Monthly Archive
June 2006
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Behind the News, The Water Cooler
The Challenge With Anonymice Is Getting a Lot of Them Ron Suskind discusses his new book The One Percent Doctrine, his use of anonymous sources and how the U.S military targeted al-Jazeera.
June 30, 2006 05:05 PM
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Behind the News
USA Today Comes Partly Clean The paper has some explaining to do about its story on telecom companies cooperating with the NSA, but its editor has yet to address a critical detail of the apparently flawed story.
By Paul McLeary
June 30, 2006 04:43 PM
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Politics
History Repeats Itself - Unless It’s the First You’ve Heard of It Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney wonders what would have happened if a newspaper had disclosed classified information during WW II, but he apparently hasn't read much history.
By Paul McLeary
June 30, 2006 03:50 PM Comments (3)
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Politics
New York Times Scoops Itself - In 2004 The Times two years ago published hints about a secret program monitoring financial transactions. So why has the paper only now become a political football?
By Paul McLeary
June 30, 2006 03:40 PM Comments (1)
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Politics
Bloggers Scorn Dobson, CNN Online pundits react with scorn to a column on CNN.com by Focus on the Family's James Dobson.
June 29, 2006 02:29 PM Comments (2)
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The Audit
The Journal Reports That Good Deeds Are Bad Reporters scramble to find a black cloud to go with the silver lining of Warren Buffett's decision to donate billions to charity.
June 28, 2006 04:19 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
Requiem for a Heavyweight Yesterday at 4 p.m. Knight Ridder ceased to exist, and bloggers mourned what has been lost.
June 28, 2006 02:36 PM
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Politics
When Congressmen Try to Play Reporter Some pundits are suggesting “bureaucrats with friends in the media” are sitting on information about WMD in Iraq. Problem is, their evidence has been public for two years.
By Paul McLeary
June 28, 2006 02:17 PM Comments (1)
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Politics
Up In Arms Over a Four-Year-Old Story Critics of reports about a secret government program tracking terrorists' financial transactions are ignoring the fact that information on the effort has been public since 2002.
By Paul McLeary
June 27, 2006 04:41 PM
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The Audit
Will the Media Blow Off a Whistleblower? Why is the nation's financial press largely ignoring explosive allegations by a former SEC lawyer?
June 27, 2006 04:09 PM
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Behind the News
It’s Summertime and the Readin’ Is Easy It's summertime, which for the nation's big newsweeklies means special issues devoted to random topics.
June 27, 2006 03:04 PM
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Behind the News
This Word Just In From the Leisure Pursuits Beat … Some newspaper columnists chronicle appalling injustices in faraway places. Others find them right under their noses.
June 27, 2006 02:43 PM Comments (1)
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Politics
Kos: Yesterday’s Hero, Today’s Goat Online scribes react to Newsweek's profile of the influential lefty blogger.
June 26, 2006 01:37 PM Comments (6)
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Behind the News
You Mean Baby Boomers Get Old, Too? Isn't it about time that we retire journalism that celebrates everything baby boomers do as an event?
By Paul McLeary
June 26, 2006 12:50 PM Comments (1)
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Politics
What Happened at Al-Jazeera’s Kabul Bureau? In his new book, Ron Suskind alleges that the U.S. military intentionally targeted al-Jazeera. So why isn't the press paying attention?
By Dan Schulman
June 23, 2006 05:53 PM Comments (7)
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Politics
The Sun Promises a “Furor,” Delivers a Whimper A rival New York newspaper goes trolling for some criticism of the Times' disclosure, without much success.
By Paul McLeary
June 23, 2006 04:46 PM Comments (1)
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Politics
Press Sheds Light on Another Secret Program A roundup of how four major newspapers covered today's national security blockbuster.
June 23, 2006 04:30 PM
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The Audit
The Media’s Pernicious Corporate Effects A reader's guide to the Corporate Effects ("Starbucks Effect," "Kmart Effect") continually being coined by our nation's business reporters.
