The Local Newsman – A CPJ Special Report By Frank Smyth
The newsman was hard to forget. He carried a handheld camera to record interviews. While on the cell phone, he scribbled notes on yellow Post-its, sticking them one by one up his arm.
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“Is Weller’s Beach an Ethics Breach?”
/in Chicago Reader/by Frank SmythRep. Jerry Weller in Illinois owns several pieces of property in Nicaragua, some of which he’s disclosed to Congress as required by its rules—and some of which he apparently hasn’t.
U.S. Sends Wrong Message to the World
/in International Herald Tribune/by Frank SmythBecause the United States has set a high standard for press freedom, any perceived weakening in U.S. protections provides cover for authoritarian regimes to justify crackdowns on their own press and others.
Behind the Badge: Meet the GOP’s Law Enforcement Front Group
/in The Texas Observer/by Frank Smyth“LEAA is one of a new breed of shadowy front groups that is willing to serve as a corporate money conduit and attack dog to benefit GOP candidates.” It’s been quietly funded by National Rifle Association grants.
Battle Cry of Freedom: A Review of Taking Liberties
/in The Washington Post/by Frank SmythBorn in Nazi Germany to Jewish parents, Aryeh Neier is America’s foremost rights advocate. Today, at 65, he runs the Open Society Institute funded by the philanthropist financier George Soros.
Expanding Globalization’s Agenda
/in IntellectualCapital.com/by Frank SmythOne poster carried by a young protester near the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington last Sunday showed many small fish coming together in the shape of a huge, collective fish to swallow a big one.
Leader of the Pack
/in IntellectualCapital.com/by Frank SmythSeeming more distant now than it did then, it was the form basketball star Bill Bradley when he ran for president who said that the U.S. must stop going it alone so in the world and learn to work more cooperatively.