Friday, March 27, 2009

Nieman Watchdog: Questions the Press Should Ask


I just learned of this great and informative website: Nieman Watchdog. Some example commentaries and topics are:

What next, after outrage?
COMMENTARY
Top U.S. executives at the largest companies typically earn about 400 times as much as their average workers—and despite the economic meltdown, many of them still feel entitled. That’s outrageous, Martin Lobel writes, but few have questioned it until now, and it’s the press’s job to report how we got here and what needs to be done to prevent further meltdowns.

The overseas press Truth commission? Prosecution? Neither one?
COMMENTARY
The international press is divided on the question of a truth commission or other probes of the Bush administration. Some say serious political divisions would result, others favor prosecution. And in Calgary, there's a suggestion that Canada bar Bush from entering the country.

From Congress Daily Lobbyist William Lynn, at the Defense Department
COMMENTARY March 10, 2009
So much for Obama’s vow to break up the old boy network and not bring lobbyists into his administration.

6 trends emerge The State of the News Media: Bleak
COMMENTARY
The sixth annual report by the Project for Excellence in Journalism sees 2008 as the bleakest year yet. “It’s not an audience problem or a credibility problem…it’s a revenue problem,” the report says.

More: http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/


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Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit. ~ Edward R. Murrow

The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off. ~ Gloria Steinem

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world. ~ Margaret Mead

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