• Why Are So Many Prominent Journalists Giving Up Their Jobs?

    Why Are So Many Prominent Journalists Giving Up Their Jobs?

    We appear to be approaching a new era of yellow journalism, in which ad hominem assaults and conspiracy theories take precedence above accuracy and truth.
  • Advocating against objectivity is journalism’s new cause

    Advocating against objectivity is journalism’s new cause

    When mainstream media journalists abandon objectivity to push personal ideological agendas, truth is slowly killed off by the collateral damage.
  • The Intercept Co-Founder Glenn Greenwald Resigns, Alleging ‘Censorship’ of Views ‘Critical’ of Joe Biden | National Review

    The Intercept Co-Founder Glenn Greenwald Resigns, Alleging ‘Censorship’ of Views ‘Critical’ of Joe Biden | National Review

    Greenwald wrote that the article his editors wanted to censor referred to newly released documents pertaining to Joe Biden.
  • Publishing cartoons: Is it still worth the effort?

    Publishing cartoons: Is it still worth the effort?

    Following the murder of Samuel Paty, in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, the international press is wondering: should we still take the risk of caricaturing Muhammad? The British weekly The Observer and the Italian magazine Formiche disagree.
  • Australian Journalists Flee China after Diplomatic Stand Off

    Australian Journalists Flee China after Diplomatic Stand Off

    Two Australian journalists fled China after being questioned by intelligence agents and forced to seek the protection of their country’s government, their news organizations said Tuesday. Chinese officials told Bill Birtles, Beijing correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Mike Smith, Shanghai correspondent for the Australian Financial Review (AFR) that they were “persons of …
  • Shepard Smith’s CNBC premiere set for Sept. 30

    Shepard Smith’s CNBC premiere set for Sept. 30

    Shepard Smith’s nightly CNBC newscast will premiere on Sept. 30, with Sanford Cannold as senior executive producer and Sally Ramirez as executive producer. The 7 p.m. program will broadcast from CNBC’s headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. The network announced in July that Smith would be joining the network, after 23 years at Fox News. He …
  • Americans Think ‘Fake News’ Is More Prevalent Than Ever

    Americans Think ‘Fake News’ Is More Prevalent Than Ever

    The most recent iteration of a multiyear project conducted by Gallup and the Knight Foundation on “Trust, Media and Democracy” shows that Americans are increasingly likely to believe that “fake news” is a real and damaging phenomenon. The latest version of the poll, conducted between Nov. 8, 2019, and Feb. 16, 2020, shows a four-point …
  • What an NYT Reporter’s Doxing Threat Says about the Paper’s ‘Standards’

    What an NYT Reporter’s Doxing Threat Says about the Paper’s ‘Standards’

    The popular pseudonymous blogger behind Slate Star Codex claims that he’s been forced to delete the blog after a New York Times reporter threatened to reveal his identity. It is the latest example of the paper’s willingness to grant anonymity according to inconsistent, ideologically self-serving criteria. In the only post remaining on the site, Slate …
  • Piers Morgan tested for coronavirus after getting symptom

    Piers Morgan tested for coronavirus after getting symptom

    Piers Morgan announced Sunday that he fears he has the coronavirus. “On medical advice, and out of an abundance of caution for a mild symptom that arose in past 48hrs, I’ve had a test for COVID-19,” tweeted the British former star of “America’s Got Talent” and “Celebrity Apprentice.” The 55-year-old journalist did not detail what …
  • Paul Newman hung up on sports journo over ‘whiskey’ anecdote

    Paul Newman hung up on sports journo over ‘whiskey’ anecdote

    Veteran sports reporter Diane Shah got on the wrong side of famously press averse star Paul Newman when she wrote a story he didn’t like. Shah interviewed “The Hustler” star while he was directing a play at his alma mater in Ohio, shortly after his son Scott passed in 1978 of a drug overdose. Shah …