If we had a responsible media it would be reminding us daily that a republic
can only survive as long as the open market place of ideas is protected.
People must be well-informed in order to make decisions about those they're
entrusting to...
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21 February 2006
Right on schedule and just in time to save the Vice-President from too
much embarrassment, the Washington Post's Peter Baker fulfills his role
as "BushCo stenographer" and pens a flattering piece about macho-man
Cheney's love of hunting....
09 February 2006
In NEWS JUNKIE, the cutthroat worlds of journalism, politics, and high finance are laid bare by Jason Leopold, whose addictive tendencies led him from a life of drug abuse and petty crime to become an award-winning investigative journalist...
02 February 2006
I'd become so used to Nicholas Kristof's January visits to prostitutes in Cambodia that it was a something of a shock to find him this January in Calcutta's red light district instead.
As readers of his New York...
As readers of his New York...
18 January 2006
No doubt many people are glad that Ted Koppel will become a regular
voice on National Public Radio. He recently ended 25 years with ABC’s
“Nightline” show amid profuse media accolades. But what kind of
journalist goes out of his way to...
22 December 2005
More than a dozen years ago, I joined with Jeff Cohen (founder of the
media watch group FAIR) to establish the P.U.-litzer Prizes. Ever
since then, the annual awards have given recognition to the stinkiest
media performances of the year....
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