by WorldTribune Staff, September 5, 2017 The liberal Moon Jae-In administration has launched a “politically motivated” investigation into the only major broadcaster in South Korea that covered protests and evidence in support of former President Park Geun-Hye, conservative lawmakers say. MBC provided coverage of the growing pro-Park demonstrations earlier this year in which older South […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 20, 2017 A recent report from the liberal Harvard Kennedy School and Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy noted that 80 percent of news stories in the first 100 days of the Trump administration were critical of the president. For CNN, it was 93 percent negative. “By the time […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders Normally we would be coming down hard on the side of newspaper owners in any argument; they are after all running the business where we make our living. But we are finding it a little hard to choose sides in a struggle between three of the wealthiest men […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 18, 2017 Nearly daily leaks are pouring out of the investigative and security arms of the government, a reality that “underscores a truth of our time,” according to columnist Patrick Buchanan. “The mutual agendas of the deep-state leakers and the mainstream media mesh perfectly. “In the 19th century, power meant control […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2017 A trio of media moguls with a combined net worth of $222 billion, saying they can’t compete with Google in an “economically squeezed news industry,” are asking for the assistance of Congress in their fight with the Internet giant. The newspaper owners who are “pleading poverty” are The Washington […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 29, 2017 As congressional investigators dragged President Donald Trump’s longtime bodyguard into the ongoing Russia probe and the White House’s war with the media intensified, Watergate reporter Bob Woodward called for a return to “fair-mindedness” for those reporting on the Trump administration. Following a screening of “All The President’s Men” in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 22, 2017 How some news organizations chose to cover the 2016 election forever changed journalism, said Michael Goodwin, chief political columnist for the New York Post. “The behavior of much of the media, but especially The New York Times, was a disgrace,” Goodwin said. “I don’t believe it ever will recover […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Frank Vernuccio, Fairfax Free Citizen, New York Analysis of Policy & Government American journalism is in crisis, one of its own making. An honest and diligent press is vital to the functioning of a nation led not by a dictatorship or an oligarchy, but by voters. Without access to the unfettered […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 12, 2017 Online ad king Craigslist, which essentially destroyed the classifieds that had provided newspapers with a third of their revenue, is now supporting an initiative aimed at “fake news” and restoring integrity in journalism, a report said. On the heels of the devastating Trump electoral victory last November, Craigslist founder […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 2, 2017 The shift from print to all-digital delivery has led to a drop in newspaper circulation to levels not seen since before World War II, according to an industry review. The Pew Research Center in its “State of the News Media” review said daily newspaper circulation has dropped to a […]
