Tony Dokoupil

By now the idea that journalists failed to sufficiently question the Bush administration's case for war in Iraq, and therefore bear some blame for the expanding mess there, is virtual gospel. "An explanation is due for how the U.S. press helped pave the way for war," Gilbert Cranberg wrote...

"Is America Ready for a Black President?" It's a question that many media outlets have posed recently ahead of a possible presidential run by Senator Barack Obama. But instead of asking if the country is prepared, the press would do well to ask itself, "Is Journalism Ready?" Not necessarily, say...

There's a lot to like about Participant Productions, which opened in 2004 to deliver "compelling entertainment," "educate audiences" and "inspire them to take action" against various social ills. Founded by former eBay president Jeff Skoll, it has financed over a dozen issue-oriented films--including the just-released Fast Food Nation. Every...

In July, a Harris poll revealed a startling fact: the number of Americans who believe Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction during the run-up to war had, despite all evidence to the contrary, actually increased to 50 percent, up from 36 percent in February 2005. The survey also found...

JERUSALEM-Concerned emails have been trickling into my inbox from an increasingly extended network of friends and relatives since violence erupted in Gaza and along the Lebanese border last week. They all hit the same notes: "You still in Israel?" "Just making sure you're OK," "It looks pretty bad over there."

News coverage of Warren Buffett's $30 billion gift to the Gates Foundation left the impression that the record-setting donation was an open-shut feel-good story. After all, what evil could come from the world's second richest man pledging over three-quarters of his wealth to fight preventable disease?

None...