Presumed guilty: how negligent journalists contribute to wrongful convictions

Article Abstract:

The release from prison in the spring of 1992 of two black men who were convicted for a crime they did not commit shows the negligence of reporters who covered the trial back in 1974. Reporters did not even bother to investigate the allegations made by the police regarding the two men. It took a former Seattle Times reporter to uncover evidence withheld by the police from the media during that time to prove the men's innocence. There have been many such cases in which the press was found wanting in disproving the guilt of what turned out to be men innocent of committing a crime.

Cases, Convictions (Law), Crime and the press, Crime reporting (Journalism)

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CIA policy allows agents to enlist, pose as journalists

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In early Feb 1996 the Council on Foreign Relations recommended that Central Intelligence Agency agents be allowed to pose as journalists or clergy, and in late Feb CIA Director John Deutch confirmed that the CIA claims the right to use journalists and have operatives pose as journalists. In 1976 then-CIA Director George Bush banned such activities, but in 1977 his successor eased the ban. Many observers had thought an outright ban was still in effect, and several journalists' groups have since protested the current arrangement.

United States, Analysis, Practice, Portrayals, United States. Central Intelligence Agency, False personation, Impersonation (Fraud)

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Attacks on journalists: Crossing borders

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Many investigative journalists have faced attacks and threats, and have even been killed doing their jobs. Reports Without Borders (RWB) joined forces with Human Rights Watch/Americas to denounce attacks against journalists in Mexico. RWB has proposed sponsorship of endangered journalists, and the 'twinning' of an industrialized country news medium with the same in a developing country.

Safety and security measures

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