(OPINION) Beginning with the McMartin preschool case in 1984 when KABC trumpeted the news that the operators of a Manhattan Beach nursery school had ritually abused several dozen children, much of the media accepted without question fantastic claims brought by police, parents and prosecutors. This time around the press is doing a much better job.
Read MoreMANILA, Feb. 28 – “Now he’ll kill me,” were the final words uttered by 70-year old German hostage Jurgen Gustav Kantner before he was beheaded by a knife-wielding Abu Sayyaf terrorist on the island of Sulu in the southern Philippines on Monday.
Read MoreAn international exhibition about Anne Frank had already toured over 20 schools across Croatia when it ran into trouble last month in the coastal city of Sibenik, spotlighting the nation's struggle to resolve its dark World War Two past.
Read MoreGood religion stories find their way out into the open every year, but these reports are rarely the final word. There is always more to be said about the big religion stories of the day.
Read MoreWe took a look back this week at some of our readers' favorite stories from the past year.
Read More(OPINION) Will Kosovo consolidate further as a democracy or become a quasi-theocracy where religious fanatics reign? Media will play a key a role in answering that question about this tiny Balkans country the West liberated in 1999.
