Polls show that a sizeable portion of the American population believes that troops found WMD in Iraq and that Saddam Hussein was somehow responsible for the attacks of September 11. Even after the 9/11 Commission Report and numerous other reports have concluded that our intelligence was flawed, people in the freest nation on earth continue to be misinformed about something that could not be more vital to understand--the reasons for sending troops into harm's way. This insightful analysis argues that the media should have done a better job of performing its traditional role of skeptic and...
Polls show that a sizeable portion of the American population believes that troops found WMD in Iraq and that Saddam Hussein was somehow responsibl...
In an era of terrorism national security has understandably moved to the forefront of public concern. But with this new emphasis on safety, the press--both here and abroad--has begun to feel the repressive hand of government attempting to limit its role of uncovering and publishing newsworthy information. In its global campaign to fight terrorism is the Bush administration trying to muzzle freedom of speech? David Dadge, editor at the International Press Institute, documents a number of disturbing incidents of attempted press censorship in this interesting perspective on the rising...
In an era of terrorism national security has understandably moved to the forefront of public concern. But with this new emphasis on safety, the press-...
What happens to journalists who expose uncomfortable truths? How far are journalists prepared to go in order to report a difficult story? "Silenced" provides answers to these questions with the stories of journalists who risked their careers so that the public might be informed. From China, where Jasper Becker, formerly Beijing bureau chief of the "South China Morning Post," fought a lonely and unsuccessful battle against owners willing to soften the newspaper's reporting of the Chinese government in the hope of protecting mainland investments, to Zimbabwe where the harsh treatment of the...
What happens to journalists who expose uncomfortable truths? How far are journalists prepared to go in order to report a difficult story? "Silenced" p...
