by Sydney Smith on Apr 17, 2010
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....
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by Robert Buckman on Apr 16, 2010
Ernie Pyle, WWII correspondent who got it right, Killed 65 years ago this week
Sixty-five years ago this week, on April 18, 1945, iconic war correspondent Ernie Pyle was killed by Japanese machine gun fire while...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 16, 2010
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...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 15, 2010
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...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 14, 2010
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...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 13, 2010
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...
by David W. Moore on Apr 12, 2010
Hating Congress: Too Much Democracy-in-Action?
When I read David Broder’s recent column, dated April 1, I thought for sure it was an April Fool’s joke....
by Sydney Smith on Apr 12, 2010
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...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 10, 2010
Canada Case Could Make Web Users Responsible for Content of Posted Links
The Supreme Court of Canada agreed last week to hear a case that would decide if linking to a Web site...