2005-2014

Whatever Bob Woodward did or didn't do, should or shouldn't have done, knew or didn't know, several lessons can be drawn from this latest of media scandals-and none of them speak well of journalism as it is practiced at elite levels today. For one thing, the very definition of an "investigative reporter," as Woodward is labeled these days ad nauseum, is a pretty elastic one. Meeting a source in a...

AT WHAT point does naiveté become something to be ashamed of? The revelation last week that Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward abetted the Bush administration's program of lies and character assassination left you feeling as if you, too, have been a coconspirator in the sleaze. Not that you were under any illusion about the turn Woodward's career took when he became a justifying megaphone for '...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The Washington Post's ombudsman rebuked journalist Bob Woodward on Sunday for withholding what he knew about the CIA leak probe from his editor and for making public statements that were dismissive of the investigation without disclosing his own involvement. One of the best-known investigative reporters in the United States, Woodward revealed last week that he testified...

Search engines have become an increasingly important part of the online experience of American Internet users. The most recent findings from Pew Internet & American Life tracking surveys and consumer behaviour trends from the comScore Media Metrix consumer panel show that about 60 million American adults are using search engines on a typical day. These results from September 2005 represent a sharp...

It seems to be a race for setting dubious records. With the killing of two journalists within a span of 60 hours in the Philippines, the country in a neck-and-neck battle with Bangladesh has zoomed ahead. It is the most murderous place for a journalist to be in outside of Iraq. BLAMING MEDIA FOR OWN ILLS: "The President (Arroyo) likes to boast � without basis, we must point out – that, on one

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is bracing up for a battle meant to oust Time Warner chief executive Richard Parsons. Icahn is scripting a proxy fight at Time Warner Inc's annual meeting next year to replace "some or all" of the directors and to seek the "ouster" of Parsons, according to a BusinessWeek report. ON THE FRONT FOOT: Carl Icahn Icahn, better known as a corporate raider turned...

ATHENS (AFP) - Newspaper editors and staff from over 60 countries met in Athens to explore ways of using the Internet and innovative tactics in their quest to lure back readers. Daily papers worldwide face growing competition from broadcast and online media. "These are very tough times for newspapers across the world," Mike Smith, managing director of the Media Management Center at Northwestern...

The brutal murder of a young journalist near the capital town of Dhaka has once again brought to light why Bangladesh remains the most dangerous place for a journalist to be in the world next to Iraq. Bangladesh was ranked 151 by Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) in its Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2005. HEADLINES TODAY: A youth reads a daily at a roadside vendor in Dhaka. Journalists in

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (Bernama) -- The Gulf country Oman is so impressed with Malaysia's proposed Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) News Network (NNN) that it sees no reason why it cannot become a reality. Oman's head to the Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) of the Sixth Conference of the Ministers of Information of Non-Aligned Countries (Cominac VI) Osama Alharemi said that Malaysia's presentation of the...

t is difficult to imagine Iraq ever having had independent media. Under the state-controlled Iraqi News Agency, set up in 1959, journalists had to toe the government line or face dire consequences. Now insurgent activity and US air strikes make moving around the country - or even asking the wrong questions - a very hazardous activity indeed. But there was a time when newspapers thrived in Iraq and...