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Miami Herald reporter: Guantanamo prisoners would rather starve than live in legal limbo

Tuesday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow welcomed Miami Herald reporter Carol Rosenberg to the program. Rosenberg has covered the offshore U.S. prison at Guantanamo, Cuba since it was opened in 2002. The reporter detailed the recent hunger strike and the breakdown in relations between inmates and…

CIA behind bizarre censorship incident at alleged 9/11 plotters’ Gitmo trial

The Central Intelligence Agency was responsible for a bizarre episode of live censorship during Monday’s pretrial hearing for the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of planning the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, according to a Miami Herald reporter. The incident occurred during a question about a motion to preserve whatever…

Defying the Twitter age, in-depth journalism experiences rebirth

The Twitter age is killing in-depth journalism, while local newspapers are becoming extinct — right? Then what is a talented young New York Times reporter doing founding a website devoted to in-depth local reporting? News aggregators, 24/7 news cycles, 140-character Tweets and attention-span-challenged web users have transformed much of the…

Google Maps directions lead injured walker to court

A woman hit by a car while walking on a route provided by Google’s online mapping service is suing the Internet colossus for not recommending a safer path. Lauren Rosenberg of Los Angeles is asking a US District Court to order the California-based firm to pay her “in excess of”…