Monthly Archive

March 2007

• Politics

  Romney Drops Meaningless VP Names, AP Gives ‘Em Meaning In the latest sign of a presidential campaign in overdrive, the Associated Press ran a story last night on Mitt Romney's potential VP picks.

  By Edward B. Colby

  March 30, 2007 02:30 PM

• Behind the News

  Charting the Connection Between Booze and News In "Depression, Drink and Dissipation," Doug Underwood has produced an extensive new review of the psycho-sexual hang-ups of 187 famous "journalist-literary figures."

  By Tony Dokoupil

  March 30, 2007 01:43 PM

• Politics

  The MSM Even Hates British Troops! Bloggers say lots of stupid things -- particularly when it comes to criticizing the hated "MSM."

  By Paul McLeary

  March 29, 2007 03:55 PM

• Behind the News

  ‘All-Knowing’ News Network Debuts to Mixed Reaction The fake news business just got a little bigger.

  By Satta Sarmah

  March 29, 2007 02:10 PM

• Behind the News

  Amid Death Threats, Blogger Goes Offline Kathy Sierra is considering never posting on her blog again because of the severity of threats she's received online.

  By Christina Hernandez

  March 28, 2007 03:42 PM Comments (7)

• Behind the News

  The Worrying Case of an Ambitious Afghan Journalist An Afghan journalist was kidnapped by the Taliban twenty-two days ago. What happened to him?

  By Edward B. Colby

  March 27, 2007 04:06 PM

• Politics

  Partisan Research Dressed Up As News It's sloppy for reporters to use vague references to partisan opposition research in their stories without providing facts to either prop it up, or shoot it down.

  By Paul McLeary

  March 27, 2007 12:59 PM

• Politics

  Couric Plays Devil’s Advocate, Bloggers Deliver Unseemly Hit CBS's anchor pushed and challenged John and Elizabeth Edwards; she was skeptical, not cynical. But many bloggers' responses to her 60 Minutes interview were unjustifiably unkind.

  By Dan Goldberg

  March 26, 2007 12:45 PM

• Behind the News

  Navy, Meet Fact Checkers; Fact Checkers, Meet Timely Queries A New York Times Magazine piece dropped the ball when it came time to fact-check some of the claims one of its subjects made.

  By Paul McLeary

  March 26, 2007 11:40 AM

• Behind the News

  After Four Years, the U.S. Military is Still Learning How to Manage the Media in Iraq A look inside the working conditions of an embedded journalist in Iraq.

  By Paul McLeary

  March 23, 2007 03:38 PM

• Behind the News

  As Gore Looks to Future, Networks Stuck in Everyday Politics Gore's message of what could be done on global warming was almost completely lost on the big three's evening news programs last night.

  By Edward B. Colby

  March 22, 2007 04:44 PM

• Politics

  Politico’s One-Source Wonder How often have you opened a newspaper and seen these words: "My apologies to our readers for passing on bad information"? Never.

  By Gal Beckerman

  March 22, 2007 04:36 PM

• Politics

  Viral Ads and the New Democratic Moment Will user-generated political ads lead to more openness, or simply bring digital mudslinging into the mainstream?

  By Satta Sarmah

  March 22, 2007 02:27 PM

• The Audit

  CNN Defends Chiquita on a Very Slippery Slope In a jaw-dropping defense, a CNNMoney journalist argues that the iconic banana company has gotten "a raw deal."

  By Edward B. Colby

  March 22, 2007 11:11 AM Comments (1)

• Politics

  The McCain “Maverick Watch” ‘08 While some reporters cast a wistful eye to yesteryear, when John McCain was a "maverick," others can't seem to let go.

  By Paul McLeary

  March 21, 2007 02:14 PM

• Politics

  CNN Elevates Discourse, Tackles Question of Edwards’ Good Looks With the presidential campaign under way early, it would have been nice if the press could have delayed the inevitable deluge of inanity that the season brings. No such luck.

  By Edward B. Colby

  March 20, 2007 12:05 PM

• Politics

  Journalism and Politics Makes for Some Uncomfortable Pillow Talk Are promises of "disclosure" enough to remove the taint of association between some journalists and their politically-connected spouses? We're skeptical.

