Some members of the British media and political establishment are appalled by the recommendations of the Lord Leveson inquiry into journalism ethics. How dare anyone consider public regulation or review of the free press? Once …
Month: November 2012
High-profile gossip & anonymous sources
Journalism prof takes Boston Globe to task for anonymous quotes in Petraeus scandal
Both Wisc. senatorial candidates keep election-night reins on journalists
Reporters object to being kept in “press pens;” others concur the trend is bad for the democratic process
Longtime journalist Prithvis Chakravarti dies
Reporter since WWII, seen as champion of journalism ethics and witness to an era
After September 11 . . . 1973: Chilean Journalism at the Crossroads
On the morning of September 11, 1973, as the jet fighters completed their bombing runs, a column of thick black smoke rose from “La Moneda,” Chile’s presidential palace. Tanks and infantry closed in on the rubble-strewn building in preparation for the final assault. The attackers were Chilean military personnel lead by General Augusto Pinochet,
Hugh Grant documentary to air over MOP objection
UK station says film about Leveson inquiry into phone-hacking scandal complies with impartiality rules