March 28th, 2012
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News Organizations That Lobby Against Their Own Reporters’ Interests : CJR

“The battle playing out over a new government transparency proposal has taken a turn that should concern journalists. Many of the nation’s major news organizations are now aggressively opposing a proposal to disclose more information about political advertising—acting directly against the interests of their own reporters and calling into question the companies’ commitment to journalistic values.”

Steven Waldman discusses the irony of media organizations opposing the proposed FCC rule that would force TV stations to make campaign ad data available online. Read the full article on CJR. 

Read previous posts on ONA Issues about the proposed FCC rule here and here. 

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    I love this headline because, while the issue at the heart of this article is media transparency, in fact it calls...
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