Is Orwell’s Ministry of Truth based at RNW?
One could think that a certain Winston Smith worked at Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW) by comparing the screen shots of its main news article taken within a span of 15 minutes. As reports that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi had died started circulating, RNW’s newsdesk rushed in to publish the news as a confirmed fact: ‘Gaddafi Killed’,...
No Freedom of Choice for Journos?
Journalism stands for freedom of speech, fact finding, democracy, objectivity, among other values. Or at least it stands so in theory. US National Public Radio (NPR) has got a freelance journalist fired for participating in the Occupy Washington protest. The journalist in question, Lisa Simeone, has worked as an independent for shows like Soundprint and...
Knox is guilty – but only according to the Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is investigating how they ended up publishing a story saying Amanda Knox was guilty of murdering her former roommate Meredith Kercher. Knox’s acquittal for the murder of the British student was undoubtedly this week’s biggest story and every media organization wanted to be the first to tell the news. We were taken...
