Pro-Government Paper in Paris Ceases Publication After 3 Months
Date: 18 December 1977
French pro-Govt afternoon daily J'Informe ceases publication after 3 mos; reptd it was losing about $6,000 a day; publisher Joseph Fontanel comments (M)
Max Blumenthal Birthday, Date of Birth
Max Blumenthal (born December 18, 1977) is an American journalist, author, blogger, and filmmaker. He was a writer for The Nation, AlterNet, The Daily Beast, Al Akhbar, Mondoweiss, and Media Matters for America, and has contributed to Al Jazeera English, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. He has been a writing fellow of the Nation Institute. He was also a contributor to Sputnik and RT as of 2022.
Blumenthal is the editor of The Grayzone website, described by many as fringe and known for its criticism of US foreign policy and its positive, often apologetic coverage of the Chinese, Russian, Venezuelan, and Ba'athist Syrian governments, including its denial of chemical attacks by the Syrian government and of human rights abuses against Uyghurs. He has written extensively about Israel, and is sharply critical of the conduct of its government.
Blumenthal has written four books. His first, Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement That Shattered the Party (2009), made the Los Angeles Times and New York Times bestsellers lists. He was awarded the 2014 Lannan Foundation Cultural Freedom Award for an Especially Notable Book for Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel, which was published in 2013.
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Sunday, December 18, 1977
- Place of Birth
- Boston
- Age
- 48
- Star Sign
- ♐
The December 18, 1977 was a Sunday under the star sign of ♐. It was the 351 day of the year. President of the United States was Jimmy Carter.
If you were born on this day, you are 48 years old. Your last birthday was on the Thursday, December 18, 2025, 159 days ago. Your next birthday is on Friday, December 18, 2026, in 205 days. You have lived for 17,691 days, or about 424,591 hours, or about 25,475,502 minutes, or about 1,528,530,120 seconds.
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18th of December 1977 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on December 18, 1977
When a Newsman Consults the C.I.A.
Date: 18 December 1977
By Stanley Karnow
Stanley Karnow
article by Stanley Karnow recalls his contacts with CIA agents during his 20 yrs as a foreign correspondent; says newsmen should not be condemned for trying to get information from agency, but should stay free of formal links with agency; drawing
Journalist Wins In Legal Appeal Over Press Pass
Date: 18 December 1977
Fed appeals ct has ruled that 'bona fide Washington correspondent' has constitutionally protected interest in obtaining White House press card and must be told full reason if 1 is denied; opinion by Judge Carl McGowan finds that such person may be turned down only for compelling reasons such as danger to Pres, and must be given procedural rights; ct acted on complaint filed by Robert Sherrill, who had been Washington correspondent for The Nation; Sherrill was denied White House press pass in '66, and given no explanation, after Secret Service investigation; not until '72 was he informed he had been turned down for security reasons and that his arrest and fine for assault on press sec to Gov of Fla had figured in decision (S)
SOARING URBAN CRIME TROUBLING SPANIARDS; Many Trace It to New Democratic Order, but Link Is Not Clear-Cut Homicides Still Infrequent
Date: 18 December 1977
By JAMES M. MARKHAM Special to The New York Times
Article on concern over soaring urban crime rate; many trace increase to new dem order that has brought with it wave of permissiveness and crime; crime statistics noted
How Business Is Misusing the Media
Date: 18 December 1977
By MARK GREEN
Mark GREEN
Article by Mark Green on how business uses (or misuses) press and TV to influence public opinion, to increase profits, and to affect anti-business legis; article is condensation of recent speech; cartoon (L)
A Pause for Station Identification; CBS: 'We think our campaign coverage was exceptional'
Date: 18 December 1977
By NEIL E. DERROUGHBy ROBERT HOWARDBy BILL MOEN
Neil DERROUGHBy
CBS TV Stations vp Neil E Derrough, NBC TV Stations vp Robert Howard, and UA Columbia Cablevision news dir Bill Moen reply to Nov 27 article by Prof Roger N Johnson criticizing TV coverage of NJ elections; Derrough says CBS coverage was exceptional; Howard revs programs devoted to candidates and issues carried by NBC; Moen says Johnson completely ignored extensive coverage by UA Columbia Cablevision serving Essex, Passaic, Bergen and Morris Counties (L)
World News Briefs; Vote Returns in Manila Give Marcos Big Margin Correspondent Was Victim Of Guerrillas, Paper Says Groups Seeking Food Aid For Laos and Vietnam Spanish Labor Unions Agree to Merge
Date: 19 December 1977
Gen Union of Workers and Syndical Workers Union, Spain's 2 largest Socialist unions, agree to merge, creating grouping that could be powerful counterweight to Communist-led Workers' Comms