Overview
| Media | Newspaper |
| Audience | Medium audience (100-500K) (English) |
| Scope | International |
| Political Viewpoint | Left |
| Owners | Independent News & Media | Public Corporation | Managers: Simon Kelner |
| Story Formats | News Report (145), Opinion (58), Special Report (31), News Analysis (15), Editorial (11), Review (3), (2), Not Sure (1), Comment (1), Interview (1) |
| Story Authors | Leonard Doyle (30), Geoffrey Lean (19), Patrick Cockburn (13), Rupert Cornwell (12), Robert Fisk (9), Johann Hari (9), Stephen Foley (7), David Usborne (7), Steve Connor (7), Anne Penketh (6), Kim Sengupta (6), Daniel Howden (5), Michael Mccarthy (4), Jane Merrick (4), Dominic Lawson (4)... |
| Story Topics | Presidential Election 2008 (60), Obama Administration (30), War (29), Global Warming (29), Environment (28), War In Iraq (22), United Kingdom (21), Iraq (21), John Mc Cain (20), Bush Administration (20), Global Economy (20), Hillary Clinton (16), Democratic Nomination (16), Energy (13), Foreign Policy (12)... |
Research
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Search Sites | Google | Yahoo | Technorati | Wikipedia | del.icio.us |
Editorial
| Edited By | Kaizar Campwala |
| Last Edit | Dec 6, 2006 - 1:28 PM PST |
| Source Editorial Priority | Medium |
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Obama's chance to end the fantasy that is Star Wars
The Independent - by Johann Hari - Nov. 13, 2008 (Opinion)
Sure, maybe one day scientists will discover some way to evaporate nukes in the brief window before they strike. Maybe they will discover how to turn lead into gold – a ...
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'No More Mr Nice Gay' as Mormons face vote backlash
The Independent - by Guy Adams - Nov. 8, 2008 (News Report)
Daniel Ginnes carried a banner declaring: "No More Mr Nice Gay." Brian Lindsey held up a sign billing Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, as a ...
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I'm frozen with fear – could Obama still lose the election?
The Independent - by Mark Steel - Oct. 29, 2008 (Opinion)
One reason why it remains closer than it should be is obvious. Before the election's over, there'll be at least one Republican supporter on Fox News who'll say, "I think that ...
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US admits raiding Syria to kill terrorist leader
The Independent - by Patrick Cockburn - Oct. 28, 2008 (News Report)
The US is likely to pay a heavy political price for the cross-border raids in terms of Syrian and Pakistani anger, but government retaliation is not likely in either case. A ...
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The Vote Grab: Voter purge could swing result to McCain
The Independent - by Peter Tatchell - Oct. 28, 2008 (Opinion)
In the first few days of early voting in Florida, 5,000 voters have already been rejected, mostly because of typos and bureaucratic blunders in the spelling of their names. ...
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Republicans fear the loss of their only weapon left: the filibuster
The Independent - by Rupert Cornwell - Oct. 27, 2008 (News Analysis)
That reluctance is understandable. Invariably, a party that has controlled both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue has over-reached, even without a filibuster-proof Senate majority, ...
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McCain can still win (And maybe pigs will fly)
The Independent - by Rupert Cornwell - Oct. 26, 2008 (News Report)
The place alone said it all. Just 12 days before the US was to vote in an election that not long ago promised to be a squeaker, Barack Obama was addressing 35,000 people ...
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Obama vs McCain: How the candidates compare
The Independent - by Rupert Cornwell - Oct. 26, 2008 (News Analysis)
Kennedy-style glamour or the Straight Talk Express? Rupert Cornwell looks at how two very different administrations might shape up
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Pakistan stares into the abyss
The Independent - by Andrew Buncombe, Anne Penketh, Omar Waraich - Oct. 23, 2008 (News Report)
Pakistan was locked in crisis last night, with the government pressed by Washington to deepen its conflict with Islamic militants in the lawless regions on the Afghan border, ...
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Al-Qa'ida-linked website backs McCain as president
The Independent - Oct. 22, 2008 (News Report)
The message, posted on Monday on the password-protected al-Hesbah website, said if al-Qa'ida wants to exhaust the United States militarily and economically, "impetuous" ...
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Mormons to get 'South Park' treatment
The Independent - by Guy Adams - Nov. 19, 2008 (Not sure)
News of the potentially-controversial project comes at a tough time for the Mormon Church, which is fighting a propaganda war over its role in passing Proposition 8, the ...
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The remarkable renaissance in Chinese art
The Independent - by Andrew Johnson - Nov. 16, 2008 (News Report)
With its £2 trillion surplus, China's economic might dominates the world. Now its painters and sculptors are developing, collectively, into a contemporary arts superpower. ...
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So, what are we fighting for today? Soldiers demand an end to 'farcical' lack of war leadership
The Independent - by Cole Moreton - Nov. 9, 2008 (News Report)
On this Remembrance Sunday, British soldiers standing in dusty battle fatigues in Afghanistan will remember a friend whose death was so recent that the feelings are still raw. ...
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After the victory, what next?
The Independent - by Rupert Cornwell - Nov. 9, 2008 (Opinion)
History's turning points come in many guises. Some, like the implosion of the Soviet Union, unfold in slow motion. Some, like 11 September 2001, are split seconds of ...
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Palin falls for 'Sarkozy' prank call
The Independent - by Wesley Johnson - Nov. 2, 2008 (News Report)
Sarah Palin unwittingly took a prank call from a Canadian comedian who posed as French president Nicolas Sarkozy and told her she would make a good US leader one day. In ...
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Congo battles bring new exodus
The Independent - by Steve Bloomfield - Nov. 2, 2008 (News Report)
Marceline was sitting on a long wooden bench outside a ramshackle health post, deep in the Congolese jungle. Her eyes were vacant as she gently bounced her six-month-old son, ...
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Obama's green jobs revolution
The Independent - by Geoffrey Lean, Leonard Doyle - Nov. 2, 2008 (News Report)
Barack Obama is promising a $150bn "Apollo project" to bring jobs and energy security to the US through a new alternative energy economy, if his final push for votes brings ...
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The Vote Grab: Voting machines are unreliable and inaccurate
The Independent - by Peter Tatchell - Oct. 29, 2008 (Opinion)
Watch the video here: This is further evidence that the electronic voting machines that will be used in the 4 November election are not reliable and accurate - that they are ...
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This was not the 'October surprise' that could benefit McCain
The Independent - by Anne Penketh - Oct. 28, 2008 (Opinion)
But was this the "October surprise", just over a week before the presidential election on 4 November that would put the issue of national security back at the top of the ...
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Europe's secret plan to boost GM crop production
The Independent - by Geoffrey Lean - Oct. 27, 2008 (Special Report)
Gordon Brown and other European leaders are secretly preparing an unprecedented campaign to spread GM crops and foods in Britain and throughout the continent, confidential ...