  By Paul McLeary

  March 19, 2007 04:21 PM

• Behind the News, The Water Cooler

  Writing About, and Through, Cancer Newsday reporter Lauren Terrazzano on how she writes her weekly column "Life, With Cancer," and how the media usually portrays the disease.

  By Satta Sarmah

  March 19, 2007 12:46 PM

• Politics

  As Thompson Ponders Run, Bloggers Dissect His Chances The Law and Order star's indecision is creating chatter from bloggers hoping for or cringing at the thought of his run for the GOP nomination.

  By Dan Goldberg

  March 19, 2007 12:35 PM

• Behind the News

  (not) WANTED: Careerist Journalists for a New Epoch A new PEJ study looks at the future of journalism.

  By Tony Dokoupil

  March 16, 2007 02:16 PM

• Behind the News

  Globe Manufactures New Summers ‘Controversy’ Is a public figure with a lot of baggage in his past doomed to be haunted by "controversy" wherever he goes?

  By Edward B. Colby

  March 16, 2007 01:05 PM

• Politics

  Clinton, Obama ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ Eliciting Outrage While both candidates have come under fire from gay rights groups and others who are calling the senators flip-floppers, most of the anger is directed at Clinton.

  By Satta Sarmah

  March 15, 2007 03:38 PM

• Politics

  Do You Know Why the U.S. Attorneys Were Canned? The press needs to do a better job explaining what, exactly, happened.

  By Gal Beckerman

  March 15, 2007 03:02 PM

• Behind the News

  How TalkingPointsMemo Beat the Big Boys on the U.S. Attorney Story Can a mixture of "Web reporting" and old-fashioned investigative work be the wave of the future for journalism?

  By Paul McLeary

  March 15, 2007 01:53 PM Comments (1)

• Politics

  Some Bloggers Get Debate Canceled, Other Bloggers Not Pleased The Politico reveals why a Democratic debate in Nevada was scrapped, and bloggers are not particularly happy about it.

  By Dan Goldberg

  March 14, 2007 02:51 PM

• Politics

  A Cynic’s Take on Media Bias It's time for a spin war!

  By Paul McLeary

  March 13, 2007 05:05 PM

• Politics

  NYT Gives Bush a Pass on New Bedford Raid The Times's account of what went down in an immigration raid in Massachusetts last week was notable for what it left out.

  By Edward B. Colby

  March 13, 2007 04:40 PM

• Politics

  Bloggers Lavish Post Scribe’s Surge Assertion With Skepticism Robert Kagan argues that President Bush's Iraq troop surge is working, and bloggers are appropriately skeptical.

  By Christina Hernandez

  March 12, 2007 03:44 PM

• Behind the News, The Water Cooler

  Want a Well-Designed Newspaper? Go to Europe. The president of the Society for News Design on why American newspapers are lacking, visually.

  By Gal Beckerman

  March 12, 2007 01:18 PM

• Behind the News

  Who’s A Journalist? ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Every few months, media critics get themselves all in a twist over the single most overblown issue in contemporary journalism.

  By Paul McLeary

  March 09, 2007 03:43 PM

• Behind the News

  Obama’s Parking Tickets: Who Cares? A little story about the candidate's parking tickets during his law school days got way more play than it deserved.

  By Edward B. Colby

  March 09, 2007 12:56 PM Comments (13)

• Politics

  Quick, What’s AFRICOM? Our mainstream press is dropping the ball on a big international story.

  By Paul McLeary

  March 08, 2007 02:21 PM

• Behind the News

  Kurt Eichenwald, $2K and the Curious Ways of Investigative Reporters It's disingenuous for the Times to suggest that the $2,000 was anything other than part of the reporting process.

  By Gal Beckerman

  March 08, 2007 12:22 PM

• Politics

  Bush Has a Record in Latin America. So What Is It? There was a gaping hole in Tuesday's coverage of the president's new effort to engage Latin America: what has his administration done there up to this point?

  By Edward B. Colby

  March 07, 2007 04:30 PM

• Behind the News

  Nightmare Over, the Press and Bloggers Consider Libby Trial’s Legacy Many media outlets and bloggers are questioning the trial's effect on journalism. The consensus: it doesn't look good.

