Ombudsman

Ombudsman

The dangers of fake news

It is nothing new. News has always been a commodity vulnerable to manipulation in various guises: forgeries, manufactured facts strange to real facts,

Community reporting

There is a silent majority in our rural communities throughout the country. How much reporting are our news media doing on these communities? How much

The scoop and the goof

The Turkish army staged a coup against the government on July 15/16. The Turkish government once frequently yo-yoed between the uniformed politicians

On being spoon-fed

Are reporters spoon-fed? If you put the question to a group of reporters their resounding NO!! would shake the ground beneath you. This topic has not

The media and opaque governance

Our constitution imposes on our news media the sweet burden of holding the governments accountable to the people. The intention of the framers of the