PressEthic

In a reversal of an earlier column, the NYT public editor says his employer was wrong to publish a story about a secret (and legal) program to review banking data to gather intelligence on terrorist transactions.

The Wasington Post has won the award for the least balanced story of the year.

A WaPo article on the aesthetics of politics raises interesting questions about how reporters should cover a quite possibly real -- but most definitely subjective -- phenomenon.

A media columnist explains why newspapers are afraid to admit it when they botch coverage.

Congress passed a border wall. Is President Bush going to pocket-veto it? The press doesn't seem to be wondering... but Mickey Kaus is.

When Fox News talking heads shows interview apologists for "civil disobedience" that undermines free speech on a college campuses, one can't help but feel that the world would be a better place if the whole lot -- anchors and guests -- were in a dunk tank in Times Square rather than on television.

Greg Mankiw explains how the truth can be misleading.

Six essays on prosecutiions related to the leak of classified information.

How a "fake" blog prodded cautious news organizations to break a real scandal.

See Eric Alterman on video, Peggy Noonan at work, the New York Times defended, George Allen denounced, a hilarious piece of media criticism and various sneaky links about Europe... all in one post

Everywhere the 1st Amendment isn't hate speech laws threaten freedom of speech and the press.

As our class discusses media bias -- and Eric Alterman paints the country conservative -- perhaps we ought to define our terms so we avoid talking past one another.

How do you report on an argument about the future?

The LA Times staffer I picked -- embedded with the 3rd Infantry -- wrote some worthwhile stuff.

The images they captured are compelling examples of valuable journalism produced by embedded journalists.