Articles by Peter Hossli, a curious reporter who always finds a good story

Category Archives: Bad Stuff

Schwingen den Schweizern

22. August 2010
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Am 1. August am Schwingfest auf dem Urnerboden im Kanton Uri. Eine Gruppe von 16-jährigen Mädchen verfolgt einen Kampf. «Wir sind ...
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No More Kissin’

1. June 2010
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They kissed forever during the Democratic convention in the year 2000. Now they ain't no more. Almost President, Nobel Peace laureate and Oscar winner Al Gore has separated ...
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Italian Kummer

2. April 2010
Tommaso Debenedetti is a Rome based freelance journalist. He gives famous Swiss borderline journalist Tom Kummer a run for his money. Back in March, an Italian reporter for La Repubblica interviewed ...
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Falscher Doktorvater

22. November 2009
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Hans Geiger (66) darf nicht mehr mit der Presse über seinen Auftrag sprechen, die Rolle der Finanzmarktaufsicht in der ...
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Wo ist die Polizei?

7. July 2009
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Seit bald einem Monat bin ich in der Schweiz. Die Zeitungen berichten vornehmlich über Tennisass Roger Federer – und ...
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It Takes Oprah

26. March 2009
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For the last couple of years, many tent cities have arrived at the outskirts of American towns. While European ...
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Mistrial by iPhone

18. March 2009
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Today, the New York Times runs a fascinating story about the influence of technology on the U.S. legal system. ...
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Schreibtischjournalismus

3. March 2009
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Da hatte die New York Times eine fabelhafte Geschichte über Freundinnen von Bankern an der Wall Street im ...
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Spielberg kummern

12. February 2009
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Letzte Woche publizierte die WOZ eine Fälschung von Tom Kummer. Wem ein solcher journalistischer Lapsus unterläuft, sollte sich bei den Leserinnen entschuldigen. Stattdessen redet sich die ...
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Kummer mit Kummer

6. February 2009
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Fälscher Tom Kummer durfte wieder ran. In der Schweizer "Wochenzeitung" schreibt er diese Woche über die Super Bowl. Der Text ist typisch Kummer ...
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It’s Not a Miracle

15. January 2009
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It didn't take long for the news media to find a catch phrase for the water landing performed by an US Airways pilot this afternoon on the ...
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Enough Already

2. January 2009
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Gaza is on fire. Hamas has deployed longer-range rockets capable of hitting Israeli cities. And what else is new? Since I was a little kid, the news about ...
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Taking a Shoe

14. December 2008
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Today, a television reporter threw not one but two of his shoes at George W. Bush. The American President ducked twice during a press conference in Iraq (watch ...
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Hurry up, Obama

20. November 2008
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Today, the markets plummeted again. The Dow Jones Industrial Index lost 5,6 percent. By now it's down over 40 percent for the year. What about Barack Obama? Didn't ...
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Fabio Lives Another Day

22. October 2008
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While I biked over the Brooklyn Bridge this afternoon, I spotted a police helicopter with open doors. As I got closer to the middle of the bridge, ...
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Where’s Swissmiss?

18. September 2008
The New York Time’s credibility has hit rock bottom today. After the forgeries of Jayson Blair, the biased pre-Iraq-war reporting by Judith Miller, and a yearlong embargo on the ...
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Is Apple the new Microsoft?

11. July 2008
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Apple's new iPhone is a hit. Everybody wants it. But the high global demand has crashed Apple's servers. Thousands of iPhone buyers are stuck with ...
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“The Nazis” for Dad

20. May 2008
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Today, I went to Barnes & Noble in Brooklyn Heights with my two daughters. As usual, the store had a special table filled with bookish ...
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Apologize, Ms. Power

7. March 2008
I demand an apology from Samantha Power. Not for calling Hillary Clinton "a monster", she already did that. I want her to apologize to me for endangering my ...
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Liberal Sexism

3. March 2008
Once the votes are counted in Ohio and Texas tomorrow night, we'll be looking back to probably the most sexist primaries in US election history. It's been amazing to watch ...
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Schadenfreude

29. January 2008
Rudolph Giuliani gave us 41 shots, Disney on Times Square, Bernard Kerik and a couple of juicy divorces. He stopped the mob and tried to stop ...
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Kennedy Contest

27. January 2008
The Kennedy's are endorsing presidential candidates left and right. Last night Caroline Kennedy expressed her support for Senator Barack Obama in the New York Times by calling him a "...
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Mitt’s Macaca

24. January 2008
In 2006 George Allen lost his seat in the US Senate after calling an American of Indian descent "macaca". The racial slur was caught on video and seen on ...
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Air Needs Assistant

16. January 2008
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It's amazing that Apple always comes up with hardware that no one thought they'd ever need. And then they sell millions of them. They did it again ...
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Clinton Tactics

14. January 2008
Bill and Hillary Clinton are known for doing everything to get elected. They seldom shy away from fear mongering. Right now they're running the risk of costing the Democrats the ...
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Die Welt vom Pult aus

29. October 2007
Anfang Oktober zeichnete ein Russe eine Karikatur mit Schweizer- und Hakenkreuz. Selbst nach den Wahlen noch suggerieren Schweizer Medien, die Zeichnung sei in der „New York Times“ erschienen. Dabei fungierte ...
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Russe verunglimpft Schweiz, Amerikaner werden beschuldigt

15. October 2007
Die «New York Times» mache aus Schweizern Nazis, berichtet die Website von «20 Minuten». Sie publiziert eine angeblich amerikanische Karikatur, auf der ein Biedermann das Schweizerkreuz zu einem Hakenkreuz veranstaltet. ...
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