The paywall problem requires a delicate, balanced solution. Readers are responsible for financially supporting publications if they are able and publications are responsible for prioritizing public, reliable news over profit — if possible.
Our job is, above all else, to report the objective truth. We sacrifice the option of amplifying our opinions to earn and keep the trust of the people we serve. However, there is still a moral obligation to spread informed opinions to our readers.
Social media has played a significant role in recent elections — through advertising and information dissemination — but misinformation on these platforms is able to reach wide audiences.
These revelations on Trump’s tax avoidance are unquestionably appalling, and many outlets are calling the report a total bombshell — except it really isn’t a bombshell at all.
As Donald Trump repeatedly reminds us, fake news is everywhere. According to the president, all news sources that do not side with him are reductively fake. Needless to say, this is an extremely dangerous...
President Donald Trump has been receiving criticism this past week after making false claims about calling Gold Star families after their loved ones were killed in combat. The outrage over this incident...
The recent “closure” of the 2016 presidential election season — the installment of President Donald Trump into the White House — could be regarded, and justifiably so, as the showy capstone of...
A few years ago, Bill Maher called the American people stupid. Wolf Blitzer gave him a chance to walk back on his claim. “People are already complaining that you're calling the United States a stupid...
The press’s proximity to the president has been crucial to the reporting of White House events since its authorization by Richard Nixon. In the confines of the West Wing, press agents are able to have...
