AI goes out of its way to be wrong, so don’t trust it yet
By Howie Boxley Rachel Pollack, a renowned author, artist, and tarot expert, passed away on April 7, 2023, at the age of 75. Pollack’s death
June 12, 2023
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Category: Journalism
West Virginia Public Broadcasting hasn’t published news about political interference at West Virginia Public Broadcasting
By Chris Roberts National Public Radio’s David Folkenflick reported today (Monday, Feb. 13, 2023) about politicians interfering with journalism at West Virginia Public Broadcasting. The
February 13, 2023
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Donald Trump and his lawyers fined $1 million for ‘revenge’ lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, but you wouldn’t know that by only reading FoxNews.com
By Chris Roberts It’s news when a former president sues his opponent, and in March 2022 news organizations such as FoxNews.com placed at the top
January 20, 2023
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CBS News ethically correct in holding its scoop on Brittney Griner release from Russia
CBS News knew a week before other journalists knew that WNBA player Brittney Griner was to be released from a Russian jail, but it held
December 13, 2022
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Yes, free speech is not consequence-free
By Chris Roberts It’s hard to think that $1 billion will actually ever be paid to victims of Alex Jones’ libelous speech about the parents
October 13, 2022
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When looking at journalism ethics winners, consider the public relations losers
By Chris Roberts The Society of Professional Journalists announced the winners of its annual Ethics in Journalism awards on Sept. 22, 2022. They are: ►Hannah
September 23, 2022
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Define your terms, or the propagandists win
Iowa State’s Michael Bugeja makes a strong point in a Poynter Institute column (June 30, 2022) about how some Republican candidates use the term “RINO”
July 1, 2022
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How should news organizations respond to non-responsive responses for comment?
Ethical news organizations follow the tenet in the Society of Professional Journalist’s code of ethics that says good journalists “[d]iligently seek subjects of news coverage
April 22, 2019
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Why we need journalism: Because PR-focused governments like to hide uncomfortable truth.
Two cities remind us why we need journalism to tell truths that PR-infatuated governments don’t want to tell: * The former mayor of Birmingham, Larry
February 5, 2019
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