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Are Members of the Press Bored By Issues?

Ron Faucheux, Editor in Chief, Campaigns & Elections: “[Politicians] are not really complaining about the questions the press is asking. What they’re complaining about is that nobody’s covering their answers.…

What Would the People Ask?

Andrew Kohut, Director of The Pew Research Center for The People & The Press, addressed the question of ‘What would the people ask?’ by sharing results of a September 1999…

Are We Asking the Right Questions?

Are members of the press asking candidates the right questions? What should those questions be? A number of panelists, including journalists and politicians, had some ideas about specific topics that…

Do Members of the Press Try to Set the Policy Agenda?

Lee Hamilton, former congressman from Indiana: “I am impressed about how many people in the media in Washington, D.C. really are not much interested in doing what I at least…

The Sound You Hear Is Silence

When the subject is corporate immorality, nary a judgmental word is heard.

Designing and Distributing the Survey

With the help of researcher Sue Schuermann, electronic databases were examined to find news stories about corporate crimes and misconduct. These examples were individualized for inclusion in the letters that…

News Stories about Corporate Crime and Misconduct

The query to editorial page editors and commentators cited more than 20 specific examples of grave corporate crime and misconduct.A sampling follows: The Ortho unit of Johnson & Johnson* pleaded…

Summer 2000: Watchdog Conference Introduction

It’s the tendency to focus on the celebrity, the character, not serious character but personality traits of political figures that trivializes the political process. So the focus of this discussion…

‘Journalism and Democracy Are Names for the Same Thing.’

A book raises journalists from their self-interested complacency.

Against the Commercial Impulse

An author argues for journalism being a vital force in democracy.