There is a natural tension that exists between the press and politicians. Reporters are often trying to gather information in the public interest that politicians either do […]
Tag: free press
Denigrating media a political mainstay
by Llewellyn King In the 1990s, someone wrote in The Weekly Standard — it may well have been Matt Labash — that for conservatives to triumph, they […]
Believe Donald Trump when he vows revenge on the news media
by Robin Abcarian Was it just a little joke when Orange Jesus declared to Sean Hannity that, in the event of his political resurrection, he would be […]
It’s becoming more dangerous to be a journalist
Good reporting depends on the bravery of good journalists who are willing to venture into unsafe places in order to get real and real-time information. War zones […]
Claiming ‘computer crime’ shouldn’t give police freedom to raid newspapers
by Bruce D. Brown and Gabe Rottman Last month, police officers in Marion, Kan., crashed into the newsroom of the Marion County Record, a weekly newspaper, and […]
Raid on Kansas newspaper was possibly illegal
It was the sort of conduct one usually associates with totalitarian governments: Law enforcement officers swarm a newspaper office and confiscate computers, servers and cellphones of reporters […]
98-year-old Kansas newswoman died in the line of duty after police raid
by Melinda Henneberger Joan Meyer, 98-year-old enemy of the people, died in the line of duty on Saturday. A newswoman since 1953 and co-owner of the local […]
Founders knew the value of free press
In addition to being the revolutionaries who demanded independence from Great Britain and the visionaries who drafted the Constitution, many of America’s Founding Fathers were journalists. Some […]
What the Fox-Dominion settlement sidesteps
by Nicholas Goldberg I’m sorry that a settlement was reached in the giant landmark defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News. I mean, I’m […]
How I became a tool of China’s giant anti-American propaganda machine
by Nicholas Goldberg When I write critical columns about U.S. policies and politics, I occasionally strike a nerve and get enraged letters from readers denouncing me as […]
