FlackCheck.org debunks false political ads and gives you tools to tell your local broadcaster to stop airing them. And for the ninth year in a row, the public has ranked PBS the most trusted institution in America, ahead of other forms of media, the courts and the federal government.

A legal net is closing around media mogul Rupert Murdoch. On Monday a top investigator in London reported that senior News Corp. employees authorized hundreds of bribes to police officers and other government officials.

For the ninth year in a row, public television has ranked as the most trusted institution in America, trumping all other forms of media, the courts and the federal government.

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Let’s not sugarcoat it: The wireless industry is a big racket.

Here’s one reason why: AT&T and Verizon are slowing down — or throttling — Internet access on smartphones, supposedly to manage congestion on their networks. Yet a new study supports what many of us have been saying all along: These companies aren’t throttling to save bandwidth.

They say nothing is certain except death and taxes. Last weekend, those two things went hand in hand when the Chicago News Cooperative — a major nonprofit journalism organization — was forced to suspend operations, thanks in part to the IRS.