Monthly Archive
November 2007
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Campaign Desk
CNN Needn’t Apologize Kerr’s question was legitimate, not a partisan plant
November 30, 2007 04:40 PM Comments (17)
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The Audit
Counterproductive Counterintuition An ill-advised exercise in counterspin in the Times
November 30, 2007 01:34 PM
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Campaign Desk
Is Perry Bacon Serious? Obama story has no place in the Washington Post
By Paul McLeary
November 29, 2007 01:33 PM Comments (10)
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Campaign Desk
Where’s Education? It’s always been a bridesmaid…last night, it got jilted
By Megan Garber
November 29, 2007 12:33 PM
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Campaign Desk
Obama’s NASA Plan Gets Little Play Most reporters miss intersection of science, education in the campaign
November 29, 2007 11:10 AM Comments (8)
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Review
Cowboys and Damsels Susan Faludi oversimplifies post-9/11 America
November 29, 2007 09:00 AM
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The Kicker
The War that Keeps On Giving
November 28, 2007 05:00 PM
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Campaign Desk
NYT Runs Out of Energy Phones in an “issue” story
November 28, 2007 03:25 PM
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Campaign Desk
The Sun Explores Hillary’s Summer of Love And by ‘love,’ they mean ‘communism’
By Megan Garber
November 28, 2007 03:23 PM
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Behind the News
Does the Press Get the Soldiers’ Story in Iraq? A new PEJ survey (of reporters in Iraq) says yes
By Paul McLeary
November 28, 2007 09:56 AM Comments (11)
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The Kicker
Nightline Regresses
By Paul McLeary
November 27, 2007 01:54 PM Comments (9)
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Campaign Desk
“Evangelicalese 101” The green message is right, but what about the messengers?
November 27, 2007 01:14 PM
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The Audit
Earnings: Eye of the Beholder? Verizon coverage shows corporate earnings are still a trap for business reporters. The winner: IBD
November 27, 2007 11:01 AM
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Campaign Desk
Romney Talks Tough on Health Care But what’s he really saying?
November 27, 2007 10:30 AM
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Campaign Desk
It’s Sunday, Do I Have to Meet the Press? 1995 called and it wants its Beltway bloviators back
November 27, 2007 09:42 AM
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Q and A
The New Health-Care Debate 1992 echoes loudly, but today's story isn't just back to the future
November 27, 2007 09:00 AM
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Campaign Desk
Halperin vs. Halperin Time.com’s political don pens a maddening mea culpa
November 26, 2007 04:23 PM
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On the Contrary
The War Expert Wrong, wrong, wrong again. But the media still want Ken Pollack
November 26, 2007 01:00 PM Comments (9)
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The Kicker
The Eichenwald Effect?
November 26, 2007 12:33 PM
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Campaign Desk
Bored Reporters, Boring Coverage WaPo merely stood out from the crowd on Sunday
By Paul McLeary
November 26, 2007 12:31 PM
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The Audit
Debits and Credits Business Week pushes parents' anxiety buttons; Ruth Simon on subprime, etc.
By Anna Bahney
November 26, 2007 12:08 PM
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Campaign Desk
Rudy’s Unhealthy Stats Some good reporting holds Giuliani’s phony cancer numbers at bay
November 21, 2007 03:44 PM
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The Audit
Stilettos Are The Rage For WSJ, L’Affaire Judith offers a glimpse of a creepy new home at News Corp.
November 21, 2007 12:25 PM
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Campaign Desk
No Mo Maureen Dowd is not necessary
November 21, 2007 08:54 AM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
Tower of Babble A Times critic reviews the new Times Building for the Times. Cause for concern?
By Megan Garber
November 20, 2007 04:57 PM
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Campaign Desk
Hillary Plays the Game There's nothing wrong with her aggressive attitude towards the press
November 20, 2007 04:41 PM
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The Kicker
Dateline Mogadishu
By Paul McLeary
November 20, 2007 12:10 PM
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The Audit
FT Husked by ADM Financial Times plays mouthpiece to corporate welfare queen
November 20, 2007 09:40 AM
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Behind the News
Lewis and Snark Lapham’s new journal: an embarrassment of riches…or just an embarrassment?
