MEDIA & ETHICS

TRENDS

Young Adults Are Rewriting How Americans Get and Trust News

A generation that respects influencers over institutions is reshaping how journalism is consumed, interpreted and valued—and challenging newsrooms that assume legacy alone still commands trust.

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VIOLATIONS

VIOLATIONS

Anti-Scientology Reporting Kills Careers—With Dan Wakeford the Latest to Fall

Reporters who obsessively promote anti-Scientology narratives are now finding themselves jobless. The message is loud and clear: Audiences won’t tolerate bigotry.

VIOLATIONS

Two BBC Executives Resign After Panorama Ethics Scandal Exposes Years of Bias

Once lauded for impartiality, the BBC now faces scrutiny over biased reporting, ethical breaches and systemic editorial failures.

VIOLATIONS

Silence as Policy: How the Columbia Journalism Review Protects Its Own and Abandons the Public

When conflicts of interest in major news coverage were exposed, CJR refused to respond, eroding public trust in media oversight.

TRENDS

TRENDS

Young Adults Are Rewriting How Americans Get and Trust News

A generation that respects influencers over institutions is reshaping how journalism is consumed, interpreted and valued—and challenging newsrooms that assume legacy alone still commands trust.

TRENDS

Poll Finds Majority of Americans See Journalists as Biased

Only 45 percent of Americans believe journalists act in the public’s best interests, underscoring a deep crisis of trust in the press.

TRENDS

Reuters Report Exposes Collapse of Faith in Journalism

A new global report finds audiences fleeing traditional news, driven by disillusionment not disinterest. The industry’s survival now hinges on reform.

MAGAZINE

THE POSSE OF LUNATICS

Recently, a handful of not so self-respecting journalists ran with apocryphal tales on the Church of Scientology. Even the most cursory comparison from one bit of reportage to the next reveals an unmistakable similarity one to the next. For each drew their sources from the same small cadre of ex-Scientologists. Those individuals are the subject of this publication.
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