MEDIA & ETHICS
VIOLATIONS
Ashleigh Banfield’s Career Ends—Anti-Scientology Reporting Claims Another Victim
Having fallen to one of America’s least-watched cable news networks, even they rejected Ashleigh Banfield’s virulent hate—as did her former audience.
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VIOLATIONS
VIOLATIONS
Ashleigh Banfield’s Career Ends—Anti-Scientology Reporting Claims Another Victim
Having fallen to one of America’s least-watched cable news networks, even they rejected Ashleigh Banfield’s virulent hate—as did her former audience.
VIOLATIONS
Ashleigh Banfield May Be the Only Woman Rebuffed by Jeffrey Epstein
In public, Banfield accurately described him as a creep, a sleaze and a pedophile. In private, she begged a friend to find out if he wanted to date her.
VIOLATIONS
Newsroom Cuts and Editorial Bias Drive Shrinking Religion Coverage Worldwide
Public demand for better coverage remains strong, in spite of declining newsroom expertise on faith and religion.
TRENDS
TRENDS
Young Adults Are Rewriting How Americans Get and Trust News
A generation that respects influencers over institutions is reshaping how journalism is consumed, interpreted and valued—and challenging newsrooms that assume legacy alone still commands trust.
TRENDS
Poll Finds Majority of Americans See Journalists as Biased
Only 45 percent of Americans believe journalists act in the public’s best interests, underscoring a deep crisis of trust in the press.
TRENDS
Reuters Report Exposes Collapse of Faith in Journalism
A new global report finds audiences fleeing traditional news, driven by disillusionment not disinterest. The industry’s survival now hinges on reform.
MAGAZINE
THE POSSE OF LUNATICS
Recently, a handful of not so self-respecting journalists ran with apocryphal tales on the Church of Scientology. Even the most cursory comparison from one bit of reportage to the next reveals an unmistakable similarity one to the next. For each drew their sources from the same small cadre of ex-Scientologists. Those individuals are the subject of this
publication.
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