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Lessons learned on press restrictions from my home country
I couldn’t help but think about my former country’s experience when House Speaker David Gowan revoked reporters’ access to the chamber’s floor, a privilege journalists have enjoyed for at least four decades.
New law likely to reduce number of absurd candidates
In 2008 and 2012, the Tucson Weekly seized on the minimal requirements and encouraged average citizens to run for president in Arizona as part of a “reality journalism competition” dubbed “Project White House.”
Despite loss, press critics still have outlets
News councils, which generally include a mix of journalists and citizens as members, cannot force news operations to cooperate in their investigations. They don’t have legal powers to compel witnesses or gather facts, and they lack authority to enforce any penalty, correction or retraction. Though supporters see councils as a way to encourage accurate and fair reporting, opponents have raised ob[...]
