For a country with a population about the size of minnesota, finland has produced some giant global hits in the mobile business, like the phone maker nokia and rovio, the company responsible for angry birds. When prozac was introduced in 1988, the greenandcream pill to treat depression launched a cultural revolution that continues to echo. Soon there was a huge glut of cocaine powder in these islands, which caused the. Though no longer on city room, new york today continues to appear every weekday morning, offering a roundup of news and events for the city. The myth of crack babies jason kottke retro report project revisits 1980s crack baby scare cbc radio crack babies.
We invite you to give it a try in our comments section below and include a description of your. This is the 2,810th and final post in the nineyear inquiry i began here while still a times news reporter on october 24, 2007 in my 33rd year writing on global environmental issues, i am moving back to indepth journalism, which is where i started in the early 1980s as a magazine editor and writer. In a 2014 nieman foundation for journalism article, ann derry, the new york times editorial director for video and television partnerships, said retro reports. Watch theretro reports new york times documentary, a change of heart, on the syncardia total artificial heart and learn more about this lifesaving medical device.
Home foodborne illness outbreaks food safety in the u. Nearly 300,000 disabled and mentally ill new yorkers face a needless risk of harm because of conflicting regulations, a lack of oversight and even disagreements over what constitutes abuse, according to a draft state report obtained by the new york times. Citation information is available for all results in the new york times online. The shadow of the thalidomide tragedy retro report the new. Retro report is an independent, nonprofit news organization that. Through personal stories of surgeons and syncardia total artificial heart patients, this documentary takes the audience from the first use of a total artificial heart for permanent. The videos will air each monday at the nyts baby boomer blog. In the 1980s, many government officials, scientists and journalists warned that the country would be plagued by a generation of crack. A look back at the epic ryan leaf bust retro report the new york times by the new york times. The shadow of waco retro report the new york times duration. In bold documentary style, retro report looks back at the major stories that shaped the world.
An entrepreneur and a philanthropist, buck is a reformed news junkie who spent 15 years working as a television editor. Retro report goes back to the 1980s and examines how government officials, journalists, and medical professionals warned the country of the growing danger of a generation of crack babies. Within a year more than a thousand press stories had been released about the drug. Today, psychedelics are turning on a new generation. Except, as youll see in the new york times video report above, things.
Find information here about our coverage, products, subscriptions and more. Retro report media production new york, ny 259 followers an emmy awardwinning independent, objective, nonprofit news organization giving context and perspective on todays news. Travel warnings are issued on egypt, the ford f250 is now thieves favorite target, regulators crack down on abusive debt collection and other consumerfocused news from the new york times. Culture of free retro report the new york times in 1999, a filesharing program created in a boston dorm room sent shock waves across the music industry and served notice that. Online dating services have long promised to help people find a mate by using statistical science to predict personal chemistry.
The washington post and the new york times, ran articles and columns. How you cite a resource depends on the citation style you are using. The shadow of the thalidomide tragedy retro report the new york times. Andrew cuomo issued an executive order to establish an insurance exchange within the state health department friday is the second anniversary of the explosion at bps deepwater horizon rig. The the voyage of the mobro 4000 is the first video in the series, with future episodes tackling the mediahyped crack baby epidemic, the tailhook sexual assault scandal in the military, the tawana brawley case, y2k. A tale from the drug wars retro report the new york times duration. Starting today, ill be reporting for propublica, the independent publicinterest newsroom. A finnish mobile games startup called supercell wants its crack at glory too. The total artificial heart from 1st implant to worlds most used artificial heart produced by retro report for the new york times, this documentary. A retirement program for the riskaverse the new york times. Several sites are bringing people together the oldfashioned way, with singles parties where people can crowd together at bars while consuming. Retro report will report and produce all its own documentaries, but may partner with outlets like the times to air them. In the 1980s, crackaddicted pregnant mothers were prosecuted and the.
