When journalists rely on rumor and teasers from companies promoting their new products, are they practicing journalism, or inadvertently giving companies free PR?

Sometimes a story comes over the wires so astonishing, so hard to conceive, that it stops us cold. It happened yesterday with a Reuters dispatch from the Congo.

Any controversy involving the Harvard name draws press like moths to a flame, and the resignation of the university’s president yesterday provoked front-page coverage of varying quality from the nation’s dailies.

As if we needed any more convincing, BusinessWeek provides yet more evidence that the media’s obsession with short-term stock prices does not make any sense.

The Boston papers tell strikingly different stories about the same subject – a reminder of just how valuable two competing voices can be.

A story on ABC’s Web site crosses from reporting on a commercial phenomenon into the realm of free, uncritical publicity.

Increasingly, reporters who cover the markets don’t just write the news; they are the news.

CNNMoney returns to a favorite far-from-objective source for another article stoking oil fears that are utterly unwarranted.

The New York Times‘ Mexico City bureau chief discusses the Haitian people’s resolve to cast ballots, getting the green light to report in Cité Soleil, and driving all night on a Guatemalan highway.

The Christian Science Monitor broke a big story on its front page today, leaving bloggers concerned – very, very concerned.