Forty years after Watergate, investigative journalism is at risk View Photo Gallery — Watergate scandal key players: Here are the most important figures from the biggest political scandal in American history. By Leonard Downie Jr., Published: June 7 Washington Post Investigative reporting in America did not begin with Watergate. But it became entrenched in American journalism — and has More
Forty years after Watergate, investigative journalism is at risk View Photo Gallery — Watergate scandal key players: Here are the most important figures from the biggest political scandal in American history. By Leonard Downie Jr., Published: June 7 Washington Post Investigative reporting in America did not begin with Watergate. But it became entrenched in American journalism — and has More
Top official: drone critics are Al Qaeda enablers BY GLENN GREENWALD February 6, 2012 Salon.com (updated below) The New York Times‘ Scott Shane reported this morning on the Bureau of Investigative Journalism study I wrote about yesterday, detailing that the U.S. drone program, as the NYT put it, “repeatedly targeted rescuers who responded to the More
Nygaard Notes Independent Periodic News and Analysis Number 497, December 14, 2011 This Week: A Stroll Through the News with Nygaard ****** 1. “Quote” of the Week: “The global war on drugs has failed…” 2. Steve Jobs in China 3. News for the One Percent 4. “War on Drugs” Ever More Warlike 5. Fracking and the More
Falling for New Neocon Propaganda Exclusive: One not-so-funny fact about Washington is that nearly all the news media stars who fell for neoconservative falsehoods about Iraq are still around to fall for new ones on Iran, even some like Richard Cohen who briefly regretted his earlier gullibility, notes ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern. By Ray McGovern October 22, 2011 consortium news More
NPR, Lisa Simeone and Biased Opera Reporting 10/20/2011 by Peter Hart FAIR.org There’s quite a controversy brewing over freelance radio host Lisa Simeone for her participation with an activist group occupying a park in Washington, D.C. It’s a worth a look at how this unfolded– especially since it appears to have cost her one More
Global – Guardian journalist negligently disclosed Cablegate passwords 1 September 2011 WIKILEAKS EDITORIAL A Guardian journalist has negligently disclosed top secret WikiLeaks’ decryption passwords to hundreds of thousands of unredacted unpublished US diplomatic cables. Knowledge of the Guardian disclosure has spread privately over several months but reached critical mass last week. The unpublished WikiLeaks’ material More
Media reinforces Islamophobia Many media jumped to the false conclusion that a Muslim was responsible for the attack in Norway. BY RANIA ABUISNAINEH Minnesota Daily 2011 / 08 / 03 Aghast and devastated when news reached us of the attacks in Norway, everyone was deeply pained that someone could so mercilessly claim the lives of 90 innocent More
Dealing with the Corporate Media By Kevin Zeese - Posted on 25 July 2011 October2011.org October2011.org believes that along with an independent political movement we need independent media. The Neiman Watchdog column below explains our doubts about corporate media coverage generally as well as for October2011.org. In the media critique column by John Hanrahan, a former reporter More
