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
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