Edgar particularly relished the hard news aspect of his new job: "For a very short period I was a 'cutting-edge' investigative journalist," he says, "working on the Poulson affair, which was one of the local government scandals du jour".
It's hoped that the partnership will not only benefit we7's 3 million existing users but will also attract new audiences who like the news aspect of traditional radio.
While productivity is hardly a household term -- and not one conducive to bumper-sticker-slogan political discourse -- Mr. Bush made an effort today to explain to voters the good news-bad news aspect of the latest economic developments.
But "there's sort of a good news-bad news aspect to this report," he said, noting that 57percentt of dial-up Internet users who were surveyed said they were content to stick with dial-up access.
"They didn't ambush me, they just chose the most bad-news aspects of the book".
Second, there's a bad-news/not-so-bad-news aspect to the numbers, because the September payroll numbers were revised down sharply, with the Labor Department now saying the economy lost almost 300,000 jobs in September.
Good news: Both aspects of the game — or, more accurately, interactive TV show — become elevated.
In the aftermath of the presidential election and its proliferation of fake news, this aspect has come to seem more urgent and upsetting, though Levenson argues that the show "ultimately lands in a very human place... with two people on a couch having to face one another".
1Cast may catch on with the general public, who may be more interested in the 'personal news channel' aspect of the site rather than being able to embed a breaking news clip on their blog.
On December 16, 2005, the Times broke the news about some aspects of the President's four-pronged surveillance program.
