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Perhaps the most basic obligation is for editors and reporters to be tougher on themselves when mistakes get into print or on the air. One helpful source of pressure: a commitment to correct errors publicly. "In the old days," says Cameron Blodgett, executive director of the watchdog Minnesota News Council, "the way to deal with a complaint about a mistake was to yell, 'There's a nut on the line,' and hang up." In the past few years, many newspapers have created a standing format for corrections. The Louisville Courier-Journal runs its admissions of error...
...PRESS, however, is a neutral unit. Remaining as well informed as it can be, the press functions as a sort of watchdog, putting in perspective the actions of the country at large. The country at large is then well trained in understanding what is hype and what isn't. We filter the information we receive and then turn to the analysis we want to choose. We are free to subscribe to the New Republic or the New Statesman, depending upon our opinion...
That deadlock has been developing almost since the beginning of the Reagan Administration. The Civil Rights Commission, established in 1957, has no enforcement powers; its members and staff can only investigate racial and sex discrimination renewal and assess the progress of federal efforts to end it. But even that watchdog role has had enough bite to nettle Reagan: for the past two years, the commission has issued a series of reports assailing his Administration for allegedly failing to enforce antibias laws vigorously. The castigation continued even after Reagan dismissed the chairman and vice chairman in November 1981 and won Senate...
...Jackie Cerone, 69, the underboss. The main Kansas City defendants are Carl DeLuna, 56, the underboss there, and Carl Civella, 73, whose late brother Nick had headed the city's Mafia operations. In Las Vegas, Defendant Tony Spilotro, 45, is described by investigators as a hitman and watchdog for the Chicago crime group...
...makes UNESCO a little less anxious to take a confrontational tone." Still, Gerard believes that the agency has not sufficiently recognized the value of unregulated coverage: the U.S. will propose next month that UNESCO agree that a free press stimulates economic growth and that the press is the best "watchdog" of itself...