Ethics Hotline – Let’s use it!

The Society of Professional Journalists has a code of ethics that, if it were actually followed, would leave groups such as this one with not a thing to do. The preamble of the code reads: Members of the Society of Professional Journalists believe that public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of …

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Shutdown Slander

We all knew that the Republicans would be blamed for any shutdown.  We knew this. James Harrison at nooga.com But somehow, the actual reality of this deliberate slander still is shocking. Newsbusters reports on ABC’s Diane Sawyer: Monday night’s edition of ABC World News was a double dose of advocacy as Diane Sawyer and her team essentially served …

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It was a year ago today

September 12, 2013 A year ago today, we woke up to the news that our Ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, had been killed in a terrorist attack in Benghazi.  Three other men, Sean Smith, Tyrone S. Woods and Glen Doherty, were also killed during the massacre. The details were murky at that time, but there …

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When even Jon Stewart is outraged….

When Jon Stewart is outraged at the media, you know it’s bad Much as we scoff at those who get their “news” from Jon Stewart, we have to admit that his style is compelling.   This piece about the “breathless wrongness” of CNN’s reporting of the Navy Yard shooting, their betrayal of our trust, and his …

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