{"id":1316,"date":"2008-07-02T17:04:18","date_gmt":"2008-07-02T15:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.world-citizenship.org\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:04:09","slug":"consortium-newscom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/?p=1316","title":{"rendered":"Consortium News.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Independent Investigative Journalism<\/strong> &#8211; since 1995<\/p>\n<p>Linked with <a href=\"http:\/\/word.world-citizenship.org\/wp-archive\/2258\">Gareth Porter &#8211; USA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Consortiumnews.com is a product of The Consortium for Independent Journalism, Inc., a non-profit organization that relies on donations from its readers to produce these stories and keep alive this Web publication.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.consortiumnews.com\/index.html\">Homepage<\/a> and links to all articles;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consortiumnews.com\/books.html\">Books<\/a>;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/consortiumblog.blogspot.com\/\">The blog<\/a>;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consortiumnews.com\/2004\/122104.html\">History<\/a>;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/organizations\/consortiumnews\/shop\/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=2043\">Contribute<\/a>;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consortiumnews.com\/archives.html\">Archives<\/a>;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consortiumnews.com\/links.html\">Links<\/a>;<br \/>\nAddress: The Consortium for Independent Journalism, Suite 102-231, 2200 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201, USA;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consortiumnews.com\/contact.html\">Contact<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.consortiumnews.com\/2005\/072905.html\">About<\/a>: Investigative reporting is to journalism what theoretical research is to science, having the potential to present new realities and shatter old paradigms \u2013 how people see and understand the world around them \u2013 which, in turn, can transform politics.<\/p>\n<p>That is why investigative journalism is so important to the health of a democracy. A dramatic set of new facts \u2013 as in Watergate or Iran-Contra \u2013 can overcome long-maintained lies and shake a corrupt government to its foundation.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nInvestigative reporting also can strip away the pleasing fa\u00e7ade of a deceptive leader or it can expose flaws in a \u201cconventional wisdom\u201d that is taking the nation in a dangerous direction. Done right, investigative journalism is a huge threat to powerful elites trying to manipulate a population.<\/p>\n<p>These are some of the reasons we have worked so hard over the past decade to keep Consortiumnews.com going. It is also why a greater capacity for producing independent investigative journalism is crucial for changing today\u2019s U.S. political dynamic &#8230; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consortiumnews.com\/2005\/072905.html\">full text<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent Investigative Journalism &#8211; since 1995 Linked with Gareth Porter &#8211; USA. 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