Insight on the News

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Insight on the News
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Insight on the News, also called Insight, was an American

Unification movement founder Sun Myung Moon, which at the time owned The Washington Times, United Press International, and several newspapers in Africa, Japan, South America, and. Insight's reporting sometimes resulted in journalistic controversy.[1][2][3]

History

Insight was founded in 1985, three years after the founding of The Washington Times. Both publications were headquartered at 3600 New York Avenue NE, in Washington, D.C. The magazine was subsidized annually with $40 million from News World, which by 2002 had shrunk to about $4 million.[4]

In 1991, the magazine was one of the first publications to use the word "

reinterred at another location.[6][7][8]

Conservative journalists who worked at Insight include Richard Starr, John Podhoretz and David Brock.[4] Contributors included Arnold Beichman, Arnaud de Borchgrave, Frank Gaffney, and Lew Rockwell.

In 1998,

White House Correspondents Association dinner where Clinton spoke.[9]

In 1999, Insight criticized

FBI report on possible right-wing terrorism predicted for the year 2000.[10][non-primary source needed
]

In 2001, Insight printed an article by Dan Smith which said that immigration and an ethnically diverse population helped to protect the United States against terrorism.[11] This article was reprinted as a chapter in the 2004 book Terrorism: Opposing Viewpoints.[12][non-primary source needed]

In 2002, Insight printed a story The Washington Times reporter Steve Miller writing that African Americans were doing well economically. This story was reprinted in the 2005 book Race Relations: Opposing Viewpoints.[13][non-primary source needed]

In 2003, Insight misquoted President Abraham Lincoln as saying during the American Civil War: "Congressmen who willfully take action during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs, and should be arrested, exiled or hanged." By 2008, this statement was being widely repeated, although Lincoln never said or wrote it.[14][15]

In 2004, Insight printed an article by Abdulwahah Alkebsi defending the role of Islam in bringing democracy to the Middle East. The story was reprinted as a chapter in the 2004 book: Islam: Opposing Viewpoints.[16][non-primary source needed]

In 2004, News World Communications discontinued publication of the print magazine

Jeffrey T. Kuhner to run Insight as a stand-alone website. Under Kuhner, Insight did not identify its reporters, in what Kuhner described as an effort to encourage contributions from sources who "do not want to reveal their names". Kuhner said about this: “Reporters in Washington know a whole lot of what is going on and feel themselves shackled and prevented from reporting what they know is going on. Insight is almost like an outlet, an escape valve where they can come out with this information.”[2]

In 2007, Insight reported on an undercover investigation of the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center, located in

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).[18]

In May 2008, Insight ended publication and wrote to its readers: "The kind of cutting edge behind-the-scenes political intelligence you have come to rely upon from Insight will now be available from its sister publication, The Washington Times."

2008 presidential campaign

On January 17, 2007, Insight published a story which claimed that someone on the campaign staff of American presidential candidate Senator

New York Times, Kuhner refused to name the person said to be the reporter's source.[20]

Insight's story was reported on first by conservative

Roman Catholic school for three, and found that each student received two hours of religious instruction per week in his or her own faith. He was told by Hardi Priyono, deputy headmaster of the school, "This is a public school. We don't focus on religion. In our daily lives, we try to respect religion, but we don't give preferential treatment."[21] Students at Besuki wore Western clothing, and the Chicago Tribune described the school as "so progressive that teachers wore miniskirts and all students were encouraged to celebrate Christmas".[22][23][24] Interviews by Nedra Pickler of the Associated Press found that students of all faiths have been welcome there since before Obama's attendance. Akmad Solichin, the vice principal of the school, told Pickler: “The allegations are completely baseless. Yes, most of our students are Muslim, but there are Christians as well. Everyone's welcome here ... it's a public school.”[25]

See also

References

  1. ^ Insightmag, a Must-Read Columbia Journalism Review 2007-01-27
  2. ^ a b Kirkpatrick, David D. (January 29, 2007). "Feeding Frenzy For a Big Story, Even if It's False". NY Times. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
  3. ^ "Resources: Who Owns What". The Columbia Journalism Review. 2003-11-24. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2008-02-02. "News World Communications is the media arm of Reverend Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church."
  4. ^ a b c Annys Shin (May 3, 2004). "News World Layoffs to Idle 86 Workers". The Washington Post.
  5. ^ Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic studies p. 218, Routledge 2003. Routledge. 2003.
  6. ^ Arlington Claims 'Just Not True' CNN November 21, 1997 "The current issue of Insight magazine, which is owned by the conservative Washington Times, says in a thinly sourced article, 'Clinton and Co. may have "sold" not only burial plots for recently deceased but also future rights.'"
  7. ^ CNN, Arlington Controversy Stirs Again, Dec. 4, 1997
  8. ^ CNN, Arlington Controversy Continues, Dec. 11, 1997
  9. ^ Paula Jones Rubs Shoulders With Washington Elite At Dinner CNN April 25, 1998 "A guest of Insight magazine, Jones entered the dining room holding the hands of the security guards who guided her to the table."
  10. ^ FBI Targets `Right Wing' - Project Megiddo lists possible threats in the millennium
  11. ^ "Q: Is Multiculturalism a Threat to the National Security of the United States? NO: Our Diverse Population Is Useful Both for National Defense and As a Model for International Peace," 31 December 2001 Archived 8 July 2012 at archive.today
  12. ISBN 0-7377-2247-9
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  13. ISBN 0-7377-2956-2
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  14. ^ Sawyer, Gary. "Candidates victims of disinformation." Herald & Review, August 11, 2008. :"But Lincoln never said or wrote any such thing. The problem comes from a 2003 article by J. Michael Waller in Insight Magazine. Waller admits that Lincoln never made that statement and that the quote appears in the magazine, with quote marks around it, because of an editing error."
  15. ^ "Honest, It Wasn't Abe's Comment". The Washington Post. 2007.
  16. ISBN 0-7377-2239-8
    ).
  17. ^ "Insight Magazine Mapping Sharia Project Uncovers Jihadists near DC".
  18. ^ "Washington Times Promotes Hate Group That Would Outlaw Islam".
  19. ^ Bacon Jr, Perry (November 29, 2007). "Foes Use Obama's Muslim Ties to Fuel Rumors About Him". The Washington Post.
  20. ^ a b "Anatomy of an anonymous political smear". International Herald Tribune. 2007-01-29. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
  21. ^ "CNN debunks false report about Obama". CNN. January 22, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2007.
  22. ^ Higgins, Andrew (August 19, 2010). "Indonesia Catholic School Promotes Ties to Obama". CBS News. Archived from the original on November 16, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
  23. ^ Barker, Kim (25 March 2007). "Obama madrassa myth debunked". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  24. PolitiFact.com
    . December 20, 2007. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
  25. ^ Pickler, Nedra (2007-01-24). "Obama challenges allegation about Islamic school". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
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