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Playin' It Safe: One Writer's Guide to Cowardice Nov. 15, 2024
As an enemy of the people, or "journalist" as we were called in the pre-Trumpian eras of light, I am... Read More
A Bittersweet Deal That Freed Innocents -- and an Assassin Aug. 06, 2024
WASHINGTON — National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan fought to hold back tears Thursday as he ... Read More
Which Journalists Are the 'Professionals'? Nov. 24, 2023
Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi is the most recent example of a journalist who sounds like... Read More
Sometimes It Takes a Push to Become Who You Are Nov. 11, 2023
How do we become who we are? It's tough to say sometimes, but I'm convinced you can trace my path t... Read More
AI Wrote This Editorial. It Offers Persuasive Arguments for Why That's a Bad Idea. Sep. 20, 2023
Editor's note: With artificial intelligence creating such controversy in journalism these days, the... Read More
'Real' Journalists Recognize That Prosecuting Julian Assange Poses a Grave Threat to Freedom of the Press: The Justice Department's Discretion Is the Only Thing That Protects Them From a Similar Fate Nov. 30, 2022
"Publishing is not a crime," the editors and publishers of The New York Times and four leading Europ... Read More
Wanted: Brave Reporter on the 'Right-wing Media' Apr. 27, 2022
Back in the old days, newspapers assigned reporters to beats such as Congress, the Supreme Court, th... Read More
Corporate Journalists Are Blind to a Big COVID Lesson Jan. 14, 2022
One of my complaints about mainstream media is that they recruit reporters from inside the establish... Read More
Preaching From the Gospel of Bob Woodward Sep. 17, 2021
The Federal Election Commission recently rejected a claim by the Republican National Committee and r... Read More
The News Media Versus the Flag-waving Weirdos? Jul. 07, 2021
Independence Day is supposed to be a day of national unity. President Joe Biden proclaimed: "The Fou... Read More
Trump Invaded Journalists' Phone and Email Records. Biden Should Reveal Why. May. 25, 2021
CNN reported last week that the Trump administration's Justice Department secretly obtained phone an... Read More
Beware of Narrative News Dec. 04, 2020
The mainstream media have become so narrow in their narrative that they are missing an opportunity t... Read More
A Complicated Virus Sep. 11, 2020
The President purportedly withheld bad news about the coronavirus to avoid a panic and, in so doing,... Read More
America's Most Trusted 'Referee' Sep. 05, 2020
What do presidential candidates George H.W. Bush, Michael Dukakis, Bill Clinton, Bob Dole, Ross Pero... Read More
Our Masters, the Media Jul. 21, 2020
Back in the days when I knew everything worth knowing, I practiced the newspaper trade — which... Read More
Trump's Disdain for the Free Press Is Enabling Media Suppression Globally May. 05, 2020
Government crackdowns on journalists are unsurprising in places like China. What's chilling lately i... Read More
Heartland Recipes for Happiness in a Trumpian Summer Aug. 14, 2019
WASHINGTON — Seeking grace in a summer of Trumpian hate talk and mass violence, I dived into a... Read More
For Journalists, Self-Censorship Is Credibility Suicide Apr. 19, 2019
What is the job of the news media? To report the news. Everyone agrees on that. But some well-intent... Read More
The Greatest Projects I Never Made (Part 1 of 2) Mar. 22, 2019
She was a terrible boss, but she was wise about work. "We are defined more by the business we refuse... Read More
Journalists Had Better Hope I Win My Case Feb. 22, 2019
I have written extensively about my lawsuit against the LA Times. As I prepare for the next, do-or-d... Read More