June 23, 2006 03:00 PM
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Behind the News
Justice Department Scoops Chronicle The Justice Department has mistakenly revealed one of the San Francisco Chronicle's sources in the ongoing Balco steroid scandal. Was it an accident?
By Paul McLeary
June 23, 2006 02:30 PM
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The Audit
A Penny ‘Saved’ Is Media Credibility Burned What do you get when you cross Britney Spears' husband, a billionaire and a manufactured press event? Wall-to-wall coverage!
June 23, 2006 01:40 PM
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Behind the News
Salon Gives Us More Questions Than Answers Salon provides an interesting look into a secret room at an AT&T building in St. Louis, but what it can't provide is exactly what's going on.
By Paul McLeary
June 22, 2006 04:21 PM
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Politics
Daily Kos For Sale? Bloggers debate charges of some light corruption involving the eminent Markos Moulitsas.
June 22, 2006 03:40 PM Comments (3)
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Behind the News
The Future of News: New Relationships, New Pressures, New Potential Reflections on Poynter's recent Future of News conference - and what it means for newsroom leaders everywhere.
June 22, 2006 12:24 PM
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The Audit
Where’s the Thief? The ‘Options Scandal’ is a Dud What do you get when you combine CEO stock option plans and a press corps that loves scandal? A scandal!
June 21, 2006 05:30 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
Exit Rather, Enter Coop and Plump Lips You know we live in interesting times when Dan Rather and Angelina Jolie duke it out for serious, sober press coverage.
June 21, 2006 12:41 PM
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Behind the News
Mannies Return After Four-Year Absence Male nannies are the "hot new thing" -- at least among the nation's reporters, who have lately produced a crop of thinly-reported trend-chasing pieces on the subject.
June 21, 2006 10:55 AM
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The Audit
BusinessWeek Online Pursues Sleep-Aid Market Just as various people have begun to elevate the slideshow's reputation, one publication continues to drag it down.
June 20, 2006 04:40 PM Comments (4)
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Behind the News
CNN Makes Waves Where There Are None Sometimes we are amazed what the news media will do to manufacture "controversy."
June 20, 2006 03:50 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
Time on Terror, Atlantic Monthly on One Terrorist For those who can never get enough information on how the War on Terror is being fought, two magazine heavyweights come through this week.
June 20, 2006 03:20 PM
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Behind the News
Another Class Act by the White House Press Corps The reporters of the White House press corps continue to do the people's business, asking the hard questions. Or not.
June 20, 2006 01:55 PM Comments (1)
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Politics
Chipping Away at the Story of Guantanamo In its lead story Sunday, the Boston Globe approached the legal black hole that is Guantanamo from an important fresh angle.
June 19, 2006 04:10 PM
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Behind the News
World Cup Captivates (Some) U.S. Bloggers Anyone who thinks that Americans have yet to embrace the beautiful game of soccer and are basically ignoring the World Cup should check out the blogosphere.
June 19, 2006 02:03 PM
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The Audit
Believe it or Not, First is Sometimes Worst If reporters (and editors) could only wait a day, their first take on a story wouldn't need an update.
By Paul McLeary
June 16, 2006 05:39 PM Comments (2)
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Politics
Press Politicizes, Instead of Examining, Death Toll In Iraq The death toll for American soldiers in Iraq hit the 2,500 mark yesterday with the national press not particularly eager to make much of it.
June 16, 2006 04:16 PM Comments (2)
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Behind the News, The Water Cooler
Tim McGirk on Haditha Time's Tim McGirk talks about being the first reporter to break the story of the alleged massacre of Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha.
By Paul McLeary
June 16, 2006 03:39 PM Comments (8)
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Behind the News
AP Tells A Story Needed to Be Told The Associated Press authoritatively reports an unsettling truth about thefts related to 9/11.
