All Posts Tagged With: "media"
Economy Wins AP’s “Top Story” of 2009
“The convoluted American economy – restoring windfalls to a lucky few while leaving millions jobless and distraught – was the top news story of 2009, followed closely by the inauguration of President Barack Obama, according to U.S. editors and news directors voting in The Associated Press’ annual poll.” (Monday, AP) More evidence the American media [...]
21Dec2009 | Mike Van Winkle | 0 comments | ContinuedA Manifesto for Media Freedom
Americans are blessed with access to an unprecedented variety of media–not to mention ways in which information can be stored and the points of view and ownership interests represented. As documented in the brisk book A Manifesto for Media Freedom, this cornucopia of media options has led not to celebration of the marvelous diversity that [...]
23Sep2009 | Brian Doherty | 0 comments | ContinuedJob Loss Statistics
The media is buzzing this morning about job loss statistics because the BLS is estimating we lost 598,000 jobs in January. This, according to the press, is the worst in 34 years, since December of 1974.It’s bad. I’m not saying it isn’t bad. But the tendency for the press is to jump to historic conclusions. [...]
6Feb2009 | Mike Van Winkle | 0 comments | ContinuedSpencer’s Law: Another Reason Not to Worry
One of the constant themes of today’s media is crisis and panic. Everywhere we look we are told there is some dreadful social problem, a threat to all that is good and true. Moreover, it is getting worse and will bring disaster upon all of us—unless “we do something.” (The authors of these jeremiads always [...]
1Aug2001 | Stephen Davies | 0 comments | ContinuedEnvironmental Cancer: A Political Disease
Environmental Cancer: A Political Disease, by S. Robert Lichter and Stanley Rothman, is a studied attempt to prove that the phrase “environmental cancer” has been used insincerely by activists, politicians, and the media in an attempt to further public-policy agendas that often undermine individual freedoms. Lichter (president of the Center for Media and Public Affairs) [...]
1Jun2000 | Conrad F. Meier | 0 comments | ContinuedIndividual Liberty and the Media
The task in this issue of The Freeman has been to bring together some good discussions of the relationship between individual liberty and the nature and conduct of the media. It was tempting to go beyond this rather narrow focus because of the media’s many dimensions. Poor reporting vis-a-vis science, religion, and politics is legion [...]
1Sep1996 | Tibor R. Machan | 5 comments | Continued-
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