by Bruce D. Brown and Gabe Rottman Last month, police officers in Marion, Kan., crashed into the newsroom of the Marion County Record, a weekly newspaper, and […]
Tag: free press
Raid on Kansas newspaper was possibly illegal
It was the sort of conduct one usually associates with totalitarian governments: Law enforcement officers swarm a newspaper office and confiscate computers, servers and cellphones of reporters […]
98-year-old Kansas newswoman died in the line of duty after police raid
by Melinda Henneberger Joan Meyer, 98-year-old enemy of the people, died in the line of duty on Saturday. A newswoman since 1953 and co-owner of the local […]
Founders knew the value of free press
In addition to being the revolutionaries who demanded independence from Great Britain and the visionaries who drafted the Constitution, many of America’s Founding Fathers were journalists. Some […]
What the Fox-Dominion settlement sidesteps
by Nicholas Goldberg I’m sorry that a settlement was reached in the giant landmark defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News. I mean, I’m […]
How I became a tool of China’s giant anti-American propaganda machine
by Nicholas Goldberg When I write critical columns about U.S. policies and politics, I occasionally strike a nerve and get enraged letters from readers denouncing me as […]
Giving Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 video exclusive violates First Amendment
by Michael I. Meyerson When the Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy gave Fox News’ leading election denier, Tucker Carlson, exclusive access to surveillance footage from […]
Overturning press protections to avoid accountability
It may sound like common sense to say all Americans should have to meet the same standard of proof to win a defamation suit against a media […]
The Good, the Bad and the Stupid Pt. 4
Good: SB 489, establishing that “All county boards of education shall make feminine hygiene products, as defined in this section, available to female students, attending public school, […]
Press must be fierce but fair
by Steven Roberts Donald Trump’s third try for the White House will pose “a major professional dilemma for American journalism,” writes Marvin Kalb, whose political reporting earned […]
