U.S. Supreme Court weighs Virginia’s public access laws
By Kathryn Watson | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the highest court in the land as the regal backdrop, the Old Dominion is now center stage in a national drama that will likely determine citizens’ rights to public information in all 50 states for decades to come.
The nine U.S. Supreme Court justices fired questions [...]
Virginia teachers association blackballs Watchdog
ALEXANDRIA — Virginia’s largest public-sector union has imposed a gag order on itself, refusing to respond to questions from Watchdog.org reporters.
Read More →Harassed photographer filing lawsuit against Miami-Dade
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog
MIAMI — When private security guards working for the Metrorail system in Miami stopped photographer Carlos Miller last Sunday night for taking pictures, they had no idea they’d be brewing a storm.
After Miller was forcibly tackled by the security guards for filming the Metrorail station and later charged by the [...]
PolitiFact’s ‘Lie of the Year’ is the lie of the year
One of the biggest stories of the year in journalism and politics was the rise of fact-checking. The fact-checkers played a big role in the presidential campaign, and an even bigger role in the Ohio Senate race.
Read More →PolitiFact Fail No. 2: OH senate candidate’s pants? Never on fire
Part 15 of 17 in the series PolitiFact or Fiction
By Jon Cassidy | Ohio Watchdog
One of the biggest stories of the year in journalism and politics was the rise of fact-checking. The fact-checkers played a big role in the presidential campaign, and an even bigger role in the Ohio Senate race.
This was also the year [...]
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