On AlterNet: reporting

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New York Times Public Editor Asks Whether Paper Should Fact-Check Politicians; Gets Resounding "Yes!"

Clay Shirky, Comment Is Free. January 15, 2012.

Times Public Editor Arthur Brisbane's question on reporters' duty to challenge misleading political speech has permanently altered readers' expectations.

Bill Moyers: America Can't Deal With Reality -- We Must Be Exposed to the Truth, Even If It Hurts

Bill Moyers, AlterNet. February 14, 2011.

Many people inhabit a closed belief system on whose door they have hung the "Do Not Disturb" sign.

Bill Moyers Talks Drugs, Crime, Journalism and Democracy with Creator of 'The Wire'

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. April 21, 2009.

HBO's critically-acclaimed "The Wire" creator David Simon talks about inner-city crime and politics, storytelling and the future of journalism.

D.C. Reporters Just Make Sh*t Up, Part 1,489,890,992,384

David Sirota, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. April 19, 2009.

When creating D.C. myths, Washington reporters aren't interested in actual data.

'Ten Commandments' of Non-Sexist Language for Reporting on Violence Against Women

Sebastián Lacunza, IPS News. October 23, 2008.

Journalists in Argentina are working to eliminate gender bias in their reporting.

After Reporting in Iraq, America Feels Like a Bizarre Disneyland

Dahr Jamail, TomDispatch.com. July 20, 2007.

After years of witnessing the apocalyptic violence in Iraq first hand, life in America is "nothing short of a schizophrenic experience" for veteran reporter Dahr Jamail.