Presto Vivace Blog (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Walcott wins journalism medal for Iraq coverage CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - McClatchy's Washington bureau chief has won the Nieman Foundation's first I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence for pre-Iraq war coverage. Congratulations to Walcott for a richly deserved award and the Nieman Foundation for making so excellent a choice.
MediaChannel (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
John Walcott is the winner of the first I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence. He and his reporters did not fall for the deceit pushed by those high in the Bush administration.
Why Now? (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
McClatchy reports that McClatchy Bureau Chief wins Nieman Foundation award WASHINGTON — John Walcott, the chief of McClatchy’s Washington Bureau, was named on Thursday the first recipient of the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence, sponsored by Harvard University’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism. Walcott was honored for leading a team of reporters whose skeptical coverage of the [...]
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
From Nieman Watchdog : John Walcott, Washington bureau chief of the McClatchy Co, is the first recipient of the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence. Walcott is being honored for leading his team of reporters in their probing, skeptical coverage of events during the run-up to the Iraq war at a time when most U.S. news organizations failed to question the motives and rationale for the invasion...
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Nieman Watchdog John Walcott is being honored for leading his staff in their probing, skeptical coverage of events during the run-up to the Iraq war at a time when most US news outlets failed to question the motives for the Iraq invasion. The I.F. Stone award is administered by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism.
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...
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
John Walcott McClatchy Newspapers last updated: June 06, 2008 WASHINGTON — Defense Department counterintelligence investigators suspected that Iranian exiles who provided dubious intelligence on Iraq and Iran to a small group of Pentagon officials might have "been used as agents of a foreign intelligence service ... to reach into and influence the highest levels of the U.S. government," a Senate Intelligence...
The Glittering Eye (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Iranians were feeding disinformation to the Bush Administration as John Walcott, writing for McLatchy, asserts: WASHINGTON — Defense Department counterintelligence investigators suspected that Iranian exiles who provided dubious intelligence on Iraq and Iran to a small group of Pentagon officials might have “been used as agents of a foreign [...]
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Source: [b]McClatchy Newspapers[/b] [div class=excerpt][b]Did Iranian agents dupe Pentagon officials? [/b] By John Walcott | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON Defense Department counterintelligence investigators suspected that a small group of Pentagon officials who'd collected dubious intellig...
Etaoin Shrdlu (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
From the E&P website: 'E&P' Editor on Bill Moyers' Show on Friday -- With McClatchy's Walcott and Landay By E&P Staff Published: June 05, 2008 4:10 PM ET NEW YORK E&P Editor Greg Mitchell appears with McClatchy's Washington editor John Walcott and its investigative reporter Jonathan Landay on "Bill Moyers Journal" on PBS stations this Friday night. The lengthy segment probes the press reaction to Scott...
WhirledView (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
By Patricia H. Kushlis You wouldn’t know it from The New York Times or, heaven forbid, The Wall Street Journal, but Jonathan Landay and John Walcott of the McClatchy news service’s Washington Bureau did us a favor Thursday by reporting...
Free Frank Warner (Free subscription) | 04/19/2008
When I heard this “Pentagon study declares Iraq war a major debacle” story on the BBC last night, I wondered if someone might be leaving something out. The story, by Miami Herald “reporters” Jonathan S. Landay and John Walcott, says:...
Red State (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
McClatchy reporters Jonathan S. Landay and John Walcott wrote yesterday about an Iraq study by a Dr. Joseph Collins of the National War College. The article is technically accurate but misleading because the article doesn't address until paragraph 13 (out of 19 written) the focus of the study, and then gets wrong that "much of the blame for what went wrong in Iraq after the initial U.S. victory at...
Truth Out (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
Jonathan S. Landay and John Walcott report for McClatchy Newspapers, "The war in Iraq has become 'a major debacle' and the outcome 'is in doubt' despite improvements in security from the buildup in US forces, according to a highly critical study published Thursday by the Pentagon's premier military educational institute."
NPT Media Update (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008
The Huffington Post has an interview with John Walcott and Jonathan Landay of The McClatchy Company (Knight-Ridder before 2006), two of the journalists Bill Moyers interviewed for his Journal's “Buying the War” special report on PBS.
