https://freerepublic.com/tag/spikedstories/ en-us Thu, 12 Oct 2017 01:58:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3594148/posts At a conference for investigative reporters, a small group of us circled up and compared notes. We all agreed it’s getting worse. Several years ago, I began trying to think of ways that our profession could address its problem. How can we install firewalls that keep us separate from corporate and political interests that may seek to improperly sway us? When news executives are lobbied by the advertising division, corporate bosses or outside interests, they could simply point to policies that don’t allow them to engage outside a carefully set-forth process. Corporate executives above the news division could do the... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3594148/posts#comment Thu, 12 Oct 2017 01:58:33 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/839833/posts By Art Moore © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com As it does every year at this time, WorldNetDaily.com has compiled its annual list of the most "spiked" stories of the past year – those major news events of 2002 that were either underreported or unreported by the mainstream media. While most news organizations present year-end retrospective replays of what they consider to have been the top news stories of the previous 12 months, WND's editors have always found it more newsworthy to publish a year-end compilation of the important stories most ignored by the establishment press. WND Editor and CEO Joseph Farah has sponsored "Operation... WorldNetDaily https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/839833/posts#comment Mon, 10 Feb 2003 15:39:50 GMT