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Poynter Retracts ‘Blacklist’ of Conservative Publications
The Florida-based journalism non-profit Poynter Institute for Media Studies earlier this weekre tracted a list that designated many conservative news outlets as “unreliable.” Created by an employee of the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center, it blacklisted many sites, including the Washington Free Beacon, Daily Caller, Daily Signal, CNS News, and Breitbart, while including few liberal sites.
Poynter ‘Blacklist’ of Conservative News Sites Was Created by SPLC Employee
A journalism institute released a “blacklist” of media outlets they deemed as “unreliable” that was created by an employee of the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center and overwhelmingly contains conservative new media outlets.
Liberal Writers Made Same Sexual Assault Arguments as Neomi Rao
Senate Republicans pushed back against an attack by liberal activists on Neomi Rao’s collegiate writings on sexual assault, pointing to articles in the pages of the New York Times and Washington Post that make similar arguments as Rao made at Yale.
WikiLeaks Demands Journalists Stop Reporting Julian Assange Smells Bad
WikiLeaks sent an email to reporters Sunday demanding they stop reporting a number of “falsehoods” about founder Julian Assange, including claims that he’s a Russian asset and has bad hygiene.
America Is Not the Fifth Most Dangerous Country for Journalists, You Idiots
This blog is the spiritual successor to my previous similarly titled blog post that debunked a widely-reported study claiming America was one of the top ten most dangerous countries for women. As I pointed out at the time, the report heavily weighted the subjective judgements of “experts.” The result is that a bunch of Westerners polled at the …
Chinese Authorities Detain Journalists Interviewing Professor Critical of Government
Voice of America’s Mandarin Service correspondent Yibing Feng and multimedia journalist Allen Ai were arrested by Chinese police Monday while interviewing a Chinese professor.
MSNBC Contributor: U.S. Will Have a ‘Charlie Hebdo Situation’ Because of Trump’s Attacks on Media
Journalist Group Staffers Fail to Disclose Conflict of Interest With Al Jazeera
Two staffers at the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists argued in a lengthy essay published Monday that Al Jazeera should not be required to register as a foreign agent in the United States, without disclosing that an Al Jazeera host is a member of their organization’s board of directors.
Turkish Media Blackout of Opposition Party’s Rally Stokes Backlash
Turkey’s primary news channels all ignored the first election rally of Muharrem Ince, the presidential candidate for the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) last week.
