Ombudsman columns

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Credibility a casualty in newsroom wars
Ombudsman How can people trust the press when editors and reporters don't even trust each other?  08.11.98

Even TV journalists have to say they're sorry sometimes
Ombudsman Confession may be good for the soul, but in the news business it is absolutely essential to credibility.  07.24.98

Watch what you watch; a jury may watch, too
Ombudsman The Georgia Supreme Court handed down two rulings Monday that should give pause to anyone who checks books out of the library, rents movies from the video store, or buys CDs from the music store.  07.14.98

Denying young people's rights 'for their own good'
Ombudsman Today's young citizens inhabit a constitutional demimonde where their rights are routinely circumscribed "for their own good."  07.10.98

In the news market, credibility is in a real slump
Ombudsman When the news is in the news, the news is in trouble. And trouble runs deep right now as reports roll in of journalistic fabrications, falsehoods, felonies and just plain foolishness.  07.01.98

'We are creating 10,000 secrets a day'
Ombudsman Text of testimony by Freedom Forum First Amendment Ombudsman Paul McMasters before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology of the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, given at 10 a.m. Monday, May 11, in Room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building.  05.11.98

Getting the facts straight on media violence
Ombudsman When human violence begets tragedy, the fault is in ourselves, not in our media.  04.09.98

Flying the flag, flouting the First Amendment
Ombudsman Matters of moment, such as a proposed constitutional amendment, seem to move glacially, yet often arrive unexpectedly and with little warning of their crushing force.  04.01.98

Judicial secrecy: a case of hubris in the court
Ombudsman What's going on in the nation's courtrooms?  02.26.98

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