Now comes a batch of hightech alternatives, some straight from science fiction, as worries grow about the security risks associated with traditional user name and password systems. Adeles performance at the grammy awards may have been plagued by audio problems, but her fans apparently did not mind much, sending adeles album 25 back to the top of the chart for a ninth time. The times those weve lost is the coronavirus version. The new york times chronicles public hysteria over a 1980s crisis. As our colleague alan cowell reports, britains codebreakers are stumped by an encrypted handwritten message from world war ii that was found in a tiny red canister attached to the leg of a longdead carrier pigeon in a household chimney in surrey, england can you crack the secret code. Revisiting the crack babies epidemic that was not the new york. But the users, and the response, are very different. How fear of the measles vaccine took hold retro report. The name crack first appeared in the new york times on november 17, 1985. The fact that valentines day fell during the sales week also helped. You can find the latest new york today at or in the morning, on the new york times homepage or its new york section. The inspector generals report, however, shows that the f.
As 2018 turned to 2019, the new york times published two stunning editorials with profound implications for child welfare and for journalism. The original tunneloffudge cake won second place in the 1966 pillsbury bakeoff contest for the late ella rita helfrich of houston that version used a fudge icing mix to create a gooey chocolate center but pillsbury discontinued the icing mix, and the resulting clamor of home bakers led pillsbury to release a recipe for making tunneloffudge cake from scratch. Tweet share post the new york times is launching a series of short, webonly documentaries with retro report, a nonprofit news organization that aims to investigate the most perplexing news stories of our past with the goal of encouraging the public to think more critically about current events and the media. Lsds long, strange trip retro report the new york times 2016 in the 1960s, mindaltering drugs like lsd helped fuel the counterculture. Retro report was created by christopher buck, who first began drawing up the blueprints for this living news library more than a decade ago. The new york times chronicles public hysteria over a 1980s crisis the verge the myth of crack babies tanehisi coates whatever happened to crack babies. The 100to1 disparity in sentencing between crack and powder cocaine found in the. Heroin and the war on drugs retro report the new york. Criticized for lack of action on mortgage fraud the. In the 1980s, many government officials, scientists and journalists warned.
As the new york times condemns crack baby journalism. This weeks retro report video on crack babies infants born to. Portraits of grief eventually ran to a total of more than 2,400 entries, but 911 was a finite catastrophe. Unfortunately, at almost the same moment, the orange county register was making the same mistakes the new york times was warning against the two editorials were part of an eightpart series dealing with issues well beyond child welfare. Ny times and retro report pbs frontline food safety in the u. In april 2003, a new york times article discussed the push by federal prosecutors to crack down on accounting fraud in which one expert said, these have become the hot, sexy cases. In bold documentary style, retro report looks back at the major stories that shaped the world using fresh interviews, analysis and compelling. Scientists have discovered that there are no severe development problems. A startup in silicon valley is hoping to streamline and simplify the process of seeing a doctor with a suite of applications aimed at both physicians and patients. Machines made to know you, by touch, voice, even by heart.
Beijing in a bizarre move, chinas television censors have issued new guidelines that all but ban tv dramas featuring time travel. A group of attorneys general is expected to announce on tuesday that they are forming a coalition to crack down on fraud and quality control issues in the herbal supplement industry. What followed were the convictions of chief executives including jeffrey k. The online home of retro report, a series of essays and documentary videos that look back at the major stories that shaped the world using fresh interviews, analysis and compelling archival footage. In the early 1980s, the majority of cocaine being shipped to the united states was landing in miami, and originated in the bahamas and dominican republic.
A video featured this week on looks back at the murders and examines recent attempts to deport two salvadoran generals who have lived in florida for almost 25 years. Again, the media is raising the alarm, this time over oxytots. Safety of herbal supplements pulls prosecutors together. Retro report is a documentary news organization dedicated to examining stories after their headlines fade. But some of the biggest services are now adding a retro twist, jenna wortham reports in wednesdays new york times. In the 1980s, many government officials, scientists and journalists warned that the country would be plagued by a generation of crack babies.
Citing from the new york times new york times online. The crack baby represented the pandoras box that cocaine had become. New york times launches webonly documentaries with retro. This video is part of a continuing series presented by the new york times and produced by the journalistic nonprofit retro report that looks at past news events from a current perspective. The new york times chronicles public hysteria over a. Each article, video, or image from the new york times you reference in your research needs a citation to credit your source. Defense secretary leon panetta announced several encouraging steps to fight sexual assault in the military gov. Throughout the 1980s, the media frequently covered crack cocaines. In the 1970s, frustration over heroin related, urban crime led to the war on drugs. For private prisons, detaining immigrants is big business.
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