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''Insight on the News'' (also called just ''Insight'') was an American conservative print and online news magazine. It was owned by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate then owned by the Unification Church, which owned ''The Washington Times'' and now owns United Press International and newspapers in Japan, South Korea, Africa, and South America. ''Insight's'' reporting often resulted in journalistic controversy.〔(Insightmag, a Mustread ) Columbia Journalism Review 2007-01-27〕〔 "News World Communications is the media arm of Reverend Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church."〕 ==Background and history== In 1991 ''Insight'' was one of the first publications to use the word "Islamophobia". In 1997 ''Insight'' reported that the administration of President Bill Clinton gave political donors rights to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. This charge was widely repeated on talk radio and other conservative outlets; but was later denied by the United States Army, which has charge over Arlington Cemetery. Media investigations turned up the burial of M. Larry Lawrence, a former United States Ambassador to Switzerland at Arlington, which led to a congressional investigation. Republican Party members of congress searched military records and found no evidence that Lawrence was ever in the Merchant Marine. As a result, Lawrence's body was disinterred in 1997 at taxpayers' expense and moved to California. Richard Holbrooke, an assistant secretary of state, had helped obtain the rights to bury Lawrence at Arlington, and had written a letter to the White House praising Lawrence and saying that he deserved burial at the National Cemetery.〔(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.'"〕〔(CNN, Arlington Controversy Stirs Again, Dec. 4, 1997 )〕〔(CNN, Arlington Controversy Continues, Dec. 11, 1997 )〕 In 1998 CNN reported that ''Insight'' "created a stir" when Paula Jones, who had filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against President Clinton, was the magazine's guest at the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner where Clinton spoke.〔(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."〕 In 1999 ''Insight'' criticized Project Megiddo, an FBI report on possible right-wing terrorism predicted for the year 2000.〔(FBI Targets `Right Wing' - Project Megiddo lists possible threats in the millennium )〕 In 2000, ''Insight'' published a cover story listing what it considered the top 15 colleges in the United States. The list included 3 state-owned schools, 2 evangelical Christian schools, 3 Presbyterian schools, 3 Roman Catholic schools, and 4 secular private schools.〔(Insight Magazine Names Thomas Aquinas College To List of Top Fifteen in Nation ) Saint Thomas Aquinas College website〕 In 2001 ''Insight'' published a story on the Soviet Union's shoot-down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 which claimed that both the Soviet and American governments had covered up information about the incident.〔(KAL 007 Mystery ) Insight Magazine April 16, 2001〕 In the same year it printed an article by Dan Smith which said that immigration and an ethnically diverse population helped to protect the United States against terrorism.〔"(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〕 This article was reprinted as a chapter in the 2004 book ''Terrorism: Opposing Viewpoints''.〔Laura K. Egendorf editor, 2004, ''Terrorism: Opposing Viewpoints'', Greenhaven Press (Farmington Hills), hardcover (ISBN 0-7377-2246-0 ISBN 0-7377-2247-9 ISBN 0-7377-2246-0) and paperback (ISBN 0-7377-2247-9)〕 In 2002 ''Insight'' printed a story by ''Washington Times'' reporter Steve Miller saying that African Americans were doing well economically. This story was reprinted in the 2005 book ''Race Relations: Opposing Viewpoints''.〔''Race Relations: Opposing Viewpoints'', James D. Torr editor, 2005, Greenhaven Press (Farmington Hills) (ISBN 0-7377-2955-4) and paperback (ISBN 0-7377-2956-2)〕 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''.〔Dudley, William, (editor) 2004, ''Islam: Opposing Viewpoints'', Greenhaven Press (Farmington Hills) (ISBN 0-7377-2238-X) and paperback (ISBN 0-7377-2239-8).〕 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 repeated as if it were true, although Lincoln never said or wrote it.〔(Candidates victims of disinformation ) Gary Sawyer, 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."〕 In 2004, News World Communications discontinued publication of the print magazine and hired 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.” 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Insight on the News」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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