journalistic integrity

The FCC just ruled that Fox's celebrity gossip show "TMZ" qualifies as a "bona fide newscast" -- making it even easier for Big Media companies to replace real journalism with cheap junk news. Stop the giveaway at StopBigMedia.com.

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Yesterday, the New York Times exposed a secret Pentagon campaign to infiltrate the media with pro-war propaganda.

The scheme reaches all the way to the Bush White House, where top officials recruited dozens of "military analysts" to spread favorable views of the war via every major news channel -- without revealing they were working from Pentagon scripts and often lobbying for major military contractors.

Spreading "covert propaganda" is illegal under federal law. Congress must investigate these military pundits and their ties to the Bush administration, defense contractors and our national news media.

American Axle Strike

Main Stream Media, are they lazy, or is it in their best interest not to report factual information.

With all the discussion on legal action against the Telecoms we should be discussing the Convictions of those who actually iniated the "orders'

Like Abu Ghraib, like Torture, like distroyed videos,like politicall motivated firings of US ATT's, like 9/11 we are being steered away from th ereal Criminals- those who have the Power to 'Order' such atrosities and foundamental Treasonous Acts.

Fox Business, that is. Is it just me or do they seem to be marketing something other than their serious investigative journalism? (h/t to Fishbowl NY)

Critical journalism heading towards extinction
with all due respect to Not for Nothing at The Pheonix.com for the "Life Imitates Art" headline Read more »

EXHIBIT A: Sam Zell, the new owner of media giant Tribune Company dropped an "F-bomb" on one of his journalists when she asked him about the balance between profitmaking and investing in newsgathering.