Evelyn Gordon has a very good article in the JPost on the question of journalistic accountibility. Recalling misrepresentations of Israel in the local and worldwide media, Gordon laments the fact that the Eason Jordan and Dan Rather resignations could only happen in the U.S., where the public truly demands integrity from its journalists:
The quality of information disseminated by the world’s media would undoubtedly improve if more media outlets adopted American standards of accountability. But that will only happen when other countries’ citizens start emulating their American counterparts — by insisting on it.
