Howard Kurtz and I talk about the media’s “hunger for Hillary” — as in, wanting her to announce her decision on a run for the presidency. [ilink url=”The media’s hunger for Hillary https://video.foxnews.com/v/3929761505001/after-the-buzz-medias-hillary-hunger/#sp=show-clips”] Watch the After the Buzz discussion [/ilink]
The following is a commentary. (Above image courtesy Anthony Easton/flickr: PinkMoose) Rolling Stone’s disintegrating campus rape story is an example of the perils of the increasingly blurred lines between traditional, straight news organizations… and outlets such as pop culture magazines and blogs
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(Above Image: FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.) On Nov. 19, I filed a Freedom of Information (FOI) lawsuit against the Department of Justice, which oversees the F.B.I.. For over a year, I had been pursuing public information that the F.B.I.
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Too often, the very bodies set up to protect the public’s interests–to flag and punish bad conduct on the part of officials in power–are being undermined by those they’re supposed to police. That’s the allegation in the case of a
[Above: Color-enhanced electron micrograph of Ebola virus particles. Courtesy: Thomas W. Geisbert, Boston University School of Medicine.] The killer virus Ebola may not be front and center in the news, but it’s still in the forefront of efforts by health officials
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(This article was first published Oct. 29) A new investigation by ProPublica and NPR finds a botched response by the Red Cross after Sandy and Isaac leaving behind “a trail of unmet needs and acrimony.” The news organizations pulled from
Lesson in how the administration attempts to manipulate the press and news coverage: Fast and Furious email to Attorney General Eric Holder from a communications adviser, Oct. 5, 2011 [emphasis added below]. (President Obama withheld this email under executive privilege
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(Above image: Evidence photos turned over to Congress show a stash of grenade parts, fuse assemblies and more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition in “Grenade Walker” case.) A long-awaited Inspector General report faults U.S. law enforcement officials for allowing a dangerous
