Why journalism matters: John Walcott

Walcott wins journalism medal for Iraq coverage

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - McClatchy's Washington bureau chief has won the Nieman Foundation's first I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence for pre-Iraq war coverage.

Congratulations to Walcott for a richly deserved award and the Nieman Foundation for making so excellent a choice.

Spin doctors gone wild!

From an article about the reporter who cracked 'AttorneyGate' scandal -

McClatchy's D.C. bureau chief, John Walcott, recalls a Justice Department official telling Taylor that she simply "had" to use certain information he had given her for a story.

It takes a very special hubris to tell a reporter they have to use your information. Pride goeth before fall.