Tags: Journalism

Or, What We Heard at Reason's Bastiat Prize Dinner.

Had been reporting on the Syrian Civil War for the Washington Post

"Practical Joke" went a little too far

The New Media is the Massage. And Reality Will Never Be the Same Again, Thank God.

Claiming the government is engaging in censorship

The New York Times tells us that Mitt Romney is bad bad bad — and wrong — to suggest that anybody other than ginormous central government has any business responding to storms and tantrum-ish eruptions from Mother Nature.

It's not that the GOP nominee thinks that federal disaster mitigation and response is frequently less effective than locally directed efforts. No, it's the opposite--because federal coordination is "vital," this Republican wants to euthanize it, because that's just how venal he and his party are.

“Some elements of the story did not meet the editorial standards of CNN.”

Against magazines who reported he "abandoned" daughter

Was originally off the record

Yes, of course there's a whiny speech about what news is supposed to be

Paper is owned and run by local family

Unsurprisingly, they would like the right to free expression

Not happy about pay cut