Highly critical of standard media journalism, Dan Gillmor’s 22 new rules of news.
#6:
We would refuse to do stenography and call it journalism. If one faction or party to a dispute is lying, we would say so, with the accompanying evidence.
#16:
Beyond routinely pointing to competitors, we would make a special effort to cover and follow up on their most important work, instead of the common practice today of pretending it didn’t exist.
Worthy reading.