BY SCOTT LAMBERT / Perceptions of media bias continue to rise in Americans, and those perceptions aren’t going to change anytime soon. A 2012 Pew Research Center study reported that the number of Americans who believe political news coverage is biased rose 6 percentage points in 2012 compared to 2008. The idea that
BY SCOTT LAMBERT / Whistleblowers, leakers, and a battle between the working press and the government. James Goodale’s “Fighting for the Press: The Inside Story of the Pentagon Papers and Other Battles” tells a story that has just as much importance today as it did in 1972, when the battle for press freedom
Media coverage of NBA free agent Jason Collins’ announcement that he is gay led to a number of revelations about the state of media and stories about the LGBT community. It also led to some fascinating coverage. Two particular pieces from two ends of the media spectrum provided teachable lessons for working journalists at
Trying to eliminate the Internet noise during political season seems almost impossible. Myriad news stories from multiple news sources float around in cyberspace. Blathering political pundits on television and radio spew their opinions constantly, with what seems to be little regard for truth or objectivity. Fact-checkers desperately try to keep up with the claims and
Sports media love building up their heroes. They love tearing them down too.
It’s all part of the cycle. That makes the tale of the latest cyclist to go through the cycle so interesting.