Archives
April 2007
No Dinner For You!Frank Rich breaks some news, and bloggers get all huffy about it.
By Christina Hernandez Mon 30 Apr 2007 03:19 PM The Mathematics of BalanceWhen are two polling numbers created equal? When the Washington press corps get of hold of them.
By Paul McLeary Mon 30 Apr 2007 02:25 PM Why NBC Was Right to Air Cho PackageKevin Sites, who has first-hand experience with controversial video footage, comments on the Cho video.
By Kevin Sites Mon 30 Apr 2007 12:57 PM Tenet's Mouth is Moving, But We Can't Understand the WordsGeorge Tenet's story is confusing, and reporters aren't making it any clearer.
By Paul McLeary Fri 27 Apr 2007 01:56 PM Counting the Dead in IraqIf the Iraqi government won't provide civilian casualty figures, it's up to reporters to find them.
By Gal Beckerman Fri 27 Apr 2007 12:00 PM Good News for People Who Love Bad NewsA new, anti-press theme is beginning to emerge in John McCain's presidential campaign.
By Paul McLeary Thu 26 Apr 2007 02:29 PM Mergers: They're What's for DinnerFor the business press, the more mergers and acquisitions, the better. Too bad most of them don't work out.
By Dean Starkman Thu 26 Apr 2007 02:13 PM The War Over the WallThe decision by the U.S. military to build a wall separating two Baghdad neighborhoods is kicking up some dust.
By Satta Sarmah Thu 26 Apr 2007 01:50 PM Naomi Wolf Defines Fascism DownwardWolfe takes to a British newspaper to tell Americans they're screwed.
By Christina Hernandez Wed 25 Apr 2007 03:57 PM The Katies' Sad FallA Texas journalism award isn't all it has been cracked up to be.
By Dan Goldberg Wed 25 Apr 2007 02:27 PM Surprise, MTV's Environmental News RocksMTV rediscovers some of the social consciousness that it once proudly displayed.
By Curtis Brainard Tue 24 Apr 2007 10:30 AM Katie Couric: Anything a Media Critic Wants Her to beMore contradictory reports from the land of Couric obsessives.
By Paul McLeary Mon 23 Apr 2007 05:10 PM Good News! The News is Good!American bloggers turn a story about the curtailment Russian free speech into a domestic joke.
By Christina Hernandez Mon 23 Apr 2007 02:10 PM The Sun's Wafer-thin Attack on Elliott's Pulitzer PieceFor a right-wing paper, there is no such thing as a moderate Muslim.
By Gal Beckerman Fri 20 Apr 2007 04:23 PM NBC's Damned If It Does, And Damned If It Doesn'tAttacking the press for telling too much of the story.
By Paul McLeary Fri 20 Apr 2007 03:56 PM Dang, That's GoodWith many moving parts, the WSJ's options series took serious stones to publish
By Dean Starkman Thu 19 Apr 2007 01:43 PM Blogs and NBC and the MSM and Mass MurderBloggers react to NBC airing the rantings of the Virginia Tech killer.
By Satta Sarmah Thu 19 Apr 2007 01:25 PM Young Journalists' Concerns About the V Tech StoryAspiring journalists take to their blogs to give voice to how they think the story is being covered.
By Christina Hernandez Wed 18 Apr 2007 03:24 PM What Happens When an i-Reporter Gets Hurt?Raw news footage is great, but how safe are the raw recruits filming it?
By Paul McLeary Wed 18 Apr 2007 02:51 PM Fox News Takes Vonnegut's Bait, One Last TimeFox News didn't like Kurt Vonnegut. So it Goes...
By Gal Beckerman Tue 17 Apr 2007 01:13 PM A Guide Through the Jungle of Green IssuesGreen news has grown into a print jungle that -- sometimes unique and probing, sometimes more fad than fact -- can be difficult to navigate.
By Curtis Brainard Mon 16 Apr 2007 02:50 PM Duke v. Iraq, an Exercise in News JudgmentThe cable channels refuse to surprise in choosing which stories to play up.
