Murdoch admits pro-war agenda

This is not surprising or revelatory — it’s actually old news — but it’s sort of cathartic to see Murdoch admit that he “tried” to “make a difference” in the aftermath of 9/11 by having his papers and television stations cover the lead up to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in a pro-war manner.
Of course, [...]

TimeMag botches story on Iraq looting

By Candice Novak
The pillaging of Iraq’s cultural and historical establishments during the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of that country has been well-documented.
Because these facts are so easily accessible, it is astounding that a Time Magazine reporter could miss something so obvious in a story about — you guessed, looting art in Iraq. It’s not some [...]

Buy Nothing Day sails over press’ heads

While people are being trampled by customers in the wee hours of the morning on this Black Friday, many are confronting the control consumerism has on Western culture by rejecting that frenzied need to buy, buy, BUY.
Unfortunately, even independent National Public Radio is jumping on the buy-bandwagon with reports almost harrowing shoppers as heroes in [...]

NewsTrust: teasing out good journalism

Unfortunately you really do have to dig around, and sometimes deep, for some quality journalism. With so much of the news thriving on updates and infotainment, it’s nice to see an admittedly small group of news junkies coming together to point out the good stuff so we all can savor it, rate it and pass [...]

Newspaper Endorsements: (it’s not a horse-race bet)

Let’s bring back the meaning of endorsement.
Get back to the real thing, here: It is not a prediction and it is not a popularity contest. This endorsement is not in favor of the guy who is bound to win anyway. It is a return to the public policy-oriented version that should bring topics to the [...]

U.S. down to 36th for press freedom

Reporters Without Borders came out with their 2008 freedom of the press rankings and the U.S. is down considerably from last year. The 50 states received 36th place out of 173 countries of the world, but including the U.S.’s territories it was a low 119th.

CS Monitor’s Patchwork — some glitches, some glory

The Christian Science Monitor’s Patchwork Nation Project takes election polls and database journalism to a unique level. Using 11 different populations they believe to be important in the 2008 election, the CS Monitor has created a personalized version of what they see as the groups that could be seen as voting blocs — not the [...]

Under-Covered News Launch

This blog is dedicated to low-coverage news that deserves more.