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US presidential poll and implications
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 06/11/2020
» It is surprisingly unsurprising. Contrary to most polls and pundits, incumbent United States President Donald J Trump did not lose by a landslide in the presidential election this week. The final results are so close that both candidates, Mr Trump and Democratic Party rival Joe Biden, have claimed victory. Despite ongoing rancour and acrimony until the next US president is sworn in next January, several outcomes and implications are already clear.
Not fake -- it's true
News, Postbag, Published on 17/06/2019
» Re: "Justice is approaching", (PostBag, June 16).
Trump is losing his war against the liberal media
News, Ramesh Ponnuru, Published on 16/10/2017
» A lot of Republicans love how President Donald Trump bashes the media. They think journalists at most major outlets are biased against them, and they think it's about time that a Republican president hits back. He gets applause even when he seems to be wrong.
Billionaires play big in digital TV game
Business, Nanat Suchiva, Published on 04/09/2017
» The media business and billionaires seem to attract each other.
Troubling tale of Donald and the Sultan
News, Thomas Friedman, Published on 21/07/2016
» Turkey is a long way from Cleveland, where the Republicans are holding their presidential convention. But I'd urge you to study the recent failed military coup against Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. America is not Turkey -- but in terms of personality and political strategy, Mr Erdogan and Donald Trump were separated at birth.
Facebook's agenda and worrying hold on the news
News, Farhad Manjoo, Published on 13/05/2016
» Facebook is the world's most influential source of news.
Washington pulling back from the world
News, Peter Apps, Published on 04/04/2016
» For many in the US, the attacks on Brussels must have felt like more of the same. Once again, militants struck, the systems designed to stop them failed and all the blood and treasure of 15 years of "war on terror" appear more wasted than ever.
US govt whistleblower Snowden: Who is he?
Published on 10/06/2013
» After string of jobs with CIA, Snowden turns around & reveals US govt secret collection of info on US citizens (email, video, chat, videos, photos, file transfers, logins, social networks.