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ABC’s non-correction correction
Salon’s Glenn Greenwald writes that ABC News now claims that it corrected its story on the Iraq-anthrax connection way back on Nov. 1, 2001. But as Greenwald notes, all ABC’s Brian Ross did on that...
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ABC and anthrax: Case (almost) closed?
I want to expand a bit on what I wrote yesterday about ABC News reporter Brian Ross’ interview with TVNewser. I think Ross largely met the challenge about his anthrax reporting posed earlier this week...
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A cheap shot thrown at Diane Sawyer
Diane Sawyer Someone will probably try to blame this on the low journalistic standards of them there internets. But the perpetrator of today’s insult against Diane Sawyer — someone I had not previously...
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A solid debut by Christiane Amanpour
Christiane Amanpour Not long after Tim Russert’s death, I realized that my aversion to George Stephanopoulos was not nearly as deep-seated as my aversion to David Gregory. So I switched from “Meet the...
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Obama’s war on journalism and free expression
President Obama This commentary also appears at the Huffington Post. Kudos to David Carr of the New York Times for shining a light on an issue that doesn’t attract nearly the attention that it should:...
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Debunking the “partisan shifts” on surveillance
The most important (and chilling) finding from the latest Pew Research Center/Washington Post survey is that 56 percent of Americans say they support the National Security Agency’s surveillance of...
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Nate Thayer blasts ABC over Pol Pot dispute
Many years ago I met the journalist Nate Thayer at a party. I congratulated him on his reporting on the trial of Pol Pot, one of history’s great monsters. The trial — apparently something of a sham, as...
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Black-lung investigation wins Goldsmith Prize
The nonprofit Center for Public Integrity and ABC News last night won the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, presented by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, part of...
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Goldsmiths honor journalism in the public interest
By Bill Kirtz It started with one miner’s medical and legal nightmare and developed like a John Grisham novel. And finally it led to extensive reform of black lung diagnosis. The Center for Public...
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Flashback: Emily Rooney and public broadcasting in 1997
On Feb. 6, 1997, just after the debut of “Greater Boston” on WGBH-TV (Channel 2), I wrote an article for The Boston Phoenix on the state of the city’s two major public broadcasters, WGBH and WBUR. It...
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George Stephanopoulos has (had) a secret
Funny. Just yesterday I was discussing with my students why journalists don’t give money to politicians. Of course, George Stephanopoulos only plays one on TV. Dylan Byers of Politico reports that...
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A new poll shows Clinton slumping. But why?
Hillary Clinton in 2013. Photo (cc) by Steve Rhodes. Some rights reserved. The email controversy has taken such a toll on Hillary Clinton’s presidential candidacy that it’s dragged her below 50 percent...
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