June 16, 2006 03:02 PM
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Behind the News
“Could You Repeat That One More Time?” Talking points: they're not just for politicians any more, as a Tribune Co. shareholder has demonstrated over the past week.
June 15, 2006 04:21 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
Bloggers Pounce on the New Netscape For anyone tracking the continued devaluation of "news anchors" in American public life, this morning marks a milestone of sorts - or is it a millstone?
June 15, 2006 01:29 PM
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Politics
CJR Daily Traces the Birth of a Narrative Pundits and reporters are asking whether President Bush is at a "turning point" - and when a question gets asked often enough, before long the question mark is dropped entirely and a narrative is born.
June 15, 2006 10:24 AM Comments (1)
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Politics
Brian Ross Blotter Entry Brings Out the Vitriol ABC reports that a secret military task force has changed its name and, for it trouble, gets accused of being unpatriotic.
June 14, 2006 02:51 PM
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The Audit
Rich Guy Hires Own Investigative Reporter Bloggers react to the announcement of Mark Cuban's new Web site devoted to business investigative reporting.
June 14, 2006 12:50 PM
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Behind the News
Guantanamo: The Elephant in the Newsroom The straitjacketed writing style of newspaper journalism and the demands of the daily news cycle have smothered news about Guantanamo instead of exposing it.
June 14, 2006 10:30 AM
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Politics
Putting the Focus on Another Paradox of War The Dayton Daily News highlights a significant but unreported danger posed by Humvees to soldiers in Iraq: adding armor increases the likelihood the vehicles will roll over.
June 13, 2006 04:56 PM
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Politics
Jason Leopold Caught Sourceless Again Now that special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has said that he will not seek charges against Karl Rove, will Truthout.org rethink their affiliation with reporter Jason Leopold?
By Paul McLeary
June 13, 2006 03:37 PM Comments (31)
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Behind the News
Webby Gala Long On Brevity The awards for the best Web sites taught us a few things: The world is flat, Arianna is anti-war and dudes like Rob Corddry.
By Bryan Keefer
June 13, 2006 03:23 PM
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Behind the News
From the Monster of Iraq to the Monster of Florence A slain terrorist lives on at American newsstands, while The Atlantic provides an engrossing Italian crime story.
June 13, 2006 02:46 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
Sign of the Time (Inc.) Time Inc. chooses pictures of the Brangelina baby over investigative reporting.
June 13, 2006 02:31 PM Comments (1)
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The Audit
Product Placements Move from Movies to Print The New York Times adds to the recent evidence gathered by the business press suggesting that the book biz, marketing-wise, is just like any other.
By Paul McLeary
June 12, 2006 06:05 PM
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Politics
Bloggers Bask in Afterglow of … Themselves Bloggers descend on Las Vegas to wax wondrous at their own self-importance and listen to various Democratic politicians vie for their affection.
June 12, 2006 01:37 PM
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Politics, The Water Cooler
David Axe on Why They Do It The freelance reporter talks about working in Iraq and his new graphic novel based on his experiences.
By Paul McLeary
June 9, 2006 04:58 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
Zarqawi: Master of the Massacre, or Inept Dolt? As the bloody face of America's enemy number one in Iraq dominated the front pages today, reporters struggle to answer a simple question: Who was this guy?
June 9, 2006 04:44 PM
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The Audit
Vanity Fair Covers Wall Street’s Vainest Money, as they say, truly can't buy taste. Power? Yes. The awe of financial reporters? In some cases, yes. Perspective or self-awareness? Nope.
June 9, 2006 03:50 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
The Future Hurtles Toward Tribune Co. With the dispersal of the Knight Ridder papers and Tribune's possible breakup, we may be witnessing the beginnings of a decentralization of American journalism.
June 9, 2006 03:24 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
Bad News Bears Bear - Good News! How are critics who have suggested the press is reluctant to report good news from Iraq responding to the saturation coverage of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's demise?
