MEDIA & ETHICS

TRENDS

As Election Season Unfolds, Americans Struggle with the Media’s New Hyperbole

Trust in media is at an all-time low in an era when facts are “out” and objectivity is “relative.” It turns out that integrity matters, and a return to actual journalism is the only solution.  

EXPLORE

VIOLATIONS

VIOLATIONS

Yashar Ali’s Defamation Case Tossed Out as He Belatedly Discovers the First Amendment Applies to Others, Too

As judgments and debts pile up around Ali, his bigotry and hate have led to a karma snapback, prompting a California court to chuck his frivolous lawsuit.

VIOLATIONS

In Touch Editor James Heidenry Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Distance Himself from His Own Sleazy Publication

Heidenry and his lawyer appear confused about the First Amendment and various other facts.

VIOLATIONS

The Daily Beast: A Cautionary Tale of Writers Gone Wild for Cash

If you perchance ever took a wrong turn in the dark alleys of the internet, you may have stumbled upon a self-proclaimed “high-end tabloid,” The Daily Beast.

TRENDS

TRENDS

As Election Season Unfolds, Americans Struggle with the Media’s New Hyperbole

Trust in media is at an all-time low in an era when facts are “out” and objectivity is “relative.” It turns out that integrity matters, and a return to actual journalism is the only solution.  

TRENDS

Trust in Media Plummets, Prompting Journalism “Bloodbath”

Media companies are reeling in the wake of plummeting public trust and vanishing profits, prompting what has been called a journalism bloodbath.

TRENDS

Will Diversity Initiatives in Media Bring Real Change?

How America sees itself against the background of its tumultuous history is arguably one of the most urgent issues in media studies today.

MAGAZINE

THE POSSE OF LUNATICS

Recently, a handful of not so self-respecting journalists ran with apocryphal tales on the Church of Scientology. Even the most cursory comparison from one bit of reportage to the next reveals an unmistakable similarity one to the next. For each drew their sources from the same small cadre of ex-Scientologists. Those individuals are the subject of this publication.
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