The Fight for Journalistic Independence Just Got Scarier
OPINION — My first thought after reading last Friday that The Washington Post would not continue a long-standing tradition of publishing an editorial supporting a […] More
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The Media Should Focus on the Need for Genuine Political Reform, Not Just the Violence
Bottom Line Up Front Lost within the countless stories about looting, arson, and vandalism, there is a genuine political movement gathering momentum, one which […] More
Media and State Control in the Middle East
As street protests continue unabated in Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Algeria, and other Middle Eastern countries, regimes have used the social media platforms and traditional media […] More
Fixing the Foreign Agents Registration Act
The blowback over forcing Russian news outlets “Russia Today” (RT) and “Sputnik” to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) has raised questions about […] More
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Russia Expert Suggests “Nutrition Labels for Information”
Rivalry between Moscow and Washington is nothing new. A hundred years ago today, the October Revolution in St. Petersburg dismantled Russia’s tsarist autocracy and led […] More
“Dispatches from Hell Before Breakfast”
President Donald Trump is not the first American public figure to go to war with the press, nor is he the most extreme in his […] More
Schiff: Putin’s Offer is Laughable
The senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee is shrugging off as worthless propaganda Russian President Vladimir Putin’s offer to provide a record of a […] More
A Challenging Four Years for the Media
Don’t be fooled that there is a new Donald Trump now that he is president-elect. As I have written before, this Trump presidency is going […] More