Last December, GJR published “A citizen’s guide to a U.S. Supreme Court losing its legitimacy.” This follow-up recounts recent ethics controversies and the leading decisions of this past term.) After 18 years, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.’s Supreme Court has the lowest credibility of any court in almost a century. The court’s standing has not been this low since … [Read more...] about Chief Justice Roberts falling short on recapturing Supreme Court legitimacy
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Journalists need to expand beyond crisis reporting in covering migration
When the Adriana, an overcrowded migrant boat, sank in Greek waters in June, drowning hundreds, the catastrophe was unusual in scale, but those traveling on global migration routes regularly encounter terrible hardship. Most of the coverage of this story, however, was limited to the disaster itself, neglecting to illuminate how a complex, multi-faceted, and deeply flawed global … [Read more...] about Journalists need to expand beyond crisis reporting in covering migration
In smaller newsrooms, some sports reporters are covering 10 sports at once
On New Year’s Eve in New Orleans, Kansas State Wildcats football fell to the world-renowned Alabama Crimson Tide, 45-20 in the Sugar Bowl. Kansas State finished a historic season for the program, taking me to the press boxes of the Superdome in New Orleans and AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, for the Big 12 Championship Game. Just under 1,000 miles away in … [Read more...] about In smaller newsrooms, some sports reporters are covering 10 sports at once
Fox conduct shows need to revive traditional goals
Perfectly objective journalism seems like the perfectly moral life—unattainable by ordinary humans. But recent experience has reaffirmed the importance of the classic journalistic virtues of open-minded fact-finding, and fair, accurate, and complete reporting. Today we have the most technically sophisticated data-rich information system ever. But it hasn’t … [Read more...] about Fox conduct shows need to revive traditional goals
Skeptics Lampoon Hawley: Missouri senator’s manly virtues book delights jesters & satirists
When Josh Hawley debated Sen. Claire McCaskill in the 2018 U.S. Senate contest, he unleashed the usual invective against the incumbent Democrat. He told a Missouri Press Association audience that she was a “radical leftist,” a hopeless “elitist” and a “Hollywood liberal.” Such a pity that he hadn’t yet coined his most recent pejorative, “Epicurean liberal.” Surely it would … [Read more...] about Skeptics Lampoon Hawley: Missouri senator’s manly virtues book delights jesters & satirists