By Paul McLeary Mon 16 Apr 2007 12:52 PM Bloggers Give New ESPN Ombudsman Glowing ReviewsOn April 7, a radio host went on the air and said something really stupid -- and it had nothing to do with Rutgers. Enter Le Anne Schreiber.
By Dan Goldberg Mon 16 Apr 2007 10:44 AM NBC and CBS Rolled Over Once the Advertisers Fled ImusMedia critics and Les Moonves suddenly take the moral high ground.
By Paul McLeary Fri 13 Apr 2007 02:33 PM W.W.T.A.D.What Would The Audit Do, if given $125 million to reinvent business reporting from scratch? Quelque chose comme Conde Nast Portfolio? Peut-être.
By Dean Starkman Thu 12 Apr 2007 01:40 PM With Troop Tours Extended, Bloggers Debate ServiceToday in the 'sphere, bloggers and soldiers debate which sacrifices should be required of an all-volunteer Army.
By Satta Sarmah Thu 12 Apr 2007 12:58 PM Facts, Shmacts. It's A Good Story!The Reno Gazette-Journal turns an outlandish rumor into "news," before the story collapses upon itself.
By Edward B. Colby Thu 12 Apr 2007 10:50 AM Emissions Markets: The Good, The Bad, The UglyThe press, the markets and politicians get all mixed up.
By Curtis Brainard Wed 11 Apr 2007 04:24 PM Meet Al Roker, Fired-Up BloggerLess noticed amid the fallout from the slur heard 'round the world has been some internecine conflict taking place under the NBC News umbrella.
By Christina Hernandez Wed 11 Apr 2007 04:11 PM Get the Facts Straight on Iran and EFPsWhen is an Iranian bomb not an Iranian bomb? When it's made in Iraq.
By Paul McLeary Tue 10 Apr 2007 12:17 PM Demands Unmet, the Taliban Take an Afghan Journalist's LifeAfter a little more than a month in captivity, Ajmal Naqshbandi was killed Sunday.
By Dan Goldberg Mon 9 Apr 2007 02:32 PM The Weekend's Good and BadRudy don't know Iran, Gawker don't know Iraq.
By Paul McLeary Mon 9 Apr 2007 12:48 PM The Coming News Blackout?Some news organizations are turning down embeds not because of combat -- but because they might get their gear stolen.
By Paul McLeary Fri 6 Apr 2007 03:13 PM The Flint Journal and SonRise: A Twisted TalePretend, for a moment, that you are a loyal reader of the Flint Journal, a small daily northwest of Detroit. Now consider the following series of items.
By Edward B. Colby Thu 5 Apr 2007 02:00 PM Bush Names Ambassador to Belgium, Bloggers on Top of ItThe president makes a recess appointment to a very important post, leading to conflict.
By Satta Sarmah Thu 5 Apr 2007 01:23 PM Capitalism At Risk; Needs More From Journal’s Third FrontMoney & Investing is Getting Some Help. It needs it.
By Dean Starkman Thu 5 Apr 2007 12:10 PM EPA Ruling Sets an Ambitious Menu For the PressAs "triumphant" as Monday's decision may be for environmentalists, for the press the story is just beginning.
By Curtis Brainard Wed 4 Apr 2007 05:28 PM Wolf Goes Free, But Debate He Inspired ContinuesHe has been called a blogger, freelance journalist, photographer, political activist and anarchist, but one title Josh Wolf no longer goes by is prisoner.
By Christina Hernandez Wed 4 Apr 2007 11:29 AM Stop the Winnowing Already!It is way too early for simplistic framing, or for narrowing the presidential field.
By Edward B. Colby Tue 3 Apr 2007 11:58 AM We're At War; That's Front-Page News Every DayIf ever there were a case for journalism to give the people what they need, even if sometimes they say they don't want it, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are it.
By Paul McLeary Mon 2 Apr 2007 12:23 PM
