate. Published June 15, 2008
Most Republicans back right to arms
Republicans remain a firearm-friendly group for the most part. Published June 13, 2008
To Falwell’s rescue
Macel Falwell, who was married to the controversial minister Jerry Falwell for 49 years, is intent on setting the record right. Published June 12, 2008
Wrath of McClellan
It's been 12 days since former White House press secretary Scott McClellan dropped his memoir/tell-all/improvised explosive device upon the Washington power establishment. Published June 8, 2008
Inside Politics Weekend
Gray matter Published June 8, 2008
‘Gender bias’ did in Clinton?
Hillary Rodham Clinton lost the Democratic nomination for president because of "gender bias" in the news media, according to a Johns Hopkins University analysis. Published June 6, 2008
Obama’s historic nomination grips U.S., world
Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative, there was no escaping the sense Wednesday that a barrier had been overcome. Published June 5, 2008
Gas pinch crimps renowned American road trip
Thanks to rising gas prices, the proverbial all-American road trip has shrunk from a long stretch of highway to a neat snip of asphalt, with little left to chance. Published June 3, 2008
District set to be ‘Thunder’-struck
"Rolling Thunder" is a most fitting motto. Thousands of bikers are rolling along the Washington area's roadways today with plenty of gumption and an unabashed carbon footprint. Exhaust pipes are vibrating, pistons are pumping, and it is, well, thunderous. Published May 25, 2008
Bikers to swarm capital to honor vets
Thousands of bikers are rolling along the Washington area's roadways Sunday with plenty of gumption and an unabashed carbon footprint. Exhaust pipes are vibrating, pistons are pumping, and it is, well, thunderous. 4:09 p.m. Photos: Rolling Thunder bikers up close Published May 24, 2008
Inside Politics
Well, sort of. The news that had again been subpoenaed to appear before lawmakers regarding the matter of nine fired U.S. attorneys has rankled a few of his fans. Published May 23, 2008
In one corner: Bush; in the other: media
Spats between President Bush and a voracious press have been a fixture of his presidency, and the media landscape is pockmarked with the salvos of their contention. Published May 23, 2008
