The above link is a wonderful resource for curious reporters.

I wonder why it took Rupert Murdoch's "News of the World" so long to figure out what at least one of my former TV colleagues has been doing for years? In fact, one unnamed journalist, (you know who you are) was spying via his police scanner even before most people used cell phones, on folks' wireless home phones!  It did not matter if I told anyone else in the newsroom about it. They did not seem to care. News people will try to get information any way they can. That's not news. Only the…See More

It pains me to watch the media speculate on what happened in Pakistan, and who was hiding whom in the Osama Bin Laden affair. Naturally the real information is closely held. But if journalists are going to speculate ...if they must guess, could they not at least come up with some creative theories?I have my own theory. Not well informed perhaps, and I will fully disclose that my thoughts are  just guesswork.One of the reasons the US could never catch the guy is that in that culture, once you…See More

www.bagitmovie.com Real journalism is back! A tree has fallen in the forest. But it is a shame so few will see it in a media-conglomerate world where Michele Bachmann is one of Time Magazine's "Most Influential People." Is that the future of news? The future of "influence," and our future as a species are intertwined. Since July, I have been saving every bit of plastic that comes into my home that cannot be recycled. Ordinarily, it would end up in the…See More