Knight Rider
Watchdog Blog (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
At the Knight-Ridder Washington Bureau, where I worked for a time, there was a photograph on the wall of my first bureau chief, the late and legendary newsman from Chicago, Ed Lahey, with his memorable words of advice: “Do not fawn upon the mighty.” That comes to mind when I read transcripts of presidential news [...]
Etaoin Shrdlu (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
This discussion on ProPublica is well-deserved praise for Tom Lasseter and associates who produced the Guantanamo: Beyond the Law investigation, and also asks a pertinent question at the end: McClatchy (and Knight Ridder) have a storied history of "getting the story right" -- from the administration's case for invading Iraq to the politicization at DoJ -- but this week's cutbacks dramatize the critical...
Masson's Blog (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
I’ve mentioned it before, and I will certainly mention it again, the Knight Ridder team, since acquired by McClatchy Newspapers practiced some stand-up journalism with respect to Iraq, asked some tough questions, and did not fall for the ginned up case for war in Iraq as most other news institutions did. (See generally: The Reporting [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
I was a guest last night on BIll Moyers Journal along with two stalwarts from McClatchy (formerly Knight Ridder), John Walcott and Jonathan Landay, famed...
If I Ran the Zoo (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
When a history of journalism is written of the last eight years one name is going to stand out with the Sy Hershs and the Molly Ivins and Charlie Savages, Trudi Rubins, and MacClatchey/Knight Ridder and all those who tried to warn us and tried to tell us of what was going on. And that name is of a blogger-- Glenn Greenwald . Read him and marvel, read him and rage.
justbarkingmad.com (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
While bored at SoonerCon I was surfing on my new laptop and found this blog on education. Joanne Jacobs is a former columnist for Knight-Ridder and writes quite eloquently about the challenges our education system faces. If you have children you should check it out. I’d link to one post but you really ought [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
On Bill Moyers' Journal tonight I will be featured along with with two of the few journalistic "heroes" of prewar Iraq coverage from Knight Ridder/McClatchy...
The Conscience of a Liberal (Free subscription) | 06/01/2008
The team at McClatchy, understandably miffed at the hoocoodaonode responses of their colleagues at other news orgs to Scott McClellan’s book, point out that people coodanode — after all, they did: We confess that here at McClatchy, which purchased Knight Ridder two years ago, we do have a dog in this fight. Our team - Joe [...]
Rising Hegemon (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
The reaction to McClellan's book castigating both Bush & the media from the McClatchy (then Knight-Ridder) reporters who got Iraq right ! The news media have been, if anything, even more craven than the administration has been in defending its failure to investigate Bush's case for war in Iraq before the war. Here's ABC News' Charles Gibson: "I think the questions were asked. It was just a drumbeat...
Newspaper Innovation (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
The price Knight Ridder paid for the Palo Alto Daily News chain in 2005 was indeed $25m, as had been suggested in some publications. Dave Price, then with Jim Pavelich owner of the papers, revealed this to Editor & Publisher yesterday. Price was interviewed because of his (and Pavelich) return to Palo Alto with a new [...]
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
I suggest the one from the McClatchy (then Knight-Ridder) reporters who actually got the reporting RIGHT before the launching of the Iraq War?Warren P. Strobel and Jonathan S. Landay.
Sweetness & Light (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
From those defenders of the faith at Knight Ridder: Iraqis: Marines Try to Convert Muslims May 29, 2008 FALLUJAH, Iraq - At the western entrance to the Iraqi city of Fallujah on May 27, Muamar Anad handed his residence badge to the U.S. Marines guarding the city. They checked to be sure that he was a city [...]
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
Source: [b]military.com / Knight Ridder[/b] Iraqis: Marines Try to Convert Muslims May 29, 2008 Knight Ridder FALLUJAH, Iraq - At the western entrance to the Iraqi city of Fallujah on May 27, Muamar Anad handed his residence badge to the U.S. Marines guarding the city. They checked to be sure ...
NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
May 25, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO -- Among the legacies of combat for up to 20 percent of veterans are brain injuries that can impair basic functions for months, years or decades, according to numerous medical experts who spoke at a recent conference here on combat-related brain injuries. While clinicians currently work with a sparse arsenal for treating these largely invisible injuries, the speakers
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
Reno News & Review Dennis Myers tells Bob Woodward that "you guys [at the Washington Post] didn't find what Knight Ridder folks found" about WMDs. "Yes, but if you go back and look at those stories, it's not clear what they had," says Woodward. "And I fault myself mightily for not being aggressive enough on that. But I had sources who told me the evidence on WMD is skimpier than they say and we were...
