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Gottheimer/OU=WHO/0=EOP [ WHO ]) READ:UNKNOWN TEXT: SLATE MORNING DELIVERY: Sat., July 24, 1999 “today's papers: Money Talks --readme: Go to Hell--The Gospel according to George W. “Culturebox: Blame Blockbuster, Not the MPAA today's papers Money Talks By Maura Kelly "America's two largest stock markets, the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq market, are moving quickly to convert from non-profit institutions to for-profit corporations," begins the New York Times lead. The LAT goes with the news that, after 1996's Taiwan Strait crisis, the Clinton administration quietly began forging an extensive military relationship with Taiwan. The Washington Post leads a piece on the tax bill the House recently passed and a similar one the Senate's considering. The House bill contains almost $100 billion in direct tax breaks for business. Among those designated for tax breaks: Multinationals, small business owners and investor Warren Buffett. The Republican-sponsored plans would cut nearly $800 billion in taxes over the next 10 years. The Post waits till the seventh paragraph to mention the bills need to be "sharply scaled down" before Clinton signs it -- wimpy wordy considering Clinton said earlier, "I will not allow a risky plan to become law." Environmental and consumer groups are irked by the bills' concessions to oil, gas and nuclear utilities, though some, er, tree-huggers are happy about a provision allowing timber companies to write off the replanting costs. The uneasy relationship between the U.S. and China could be further disrupted by the Taiwan news. The Pentagon now has "a considerably more intimate relationship with Taiwan than with China" says the LAT piece. Clinton's administration authorized the Pentagon to engage in dialogue with Taiwan's armed forces to an extent unprecedented since 1979. (Carter's administration severed ties with Taiwan in 1978. The 1979 Taiwan Relations Act required the U.S. to provide Taiwan with weapons to defend itself) Clinton administration officials explained that their intent was to reduce Taiwan's sense of isolation, gain a better sense of Taiwan's armed forces and respond to a pro-Taiwan Republican-dominated Congress. Yesterday, the New York Stock Exchange confirmed yesterday that it plans to go public by mid-November, says the NYT piece, and Nasdaq announced a Thursday review of a plan that could result in its going public by early next year. "[HJealthier, better financed, more adaptable American markets" could result, says the piece - without explaining how. But the rush to go public "leaves unanswered for now some key questions about how to regulate these markets and contain their near-monopoly power." For-profit stock exchanges have grown in number since 1993 in Europe and the Far East but none exist in the U.S. yet. WP fronts a story on an Internet communication called instant messaging. It allows users to send notes that pop up in a box on the screen of a recipient with the necessary software as they are being typed. Until Thursday, when Microsoft Corp. announced its MSN Messenger, America Online's Instant Messenger was the only widely-known instant messaging product. However, others existed, like one put out by Prodigy, developed with the idea that AOL supported communication between different systems. Microsoft says its Messenger, unlike AOL's, would allow users to communicate with users of either product. Twice on Friday, AOL blocked Microsoft users from sending messages to AOL users. Though the computer industry had urged AOL to publish technical details of its Instant Messenger to allow other firms to develop software compatible with it, the WP piece claims AOL refused because it "wants to control the messaging market." NYT's off-lead coverage of the same out-does its WP analog. First, it more clearly explains the technology and does so earlier. Second, it reports facts neglected by the WP. Yahoo also introduced messaging software on Thursday that could also send messages to AOL users. AOL claimed Microsoft and Yahoo violated its copyrights and trademark. The piece explicitly points out the irony in Microsoft's argument that AOL "is using its exclusive technology to prevent fair competition based on open standards," which is "exactly the complaint from Netscape that prompted ... [the] antitrust suit against Microsoft". A discrepancy between the two pieces: NYT says that last month AOL blocked a similar product put out by Prodigy; WP says Prodigy was notified Friday by AOL that Prodigy users would no longer have access to AOL's service. WP is alone in fronting word that a U.S. Army plane taking "pictures of coca cultivation and scout[ing] for cocaine-producing laboratories" was reported missing yesterday. It's the "first reported disappearance of U.S. military in Colombia" though Pentagon and Colombian authorities have been cooperating for years — WP should say how many - to battle narcotics. The LAT is alone fronting news that 14 Serbian farmers were shot to death Friday night in the deadliest incident since NATO got to Kosovo last month. No suspects have been apprehended. The NYT off-leads, and the others front, news of JFK Jr.'s memorial Mass at Manhattan's Church of St. Thomas More. The three Clintons, eeonomist John Kenneth Galbraith, historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Muhammad Ali and hip-hop star Wyclef Jean were among the attendees. In his eulogy. Senator Edward M. Kennedy recounted what his nephew said after being asked what he would do if elected President: " 'I guess the first thing is call up Uncle Teddy and gloat.' I loved that. It was so like his father." Also in today's Slate http://www.slate.com Super-Mourner: John Kennedy's Necropublicist http://www.slate.com/Assessment/99-07-22/Assessment.asp Clinton Spins the Tax-Cut Debate http://www.slate.eom/framegame/entries/99-07-23_32403.asp The Shopping Avenger Brawls With U-Haul http://www.slate.com/ShoppingAvenger/99-07-22/ShoppingAvenger.asp readme Go to Hell: The Gospel according to George W. By Michael Kinsley In his current Slate "History Lesson" column, David Greenberg compares George W. Bush and John Quincy Adams. John Q.-as he was not known—is the only president's son so far to become president himself Historian Greenberg finds many parallels but some differences. For example, Q. suffered a "lifelong case of clinical depression," whereas W. has come to "believe that all Jews are bound for hell." While the parallel is unclear, these are certainly two different things. As someone who has long suspected he might be Jewish (based on circumstantial evidence such as his bar mitzvah), I found this latter datum especially interesting. And, of course, it is remarkable to learn that George W. has actual opinions on any subject, let alone strong and controversial ones. Unless you're a political junkie, or live in Texas, you may have missed this story. The press have reported it, but not with the neurotic intensity you might expect. Why not? Conservative press critics often complain that the media ignore the importance of religion. This may be a case in point, though not one those critics are likely to complain about. Second, there is the inoculation phenomenon: Once a story has "been done," editors and producers don't want to do it again. So, getting it done small is protection against finding it done big.