USA Today: Pundit Armstrong Williams settles case over promoting education reforms. Armstrong Williams says the $34,000 he will repay to the U.S. government is a small price to pay to put a 2-year-old punditry scandal behind him. Is he joking? This isn’t behind him. Armstrong Williams will always be known as a classic opinion launderer. […]
Posts on ‘October 23rd, 2006’
Whither Investigative Journalism
Howard Kurtz at the Washington Post says “Tightened Belts Could Put Press In a Pinch“: Real investigative reporting, as opposed to the what-happened-yesterday stuff, is time-consuming, risky and expensive. And as one news organization after another sheds staff in this tough financial climate, it’s worth considering what aggressive journalism has produced lately. Yes, worth considering. […]