* Headlines for Friday, December 7th, 2001 * Ashcroft Hearings * Muslim Feminists Have Been Denouncing Islamic Fundamentalism for Years, But the World Pays Them No Heed * Privatizing Disaster: New York City Has Begun Secret Negotiations to Hand the Project Over to One of the World's Largest, Most Infamous, and Politically Connected Construction Companies: Bechtel Corporation * CNN, Al-Jazeera Debate the Bin Laden Tapes; Arabic Newspaper Editor Asks the U.N. Why It Refused to Take Taliban Prisoners -- Hundreds Were Massacred * Democracy Now! in Exile Asks CNN and the New York Times Why They Don't Cover the Anti-War Movement * News Vs. Propaganda, the Gatekeeper's Dilemma