Vol. 3, No. 43
July 20, 1998
Cover Story
The CNN Meltdown
An ideology-driven smear.
By Eric Felten
Also in This Issue
- There's one small problem with the crusade against teen smoking—It's making things worse — John E. Calfee & Dennis Prager
- 31 strangers in the holy land: The decline of Christians in the Middle East — Robin Darling Young
- The return of segregation: Tamar Jacoby shows how civil rights went wrong — Vincent J. Cannato
This issue of The Weekly Standard featured Eric Felten's critical examination of CNN's "meltdown," described as an ideology-driven smear. The magazine also tackled the anti-smoking campaign against teenagers, with John E. Calfee and Dennis Prager arguing that such efforts were counterproductive. Additional cover stories included Robin Darling Young's piece on the declining Christian population in the Middle East, and Vincent J. Cannato's article on how the civil rights movement had led to a return of segregation, reviewing Tamar Jacoby's work on the subject.