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Ken Silverstein is an American journalist who in September 2010 left his position as Washington editor and blogger at ''Harper's Magazine'', but remained a contributing editor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Signing Out )〕 He resides in Washington, D.C. ==Biography== Silverstein worked for the ''Los Angeles Times'' as an investigative reporter, for The Associated Press in Brazil, and has written for ''Mother Jones'', ''Washington Monthly'', ''The Nation'', ''Slate'', and ''Salon''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ken Silverstein )〕 Silverstein is a self-described "vole" in the newspaper business, and an opponent of what he considers "false 'balance'" in the news media.〔 In 1993, Silverstein started ''CounterPunch'', a political newsletter. Silverstein left this publication in 1996. He drew attention in 2007 for a report in which he went undercover as part of an investment group with business interests in Turkmenistan, raising questions about journalistic ethics. Silverstein said that he could not have exposed the willingness of the companies to work with a Stalinist dictatorship using conventional journalism methods.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ken Silverstein )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=In New Expose, Ken Silverstein Goes Undercover to Find Out What US Lobbyists Do For Dictators )〕 In December 2013, Silverstein was hired as senior investigative reporter by First Look Media.〔http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/02/ken-silverstein-the-intercept-115586.html〕 In November 2014, Silverstein began writing for First Look's ''The Intercept'' and gained negative attention for an article on the hugely popular NPR featured podcast, ''Serial''.〔http://www.itunescharts.net/us/artists/podcast/this-american-life/podcasts/serial/〕〔http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/oct/10/serial-this-american-life-sarah-koening〕 He and his writing partner, Natasha Vargas-Cooper, were widely criticized for their poor comprehension of the case facts, controversial editorializing and their failure to fact-check which later resulted in three corrections.〔https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/01/07/prosecutor-serial-case-goes-record/〕〔http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/serial-responds-kevin-urick-intercept-761944〕〔http://www.salon.com/2015/01/11/the_intercept_is_trolling_sarah_koenig/〕〔http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/serial-producers-fire-back-prosecutor-claims-article-1.2070786〕 Various media outlets challenged their professionalism after they separately responded to the criticism with "defensive and, in many cases, snarky tweets".〔https://medium.com/@maustermuhle/the-intercepts-serial-trolling-is-mind-boggling-e01c523e0d29〕〔http://www.salon.com/2015/01/11/the_intercept_is_trolling_sarah_koenig/〕 In February 2015, Silverstein announced his resignation from ''The Intercept'' in a series of Facebook posts calling his former employers a "pathetic joke." Expressing anger and disillusionment towards the company, Silverstein stated, "I am one of a many employees who was hired under what were essentially false pretenses; we were told we would be given all the financial and other support we needed to do independent, important journalism, but instead found ourselves blocked at every step of the way by management's incompetence and bad faith."〔http://www.mediaite.com/online/reporter-burns-every-bridge-while-announcing-hes-leaving-first-look/〕 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「Ken Silverstein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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