June 8, 2006 03:51 PM Comments (1)
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Politics
Press Pounces to Over-Interpret California Race The special congressional election in California this week is a poor canary to place in the national coalmine - but that isn't stopping the press from doing it anyway.
June 8, 2006 01:55 PM
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Behind the News
Kaplan Exits, Bloggers Hoot Rick Kaplan steps down from MSNBC. Bloggers kick him on his way out.
June 8, 2006 12:34 PM
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The Audit
Biz Press Teaches Teens to Heed Dumb Statistics Perhaps it's a good thing teenagers these days aren't reading newspapers - it can be confusing enough as it is to be 17 or 18.
June 8, 2006 12:00 PM
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Politics
Reporters Tire of Bad Political Reporting As another election season kicks into gear, former Nieman fellows have offered up some worthy suggestions for how campaign coverage can be improved this time around.
June 7, 2006 12:42 PM Comments (2)
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Politics
Bloggers Find Common Ground - in Iran Online pundits try to read the tea leaves in a special election in California and find common ground blasting a plan to offer incentives to Iran to give up its nuclear program.
By Paul McLeary
June 7, 2006 12:02 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
The Toronto Star Dazzles on Terrorists Story The paper bested its Canadian rivals on a huge story for one simple reason: it already had someone on the beat.
June 7, 2006 08:00 AM Comments (1)
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The Audit
Magazine Makes News by Having a Name What is there to say about a publication which was announced last August but won't appear on newsstands until late April 2007? Apparently plenty.
June 6, 2006 05:45 PM
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Behind the News
Journalism Goes to Hell For reporters across the country, today is a holy day for journalism by the numbers.
June 6, 2006 02:00 PM Comments (1)
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Politics
Barnes Swoons, Gourevitch Laments and Time Says the Dems are in Trouble Fred Barnes once again shows his fealty to the Bush clan this week, while other magazines opt for more substantitive fare.
By Paul McLeary
June 6, 2006 09:52 AM
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Politics
Pondering Haditha, Mass Graves and a War Without Remorse Bloggers try to put into context allegations about Marine executions of civilians in Haditha, and ponder the point of introducing a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
By Paul McLeary
June 5, 2006 01:12 PM
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Behind the News, The Water Cooler
Jim Lehrer on Billy Bob, Reports of Rain and Stenography As Journalism The PBS anchor discusses his upcoming special featuring Ben Bradlee, the importance of public discourse and how to handle untruths from politicians.
June 2, 2006 05:32 PM Comments (2)
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Behind the News
NBC, Williams Mum on Lawsuit by Armless Soldier The network and its star anchor shouldn’t remain silent about a lawsuit involving the subject of several Nightly News stories.
June 2, 2006 04:29 PM
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The Audit
Herald Columnist Calls the Kettle Black A columnist predicts doom for columnists - but the numbers he cites don't add up.
June 2, 2006 03:13 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
One Reporter’s Layered, Nuanced Work from Darfur A look at how the press has covered the conflict in Sudan puts the lie to claims that the press has been going soft on one side.
June 2, 2006 01:05 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
Paper Finds Christians in Clubhouse, Clubhouse Professes Disbelief In professional sports, thanking God for victory is roughly as unusual as drinking water for hydration. So why was it front-page news?
June 1, 2006 06:50 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
The MSM Blogs Up a Storm Network news blogs bring us political prognostications, facts about obtaining press credentials in Caracas, and happy birthday wishes for a network news blog.
June 1, 2006 05:03 PM
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Behind the News
Another Battle in the ‘Reader as Editor’ War Why novelist and critic John Updike shouldn't be so afraid of a digital library.
By Paul McLeary
June 1, 2006 04:31 PM
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The Audit
Paulson’s Good for the Dollar, or Bad … or Whatever Clarity and insight rarely last long in the helter-skelter world of financial news.
June 1, 2006 03:31 PM
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