  By Christina Hernandez

  March 07, 2007 03:43 PM

• Behind the News

  What, Exactly, Is Stengel Doing to Time? What kind of "understanding" did Time's managing editor have with Apple's CEO?

  By Paul McLeary

  March 07, 2007 12:50 PM

• Behind the News

  Cutting Katie Some Slack Couric continues to inspire criticism as catty as the day she opened her first broadcast with a friendly, "Hi, everyone."

  By Christina Hernandez

  March 06, 2007 12:47 PM

• Politics

  Coulter Attack Condemned in Blogosphere Bloggers called the conservative pundit all sorts of names not fit to print -- but more than a few were also disappointed in John Edwards' response.

  By Dan Goldberg

  March 05, 2007 01:03 PM

• Behind the News

  Gore’s Press Popularity Enters a New Phase Whether or not Al Gore decides to run in '08, the press appears intent on keeping the possibility alive.

  By Edward B. Colby

  March 02, 2007 03:38 PM

• Politics

  McCain Quasi-Launches Campaign, Bloggers Largely Disapprove The Arizona senator opted to announce his presidential run on Letterman, but many bloggers don't quite see the point.

  By Satta Sarmah

  March 01, 2007 03:56 PM

• Politics

  Taranto and the Right Need a History Lesson on Digital Death Threats Stupidity and classlessness aren't ideological issues -- they strike liberals and conservatives in equal measure.

  By Paul McLeary

  March 01, 2007 03:12 PM

• Behind the News

  Army Tries to Spin Walter Reed Story, Gets Bitten in the Ass The Army found itself facing an attack on two fronts, forced to answer not just the Post's account, but the Army Times's story as well.

  By Alia Malek

  March 01, 2007 11:00 AM

• On the Job

  Dark Days Labor loses more ground in the newsroom

  By Julia M. Klein

  March 01, 2007 08:30 AM

• Feature

  The Epidemic That gee-whiz medical segment on your local TV news? It was produced and written by the very hospital it's touting.

  By Trudy Lieberman

  March 01, 2007 08:30 AM

• Darts and Laurels

  Darts & Laurels Send tips and comments to dartsandlaurels@cjr.org

  By Gloria Cooper

  March 01, 2007 08:30 AM

• Feature

  Capturing Cuba Ann Louise Bardach has spent fifteen years in relentless pursuit of the island nation, its dictator, its exiles, and their secrets.

  By Bree Nordenson

  March 01, 2007 08:30 AM

• On the Contrary

  Missing Middle That gaping hole in our national news report is called the Midwest.

  By Michael Massing

  March 01, 2007 08:30 AM

• Essay

  The Opt-Out Myth Most mothers have to work to make ends meet but the press writes mostly about the elite few who don't.

  By E.J. Graff

  March 01, 2007 08:30 AM

• On the Job

  When Beats Collide When an oil refinery blew, reporters at The Houston Chronicle got a lesson in synergy.

  By Lynn J. Cook

  March 01, 2007 08:30 AM

• Editorial

  Blinded by Dubai While the press gawks, workers are dying.

  By The Editors

  March 01, 2007 08:30 AM

• Cover Story

  The Race Newspapers have a bright future as print-digital hybrids after all -- but they'd better hurry.

  By Robert Kuttner

  March 01, 2007 08:30 AM

• The Research Report

  A Long View of Layoffs A reason to worry less about the future of the newspaper industry

  By Michael Schudson & Tony Dokoupil

  March 01, 2007 08:30 AM

• Feature

  Before Jon Stewart Fake news is back, but our tolerance for it isn't what it was before journalism donned the mantle of authority.

  By Robert Love

  March 01, 2007 08:30 AM

• Q and A

  Beyond the Cartoon Controversy: Q & A with Flemming Rose Fifteen months after he enraged the Muslim world, Danish editor Flemming Rose's conscience is clear.

  By Alia Malek

  March 01, 2007 08:30 AM

• Second Read

  Corps Values Thomas E. Ricks's 1997 book Making the Corps describes a society's relationship to its warriors.

  By Russell Working

  March 01, 2007 08:30 AM

• Review

  Crude Realities Two histories of the oil business.

  By Daphne Eviatar

  March 01, 2007 08:30 AM

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