Is the Internet replacing “journalism”?
Nicholas Lemann writes in The New Yorker: Reporting—meaning the tradition by which a member of a distinct occupational category gets to cross the usual bounds... Read more
Category: Journalism
Believe Me Not
Hugh Hewitt asks, “Why are we supposed to believe the Times about stories to which they are not a party when the paper so boldly... Read more
We’re All Journalists Now
That’s what all we journalists have been saying. Scott Gant now lays it out in a new book by the same name. Originally posted 2013-09-28... Read more
The Blogola "Scandal"
Last week (on January 13, 2005) Instapundit took the unusual step of opening comments on the ethics of Blog-payola. I wrote this: I am pretty agnostic... Read more
Holding Their Ink-Stained Breath Till They Turn Blue
Update on the the Tulsa World silliness: Michael Bates reports, citing to the blog Tulsa Topics, that the World has wisely decided that it will... Read more
Times Op-Ed Columnists Have More Fun
One of our most excellent blog-related adventures was our involvement with Bob Cox of The National Debate and his wacky IP-abusive go-round with the New... Read more
The royal Fifth Estate
Glenn Reynolds: [Former New York Times ombudsman Bill] Keller writes: “It’s an unusual and powerful thing, this freedom that our founders gave to the press.... Read more
Talking a leak
Want to know the difference between a leaker and whistle-blower? Johnny Dollar posits the distinction. Originally posted 2013-11-03 23:05:02. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Floyd Abrams loses another one: No privilege for reporters’ phone records
We’ve never been big fans of the “press shield,” and I say that because I like the First Amendment. I just wish Floyd Abrams would... Read more
Exactly Wrong on Free Speech for New Media
Via the permalink-less Kausfiles, a link to excerpts from (and suckup commentary about) remarks by CNN suit Jonathan Klein espousing the self-parodic, anti-democratic, anti-free-speech, and,... Read more
Whither The Unwritten MSM Constitution?
Glenn Reynolds writes: THE NEW YORK TIMES’ PUBLIC EDITOR, Byron Calame, criticizes the Times’ handling of the NSA story. Jeff Jarvis calls Calame’s column “almost... Read more
DC Circuit: Press Not Shielded
Another red hot AP story: The Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ruled that Time magazine’s Matthew Cooper and The New York... Read more
Trust us, we’re the press (again)
Mickey Kaus: On “Good Morning America,” ABC News’ Jessica Yellin reported, “It is just terrible timing for the White House. Just as there are signs... Read more
Bloggers, Journalists, Reporting and Privilege
The New York State Bar Association’s Bright Ideas journal (Vol. 22, No. 2) 17 (Fall 2013) has just published my essay about shield laws entitled, Bloggers, Journalists,... Read more