Government-Sanctioned Censorship in Argentina
In a crushing blow to freedom of expression, Argentina’s supreme court upheld government-mandated restrictions on media. The court declared that President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner’s… Read More
Syria: Social Media Step in Where Journalists Must Fear to Tread
Informing the world about the atrocities of the civil war raging in Syria is deadly dangerous business. On October 15, yet another two reporters and… Read More
Internet Freedom in Decline
The recently published Freedom on the Net 2013 report by Freedom House shows a negative movement worldwide, even in the countries listed as “free.” This… Read More
Diplomacy in 140 Characters: U.S. Social Media Efforts Ineffective
Diplomacy is evolving. “Warriors of the cyber heights can more effectively use information to drive the debate, galvanize action, or befuddle the masses,” Heritage’s James… Read More
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Edward Snowden and His Friends
Edward Snowden, the self-glamorizing leaker of National Security Agency secret programs, is still holed up in an airport in Moscow, where he’s been stuck for… Read More
How Many “Friends” Does the State Department Really Have?
A new State Department inspector general’s report accuses State of buying friends—or, more precisely, boosting its “likes” on Facebook to up to 2 million—by spending… Read More
Pew Study Reveals 5–1 Bias for Same-Sex Marriage in Media Coverage
Media stories supporting redefinition of marriage outnumbered stories with the opposite viewpoint by almost five to one, according to a study released Monday by the… Read More
Q&A on the NSA Leak
Recent reports indicate that a government contract employee leaked the details of a classified National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance program to the media. We asked… Read More
DOJ Blows a “Chill” Wind Through the Media
In recent days, it has been disclosed that the Department of Justice (DOJ) subpoenaed telephone records from Fox News reporters, including chief Washington correspondent James… Read More
Radio Liberty Journalists in Moscow to See Justice Done
The fired journalists of Radio Liberty’s (RL) Moscow office are finally seeing a deep injustice reversed. Following a visit to Moscow, Broadcasting Board of Governors… Read More
Social Media and the Boston Attack: The Good, the Bad, and the Confused
Reddit, the website that styles itself the Internet’s front page, apologized yesterday to the people hurt by its overhasty attempts to capture the Boston… Read More
Congress to Broadcasting Agency: Is Anyone Listening to Us?
U.S. international broadcasting strategy again landed under congressional scrutiny in Wednesday’s House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. Representative Brad Sherman (D–CA) wanted to know why the… Read More
Head Start: Reporters Need to Ask the White House the Obvious Question
A rigorous and large-scale experimental evaluation, conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), finds that the federal Head Start program has essentially… Read More
Sentimental Journey: Obama, Clinton and “60 Minutes”
There is no other way to say it: “60 Minutes” blew it. Steve Kroft’s interview with President Obama and outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,… Read More
Morning Bell: Responding to Newtown
When confronted with the murder of children, the only reaction is anger, shock, and grief. Since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,… Read More
Response to Newtown: Addressing a Complex Issue
Americans of all political and philosophical convictions have grieved over the killing of innocent schoolchildren and adults in Newtown, Connecticut. In responding to this attack,… Read More
Al Gore, Al Jazeera, and the Remaking of Current TV
The sale of Al Gore’s Current TV network to the Qatar-based Al Jazeera network comes as no surprise. These networks may be odd bedfellows, but… Read More
Hunkering Down for the Confirmation Hearings
Yesterday, President Obama pretty much told the world what to expect from the White House for national security and foreign policy for the second term:… Read More
Jail Time for Offensive Facebook Postings?
How many people would be in jail if annoying or offending a person were against the law? The answer: pretty much everyone. If you think… Read More
A New Year’s Resolution for Conservatives
‘Tis the season for hope—though you couldn’t tell from listening to conservatives. Two months after the election, the mood remains grim among many on the… Read More
Media Scandal in the Making: CBS Posts Still More of President’s Benghazi Interview
On Sunday night, a full 54 days after the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, CBS finally posted a critically important segment of the 60 Minutes… Read More
U.S. Fires Its Own Broadcasters in Russia
The treatment inflicted on 41 Russian journalists in Moscow’s Radio Liberty office is nothing less than scandalous, and it threatens to silence American broadcasting into… Read More
VP Debate Moderator Has Close Obama Ties
It’s a pretty big story that Barack Obama attended the wedding of Martha Raddatz, the ABC News senior foreign correspondent picked as the moderator for… Read More
Fact Checking the Fact Checkers on Welfare Reform (VIDEO)
On July 12, the Obama Administration released a policy directive from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declaring that it would no longer… Read More
WATCH LIVE: Stephen K. Bannon, Kate Obenshain on ‘The Conservatives’
To counter the decades-long pursuit of “fairness” fostered by the nation’s left-leaning educators, producers of a new film believe that the educational process should be… Read More
Breitbart Awards to Honor Individuals Carrying the Torch for Freedom
Andrew Breitbart pioneered a new media revolution that transformed journalism and the political landscape. As Americans continue to mourn his tragic passing, we also seek… Read More
Expulsion of American Reporter from China Should Prompt U.S. Action
News yesterday of the expulsion of Melissa Chan, an American reporting for Al-Jazeera in China, brings into stark focus the great disparity between the U.S…. Read More
How Think Tanks Are Reshaping Journalism
Doublethink, the official magazine of America’s Future Foundation, carries my report on the role of nonprofit journalism outfits, specifically those based at think tanks. It’s… Read More
Arab Media (New and Old) Under Attack
As governments in the Middle East struggle to come to grips with the surging demands for freedom of expression among their populations, media across the… Read More
Social Media Benefits Outweigh Risks for Congress
Since the launch of Facebook in 2004, social media use has skyrocketed. Facebook has more than 750 million active users, and sites like Google+, Twitter,… Read More
