Press in Action

SPECIAL TOPICS

1. CHAMPIONING THE FIRST AMENDMENT:

SUING THE NEW YORK TIMES FOR LIBEL & JOURNALISTIC FRAUD

2. BUILDING HONEST MEDIA SCHOLARSHIP:

ACADEMIC INSTITUTES & UNIVERSITIES

4. SKEWING & SUBVERTING THE ELECTORAL PROCESS: Chronicle of Press Election-Rigging

5.   COVERING UP "THE BIGGEST LESSON OF ALL" in the Spitzer Fiasco: The Media's Role as "his Enabler" -- "The fall of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer holds many lessons... but don't expect the press corps to delve into the biggest lesson of all -- its own role as his enabler." ("Spitzer's Media Enablers", Wall Street Journal op-ed by Kimberly A. Strassel, March 12, 2008)

6.   EXAMINING THE MEDIA PRETENSE THAT THE JAYSON BLAIR SCANDAL AT THE NEW YORK TIMES IS "THE BIGGEST JOURNALISM SCAM OF OUR ERA"   (Hard News: The Scandals at The New York Times and Their Meaning for American Media -- by Seth Mnookin, 2004)

7.    TESTING THE PROPOSITION THAT "ANY PUBLICLY MADE (NON-FRIVOLOUS) ALLEGATION OF SERIOUS MISCONDUCT ... AGAINST A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WOULD RECEIVE INTENSE SCRUTINY IN THE PRESS..." (1993 Report of the National Commission on Judicial Discipline & Removal, at p. 122)

8.    SUPPRESSING, FALSIFYING & OBSCURING THE "DISRUPTION OF CONGRESS" CASE -- & ITS MEANING FOR REFORM: WHAT THE MEDIA DID -- covering up the corruption in the D.C. Superior Court, D.C. Court of Appeals, & the U.S. SUPREME COURT

9. COLLUDING IN THE CORRUPTION OF SENATE CONFIRMATION OF A CORRUPT NOMINEE FOR U.S ATTORNEY GENERAL -- The Press in Action -- 2014-15 Senate Confirmation of U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch

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