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Richard Jewell's ordeal should remind us how quickly our news media can turn into tools of gossip and slander. The news media has a right and a responsibility to report on issues that concern us as citizens. That includes the right and the responsibility to report on law enforcement investigations and court proceedings. But where there is a right there is not always a responsibility. Sometimes, the news media has a right to report but a responsibility...
...friends of Richard Jewell (and anyone who cares about civil liberties should be his friend), we must make sure that news, not unfounded gossip, gets to us. When the FBI falters, we should not amplify their mistake so that it echoes for years to come. That probably means never watching FOX and certainly means telling our newspapers that we won't tolerate this kind of cheap and dirty journalism. Whether on this campus or back in our hometown, we can prevent the freedom of information, one of our greatest assets, from becoming our greatest liability...
Harry doesn't see what any of this has to do with him, so Osnard explains. Not only do Panama City's elite gather for fittings and gossip at Pendel & Braithwaite; Harry also personally tends to both the current Panamanian President and the general in charge of the U.S. Southern Command. "You're God's gift, Harry," Osnard says. "Classic, ultimate listening post." After the carrot comes the stick: "Why blow the whistle on old Braithwaite, make a fool o' you to your wife and kids, break up the happy home? We want you, Harry. You've got a hell...
...press should magnify wrongdoings when they matter, not when they involve a presidential haircut. It is irrelevant whether the press constitutes the cause or the effect. What we know is that journalists have not risen above the desire for gossip; they have not embraced the ethic of their trade; instead, they have kow-towed to the public thirst for all the trash not fit to print...
...recent memory. "A lot of tension went out of the news when the cold war ended," contends ABC News president Roone Arledge. "It's not a life-or-death matter whether you watch the news each night." The public's attention is turning from substantive news to celebrity gossip; we've gone from the age of news to the age of entertainment...