Did UK Coverage of “Missing Link” Miss Accuracy?
Recent reports about skeletons discovered in South Africa have declared the “missing link” between humans and apes has been discovered. But,…
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Secretly recorded video of Dallas Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones: Newsworthy or invasion of privacy?
A video of Dallas Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones slamming Bill Parcells and Tim Tebow while drinking in a bar made…
FOX News Cancels Sean Hannity’s Tea Party Event Coverage
Kudos to Fox News for pulling Sean Hannity's program from its coverage of the Cincinnati Tea Party, even if it was at the last minute.…
Ernie Pyle, WWII correspondent who got it right, Killed 65 years ago this week
Grave site of distinguished WW II correspondent Ernie Pyle. (Credit: Cold Press Publishing, Flickr)Sixty-five years ago this week, on April…
ABC News Using Politifact to Fact-Check “This Week”
Last Sunday, ABC News program This Week was officially fact-checked. One might think that news programs are always fact-checked. But, This…
In Namibia, Text the Editor
Letters to the editor have been largely replaced by e-mails and readers comments these days. But, in Namibia, even e-mails…
More bloggers call themselves journalists. Does it matter?
A new study published by PRWeek and PR Newswire indicates that 52% of bloggers consider themselves journalists. This is a…
Civic Journalism: Should Journalists Be Civically Active?
Journalists typically try to avoid voicing their opinions on government policy, but journalist and media consultant Amy Gahran says that…
Hating Congress: Too Much Democracy-in-Action?
Detail of screen shot from Washington Post's David Broder's April 1st columnWhen I read David Broder’s recent column, dated April…
Were French journalists improperly acting like police with pedophile investigation The Infiltrators?
A week after French media denounced a team of its journalists for going undercover and turning over 22 names of…