With regained public trust, watchdog reporting might be more welcomed for its role in protecting democracy.

Is objectivity an acceptable casualty of this kind of reporting?

‘Communications have changed everything—on the battlefield and at home.’

‘It was horrifying, confusing, numbing and nothing like the myth I had been peddled.’

A former White House correspondent suggests ways to ask more probing questions.

A radio journalist spots disturbing trends in how the White House press corps reports on the Bush administration.

‘What is lacking in so much of the instantaneous coverage is verification and historical context, the things that turn coverage into reporting.’

While Iraq war coverage worked well, did journalists probe enough about policies and evidence that led to this war being waged?

‘Too many of my sources of information have let me down.’

Revelations by CNN’s Eason Jordan spark a debate among journalists.