Washington News Council

Every April 1 for many years, I posted an April Fool's Day press release from the WNC. One said were moving to London to become the World News Council. It was amazing how many people actually believed it. Or maybe they just wanted me to leave town! 😄

Too bad there wasn't a National News Council to review the Sarah Palin vs. New York Times case. News councils are much more efficient and less costly than libel suits.

We tried to hold the news media publicly accountable for 15 years, but they resisted. Too bad. It would have increased their public trust.

Is the White House being Transparent, Accountable and Open? If not, why not?

Just listened to a lengthy panel on the Future of Journalism. No mention of the need for media Transparency, Accountability and Openness to help gain public trust. Sad.

A guy I know recently told me he had watched an entire WNC hearing on the TVW archives and he thought it was the best public accountability process for the news media he had ever seen. He's a journalist with a distinguished background. That was high praise. And he was absolutely right.

Last night I dreamed that the WNC was still alive, calling out inaccurate, unfair, unethical news stories and holding the media publicly accountable. Then I woke up.