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The Times Should Have a Reporter at the Bradley Manning Hearing

Topics: 
Unpublished or under-reported, Media, USA
Rating: 
2

Margaret Sullivan – December 5, 2012

In failing to send its own reporter to cover the fascinating and important pretrial testimony of Bradley Manning, The New York Times missed the boat.

Over the past several days, as compelling testimony over the harsh treatment of this 24-year-old Army private turned whistle-blower (or illegal informant, depending on your point of view) flooded the media zone, The Times was notably absent.

Reporter says Chinese news agency asked him to spy

Topics: 
China, Freedom of the press, Media, Espionage
Rating: 
0

The Canadian Press – August 22, 2012

A Canadian journalist says he quit working for China's news agency because it wanted him to spy on the Dalai Lama in Ottawa. But the Ottawa bureau chief of China's Xinhua news agency dismissed that claim as "Cold War" ideology.

Ottawa-based freelance journalist and author Mark Bourrie makes the allegation against the Xinhua news service in an article published in Ottawa Magazine, and in an interview with The Canadian Press.

Key Blair aide: Rupert Murdoch pressed UK leader on Iraq war

Topics: 
Corporate ethics, Government ethics, UK, Message control or 'spin', Media
Rating: 
2

Associated Press – June 15, 2012

Tony Blair’s ex-communications director claimed Friday that media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s warned the British leader over the dangers of delaying the 2003 U.S.-led invasion as he made efforts to press the U.K. to support the conflict.

In the latest volume of his diaries, excerpts of which were published by The Guardian newspaper, Alastair Campbell said Blair found Murdoch’s protests clumsy and that they both suspected he had been urged to intervene by the White House.

Tony Blair says he feared provoking wrath of U.K. media

Topics: 
Corporate ethics, Government ethics, UK, Message control or 'spin', Media
Rating: 
0

Associated Press – May 28, 2012

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair testified Monday that he never challenged the influential British press because doing so would have plunged his administration into a drawn-out and politically damaging fight.

Blair led Britain from 1997 to 2007, and his Labour Party government has been criticized by many — including some of Blair's former colleagues — as having an unhealthy relationship with the country's press.

Story of Westray dangers should have been told

Topics: 
Mining, Resources industry, Media
Rating: 
0

Andrew Mitrovica – May 9, 2012

I owe the people of Pictou County, N.S., an apology. In particular, I owe a long overdue apology to the families of the 26 miners who perished in the Westray coal mine explosion that took place 20 years ago Wednesday.

I need to apologize because for two decades I have harboured a regret. I have carried this regret with me from the morning I heard via a news bulletin by former CBC newsman Knowlton Nash that there had been a devastating explosion at the mine.

Ground-breaking journalism needs confidential sources

Topics: 
Freedom of the press, Leaking, Media
Rating: 
0

Sylvia Stead – April 24, 2012

Most original, ground-breaking journalism done in this country depends on confidential sources. While we focus on new media platforms, better presentation, video and more, the heart of the most memorable content comes from sources.

It starts with a strong beat reporter, someone who knows the key newsmakers, the politicians, the business leaders, medical professionals, police, lawyers and others. A good beat reporter demonstrates to those people behind the news that they can be trusted and that they are interested in telling accurate and complete stories.

Filmmakers to address Indonesia's intractable corruption

Topics: 
Media, Anti-corruption efforts, Indonesia
Rating: 
0

Ahmad Pathoni – February 6, 2012

Indonesians face corruption daily - when dealing with the authorities, in schools or at work. Although the country has achieved some success in fighting corruption since it embarked on wide-ranging reforms after the fall of the autocratic president Suharto in 1998, recent cases indicated the practice remains entrenched among officialdom.

But now a group of filmmakers, actors and anti-graft agencies have joined forces to produce four short films dealing with the issue, collectively titled Kita Versus Korupsi (Us Versus Corruption).

Britain’s phone-hacking scandal: eight arrested

Topics: 
Corruption, UK, Privacy, Media
Rating: 
0

David Stringer, Associated Press & Ravi Somaiya, New York Times – February 11, 2012

British authorities arrested eight people Saturday, including five employees of Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid The Sun, as part of an investigation into bribery of public officials by journalists, according to Scotland Yard and the newspaper’s parent company.

The arrests were made on the suspicion of corruption in conjunction with a search at the homes of those arrested and at the newspaper’s office complex, detectives said in a statement.

Revolving Door Between Government, Big Business

Topics: 
USA, Monsanto, Oil & gas industry, Pharmaceutical industry, Financial industry, Conflict of interest, Revolving door, Media
Rating: 
2

December 22, 2011

A series of Venn diagrams shows visually how strong the links are between the US Government and big business: dozens of people moving to and fro between top positions in government and in politically-connected corporations.

It is blatant conflicts of interest like these that lead to regulatory capture, corruption and crony capitalism. The industries covered in this analysis are: Big Oil, Comcast, General Electric, Goldman Sachs, Media, Monsanto and Pharmaceuticals.

Emails Reveal Government Scientists Acting Like Flacks

Topics: 
CFIA, Message control or 'spin', Food industry, Media, Fisheries, Science
Rating: 
3

Damien Gillis – December 17, 2011

The second of three extra days of hearings at the Cohen Commission into disappearing Fraser River sockeye yielded more surprises - the biggest of which came in the form of a telling internal email strain between DFO and Canadian Food Inspection Agency staff.

The emails were sent following a teleconference for media hosted by the two departments, aimed at quelling concerns over the recent discovery of Infectious Salmon Anemia virus in wild BC salmon.

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