Tag: Journalism
Wolf investigation, political to the extreme
The investigation of a candidate for United States Senator by an appointed board in Kansas raises questions of propriety, and Senator Pat Roberts’ use of it in advertising is shameful.
Roberts campaign manager was for debates until he was against them
For Pat Roberts executive campaign manager Leroy Towns, political debates are important. At least until your candidate doesn’t want to debate.
What type of watchdog are you?
To help citizens become government watchdogs, the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity is providing a new resource. It’s the Watchdog Quiz, and it will help you discover what type of role you will want to fill as a government watchdog.
Kansas news reporting questioned
It’s bad enough when facts are ignored in editorials but ignoring facts and choosing sides in news stories is tantamount to journalistic malpractice, writes Dave Trabert of Kansas Policy Institute.
Fact-checking an editor’s biased agenda
No wonder the public has been frustrated over the years with perceptions of media bias. It’s not really the bias that’s the problem, but the insistence by some editors that they are untainted by any worldview — even as they so obviously trumpet one.
Inside the progressive mindset
What’s astonishing is that there are those who believe that American journalism has been controlled or influenced to any significant degree by conservatives, or ruined by conservatives.
FrackNation to tell truth about fracking
A new feature film by Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney will present the truth about hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking.
Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday September 6, 2012
Debbie Wasserman Schultz lies about lying During these convention weeks, advocates on both sides have been fact-checking the other side, and charges are being made about which side is the biggest, boldest liar. But when people lie about lying … that’s a whole new level. Human Events reports on DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and…
Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday August 17, 2011
Today: George Soros: Media Mogul; ‘Nullify Now’ tour in Kansas City; Krugman: government spending and inflation will save us; Stossel on history; Optimal level of government spending.