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

• 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

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