Opinion
Fontova Documents Media’s Crush on Fidel Castro
The fawning Western press continues to paint a flattering picture of Castro's Cuba with no justification whatsoever.
Opinion
‘Most Trusted Man in America’ Didn’t Always Deserve That Mantle
Walter Cronkite emerged at just the right time for what the British call "news readers" to become stars.
Opinion
Fake But Accurate Job Numbers
Manipulation of federal employment data leads to misstatements about job gains and losses.
Opinion
Obama the Press Beater
It was love at first sight when the press corps got a load of Barack Obama’s flashy performance at the 2004 DNC. That’s when the infatuation began.
News
Friday Interview: Newspaper Industry Bailouts
RALEIGH — Several industries have benefited from government bailouts since the start of the latest economic slump. Some people have suggested that the newspaper industry should get similar help. Rick Henderson, managing editor of Carolina Journal, discussed the subject recently with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
Opinion
Parties & Bloggers Pressure Campaigns
In some ways, candidates and consultants still run their own affairs. But from both the top down and the bottom up, technology is eroding their power.
Opinion
Mainstream Media Like a ‘Stalin Radio’
RALEIGH — At breakfast one morning in 1992, while visiting a friend in the ancient Russian city of Kostroma, I asked my host about a black box sitting on a shelf above the kitchen table. “Oh," he said, looking up from his kasha and tea, "that’s our Stalin radio.”
Opinion
For MSM, There Are No More Gates to Keep
RALEIGH — What was it that made Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin go to the well of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday evening and beg for forgiveness? Fear was in his eyes along with tears as he professed to love and cherish the very American servicemen that he slandered on June 14 at that very same podium.
Opinion
Political Debate Gets Blogged Down
The 2004 political season may be remembered for a lot of interesting personalities, developments, and outcomes — but one possibility is that it will be the Year of the Blog.
Opinion
The CBS Record on Truth
CBS’s evasion and defensiveness over allegedly forged documents that it used as the basis for a report that questioned President Bush’s Texas Air National Guard service is reminiscent of the way the network treated another controversial story — allegations of abuse among home-schoolers.
Opinion
Who’s Watching the War, and What They Think
The Zogby organization has a new poll out on where viewers are getting their war news -- and what their choice of network says about their views.