By Megan Garber
November 20, 2007 09:38 AM
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Campaign Desk
Fusing Climate to the Campaign First presidential forum on energy a sign of (slow) progress
November 19, 2007 04:53 PM
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Campaign Desk
The Audacity White House hopes, WaPo reports
November 19, 2007 04:20 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
The Usual Suspects Get this, Howard Wolfson thinks Hillary killed in the Vegas debate
By Paul McLeary
November 19, 2007 11:36 AM
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The Audit
Esquire vs. The Audit on Ground Zero Coverage Raab, Longobardi trade shots on Silverstein, Rubenstein, the Port Authority and lack of progress
November 19, 2007 11:25 AM
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Campaign Desk
Sunday Round-up It was horse-race coverage by a nose
By Paul McLeary
November 19, 2007 10:41 AM Comments (1)
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The Audit
Reading the Business Press Wal-Mart, Health Insurance, Capitalistpig
By Anna Bahney
November 16, 2007 04:48 PM
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Campaign Desk
Union Jack-knife When it comes to ‘merit pay,’ candidates and reporters should cut to the chase
By Megan Garber
November 16, 2007 04:30 PM
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Campaign Desk
Joe Biden, Media Critic He skewered last night’s “debate.” Someone had to.
November 16, 2007 02:59 PM
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Behind the News
Where is the Climate ‘Middle’? Revkin’s new Dot Earth blog sparks healthy debate
November 16, 2007 02:47 PM
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Campaign Desk
Kos and Rove, Together at Last! Newsweek couldn't have been more predictable
By Paul McLeary
November 16, 2007 02:12 PM Comments (18)
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Behind the News
A Reality Check For FCC Debate The sky won't fall if the rules change, but to say it doesn't matter is folly, too
November 16, 2007 01:09 PM
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The Kicker
MSM, Still Kicking
By Paul McLeary
November 16, 2007 09:45 AM
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The Kicker
Waterboarding is serious business…
November 15, 2007 02:57 PM Comments (4)
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Behind the News
Language Matters Except, apparently, to some reporters
By Paul McLeary
November 15, 2007 02:23 PM Comments (1)
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The Kicker
Irony Watch
By Paul McLeary
November 15, 2007 12:55 PM Comments (1)
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The Audit
Zell If He Knows Connie Bruck's good piece on Zell doesn't ask the key question: how to drive TribCo revenue?
November 15, 2007 12:28 PM
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Feature
If You Build It… The Journal-Constitution gambles on a digitally driven makeover
November 15, 2007 09:00 AM
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Behind the News
Oh, (Big) Brother China’s “fake reporters”: scourge or scapegoat?
By Megan Garber
November 13, 2007 05:55 PM
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Campaign Desk
And They Call Fred Thompson Lazy? Reporters don’t even raise their own eyebrows these days
November 13, 2007 03:38 PM
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Behind the News
ABC News, Vanity Fair in Afghanistan Capturing a harrowing time and place
By Paul McLeary
November 13, 2007 03:14 PM
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Second Read
The Unvanquished Marshall Frady and the dime-store rascals of southern politics
November 13, 2007 12:00 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
CNN Plays Vegas The Don King-ification of a Democratic Presidential Debate
November 13, 2007 11:33 AM
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Behind the News
Vision Quest KQED’s new science program offers a glimpse of the future
By Eric Simons
November 13, 2007 11:14 AM
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Campaign Desk
Brain Drain The NYT’s “political brain” graphics put mind over (gray) matter
By Megan Garber
November 12, 2007 05:14 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
Failure to Report Big news orgs are failing to cover the Iraqi tribal "awakening"
By Paul McLeary
November 12, 2007 04:34 PM
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The Kicker
Martha Raddatz, Girl Reporter
November 12, 2007 11:20 AM
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Audio
Reporting Iraq A roundtable on the journalism of the war, featuring four professionals who covered it
By The Editors
November 09, 2007 06:00 PM
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Campaign Desk
The Tipping Point Clinton, the media, and a mysterious $100 tip
By Megan Garber
November 09, 2007 03:50 PM
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The Audit
Reading the Business Press Sarkozy, Insurance, Weil on GM, etc.
