Opinion

‘Precisely because we understand our [human] maintaining the pursuit of objectivity.’

‘Only 51 percent of 9th to 12th graders agree that newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval of stories ….

‘… an old-time journalist finds it a matter of sorrow that the press, at the height of its influence, is at a depth of its public approval.’

The excerpt that follows appears in the conclusion to the Iowa Law Review article written by Randall P. Bezanson and Gilbert Cranberg. RELATED ARTICLE“Introducing a New Concept Into Libel Law”–…

‘The seeds of public distrust were sown long before the recent round of scandals.’

As fake news surfaces on TV and government public relations staff sizes increase, there are questions worth asking about the impact on journalism.

‘We think that institutional malice will make the libel inquiry more attuned to the real world.’

‘How to counter the drip-drip-drip of the dead and the maimed? Blame the media.’

In coverage of the court-marital trial of Army Sgt. Hasan Akbar, a soldier accused of killing other American soldiers with a grenade attack, officers at Fort Bragg required reporters to…

‘In the past few weeks reporters have called, and the first thing out of their mouth is, “You want to go off the record?”’