Accuracy in Media

With all the hand-wringing and criticism of Donald Trump from the Left and liberal media about his criticism of the press, real anti-media and anti-free speech actions are taking place in socialist Venezuela. As of Thursday, the Venezuelan government has kicked a CNN network off the air.

This is a major blow to democracy and the freedom of speech and the press: CNN Turk reported that 130 media organizations had been shuttered in a widening crackdown by Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government. The list also inlcuded 23 radio stations, three news agencies and 15 magazines. Many of those targeted were regional media outlets as […]

The James L. Knight Foundation teamed up with Columbia University to create the Knight First Amendment Institute at New York City’s Columbia University. What an interesting emphasis. Photo by cogdogblog

Michelle Fields, who works at Breitbart, was grabbed and nearly thrown to the ground by a Donald Trump campaign staffer. Breitbart has since asked for an apology from the campaign. Photo by tuaulamac

A new law was passed in Poland where the government took over media and television, which resulted in protests by tens of thousands of Polish citizens.

Melissa Click, an assistant professor of mass media at the University of Missouri, tried to get other students to forcibly remove a student reporter out of the protester’s camp area in the public quad space on campus.