By Anna Bahney
November 09, 2007 02:47 PM
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The Audit
To the Ramparts! Study says stock prices rise and fall with protest coverage
November 08, 2007 05:00 PM
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Campaign Desk
Pat Robertson Doesn’t Matter Anymore Why does the press act like he does?
November 08, 2007 04:56 PM
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Campaign Desk
Hell Hath No Fury ...like a political adviser scorned
By Megan Garber
November 08, 2007 03:46 PM
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Essay
The Limits of Clear Language Orwell worried about polluted language, but polluted information is more toxic
November 08, 2007 09:00 AM Comments (25)
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Campaign Desk
Has The Mighty Fallen Yet? Chris Matthews' "Slick" Hillary Watch
November 07, 2007 03:53 PM
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Campaign Desk
Climate Consensus: Bravery or Blunder? WaPo raises possibility that anti-warming platforms might not win
November 07, 2007 02:21 PM
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The Kicker
To Bomb or Not to Bomb?
November 07, 2007 01:22 PM
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The Audit
The Weed Ain’t the Half of It Devil is in the details of WSJ’s James Cayne story
November 06, 2007 03:20 PM
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Campaign Desk
Bush Jr. Gives $2K To Mitt? Political news you can use
By Paul McLeary
November 06, 2007 12:14 PM
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Campaign Desk
The “Sanctuary City” Scam Policing the immigration debate
November 06, 2007 10:59 AM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
Being Michael Bloomberg Newsweek knows the mayor better than he knows himself
November 06, 2007 10:57 AM
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The Audit
Citigroup Coverage: Too Clever by Half The business press is too smart for our own good on a CEO's exit
November 05, 2007 04:00 PM
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Feature
Musharraf’s Monster In Pakistan, independent TV is young, powerful, and biting the hand that fed it
By Shahan Mufti
November 05, 2007 12:00 PM
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Campaign Desk
Bloomberg Overshadows Edwards Mayor’s proposal to tax carbon gets top coverage
November 05, 2007 11:54 AM
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Behind the News
Kurtz Goes to the Well Plugs his book in his column, again
By Paul McLeary
November 05, 2007 11:08 AM
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The Audit
Where We Going? The business press doesn't know either
By Anna Bahney
November 02, 2007 04:06 PM Comments (1)
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The Kicker
Happy Birthday, Atlantic
By Megan Garber
November 02, 2007 01:30 PM
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Behind the News
Those Complicated California Wildfires Journalists, scientists analyze carbon emissions
November 02, 2007 12:47 PM
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Essay
The Rhetoric Beat Why journalism needs one
November 01, 2007 02:00 PM Comments (23)
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The Audit
The Larry Silverstein Story, Continued…. Esquire joins the Financial Times in fantasyland
November 01, 2007 12:36 PM
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The Kicker
Hamas’s Musical Weapon
November 01, 2007 12:26 PM
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Campaign Desk
Start Spreading the News… Obama’s years in New York City? Fuggedaboutem
By Megan Garber
November 01, 2007 12:03 PM
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Language Corner
‘Twas Ever Thus
By Evan Jenkins
November 01, 2007 09:00 AM
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NSF “Underwriting” Coverage And other controversies from the World Conference of Science Journalism
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A Harper’s editor’s stint as a cultural virologist On Bill Wasik’s new book
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NYT: Banks gunning for consumer protection agency They’ll fight it — hard
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Non-profit consortium launches Investigative News Network Good news, for a change
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When is it proper to withhold a news story? And should CJR have kept the Rohde story secret?