Fox News defamation lawsuit settlement protects journalism
Thanks to blatant lies and spreading mis- and disinformation, Fox News recently settled a defamation lawsuit to the tune of $787.5 million. This followed accusations […]
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Small-town paper threatens to sue website viewers
Well, go ahead and file this story in the ridiculous folder. According to BoingBoing.net, a small, regional newspaper in upstate New York called The North […]
Governor signs Shield Law
Near the end of March, the Kansas Legislature passed a Shield Law for reporters and journalists. This was a great step and something that is […]
KS Legislature passes Shield Law
It has finally happened. The Kansas Legislature Tuesday passed a Shield Law, which will “give journalists limited protection against being forced to identify unnamed sources […]
Fired reporter wins awards
Claire O’Brien, a former reporter for the Dodge City Daily Globe, was fired recently after she made comments about The Globe’s parent company, GateHouse Media, […]
KU’s student newspaper being attacked
The University Daily Kansan, which is the student newspaper of the University of Kansas, is being assaulted by another campus organization. On Wednesday the KU […]
Dodge City reporter fired
On Oct. 13, Dodge City Daily Globe reporter Claire O’Brien in which she used an anonymous source who commented on a murder case she was […]
Anonymous source never told reporter true name
Recently Dodge City Daily Globe reporter Claire O’Brien revealed the name of a confidential source she used in reporting about murder suspect Samuel Bonilla. Prior […]
Dodge City reporter gives up source
Friday I wrote about Dodge City Daily Globe reporter Claire O’Brien. She was being held in contempt and fined a $1,000 a day for not […]
Free press being attacked in Kansas
Dodge City Daily Globe reporter Claire O’Brien is under attack, along with the freedoms the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution afford journalists. On Oct. […]
GateHouse Media Sues New York Times Co.
A desperate media company is making a desperate move. GateHouse Media Inc., which owns several Kansas newspapers and 125 local newspapers across Massachusetts alone, is […]
WSU threatens censorship of newspaper, editor-in-chief prepares for court
I firmly believe the U.S. Bill of Rights to be an integral portion of what our country stands for, and I think it is vastly […]