Archives
January 2008
"McCain Lies His Ass Off"?Florida, Simi Valley, and The Real World
By Megan Garber Thu 31 Jan 2008 03:39 PM CNN's Reagan MystiqueLast night, it was morning in America. Again.
By Clint Hendler Thu 31 Jan 2008 01:12 PM WSJ Launches New Environment BlogIs this Murdoch’s influence?
By Curtis Brainard Thu 31 Jan 2008 12:40 PM Stretched EthicsIncoming head of WSJ’s new luxury magazine plugged her own yoga business, quoted a partner in Times of London columns
By Dean Starkman Thu 31 Jan 2008 12:20 PM "Chutzpah!" "Hoopla!" "Ambush!" Victory?Reporting the Democratic results in Florida
By Liz Cox Barrett Thu 31 Jan 2008 10:56 AM Keeping Poverty on the PageCovering an old problem in new ways
By Mary Ellen Schoonmaker Thu 31 Jan 2008 09:00 AM Ay, There's the SnubClinton, Obama, and the silly story du jour
By Megan Garber Wed 30 Jan 2008 03:19 PM Politics as SportRudy Tuesday and Super Sunday
By Clint Hendler Wed 30 Jan 2008 01:17 PM A Guide That Isn'tToo much brevity at the Chronicle
By Trudy Lieberman Wed 30 Jan 2008 10:00 AM "The Snub," Circa 1980Teddy Kennedy: Lancelot? Mordred?
By Roger Mudd Wed 30 Jan 2008 09:21 AM Or What?Business reporters need to finish the thought on bailouts
By Ryan Chittum Wed 30 Jan 2008 08:45 AM Covering A Non-Victory Victory in Florida"What will we do? We're the media, right?"
By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 29 Jan 2008 05:55 PM Clinton-ex-CamelotKennedy and Clinton: he’d grown accustomed to her face?
By Megan Garber Tue 29 Jan 2008 03:53 PM Nuance And Narrative in SCDo national media tell local voters what to think?
By Gal Beckerman Tue 29 Jan 2008 03:39 PM The Candidates on California's Emissions WaiverThe SacBee gets some answers, sort of
By Curtis Brainard Tue 29 Jan 2008 11:13 AM Handshaking, Hand-Clapping, Eye-RollingAll you need to know about SOTU
By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 29 Jan 2008 09:56 AM What Would You Do?The journalism that tweaks reality, then reports what happens
By Daniel Weiss Tue 29 Jan 2008 09:00 AM No, No, NOWThe women’s org lashes out at Kennedy
By Megan Garber Mon 28 Jan 2008 05:17 PM But For the Zapf DingbatsFred Thompson's campaign might have really caught on
By Liz Cox Barrett Mon 28 Jan 2008 12:21 PM Eight Questions Reporters Should Ask John McCainOn the surge and beyond
By Todd Gitlin Mon 28 Jan 2008 12:00 PM Debits and CreditsGates’s banality on WSJ’s page one; FT, NYT beat WSJ to bond insurers; cliché storm drenches Wall Street to metaphorical skin, causing proverbial cold; etc.
By Anna Bahney Mon 28 Jan 2008 11:43 AM "Discovering" Delegateswhen they’ve always been there.
By Clint Hendler Mon 28 Jan 2008 11:43 AM Mass Media CriticismObama’s fans tell off CNN
By Gal Beckerman Sun 27 Jan 2008 01:07 PM Waiting for ObamaIf the press doesn’t witness a campaign event, did it happen?
By Gal Beckerman Sat 26 Jan 2008 12:12 PM Seeing the Light in South CarolinaIn the flesh, Obama is easy maybe too easy
By Gal Beckerman Fri 25 Jan 2008 04:27 PM Desperately Seeking SoundbiteRussertism strikes again
By Megan Garber Fri 25 Jan 2008 04:07 PMNow Rudy's happy to be insulted by his hometown paper
By Clint Hendler Fri 25 Jan 2008 11:52 AM News Director Quits Over Hospital DealWEAU-TV in Wisconsin’s arrangement called unethical
By Curtis Brainard Fri 25 Jan 2008 09:37 AM The War CardIt isn’t just Bush who looks bad
By Clint Hendler Thu 24 Jan 2008 05:53 PM Gang of FourEverybody hates Mitt?
By Megan Garber Thu 24 Jan 2008 01:57 PM Bismarck Tribune Walks a TightropeCarbon series balances concerns for climate and local economy
By Curtis Brainard Thu 24 Jan 2008 11:55 AM Comcast CEO Is/Is Not Loved By ShareholdersYou need to read three separate articles to find out
By Elinore Longobardi Thu 24 Jan 2008 11:46 AM To Check The Facts, You Need The FactsMSNBC’s fact-check segment falls short
By Liz Cox Barrett Thu 24 Jan 2008 11:08 AM Big Fish and Small FryIn his new book, Robert McChesney overstates the threat to democracy posed by corporate media
By Carlin Romano Thu 24 Jan 2008 09:00 AM Fred Thompson's Tall OrderThe candidate, the press, and the way we were
By Megan Garber Thu 24 Jan 2008 08:55 AM Fight ClubThe most contentious debate = the highest-rated debate. Coincidence?
By Megan Garber Wed 23 Jan 2008 06:26 PM OMG, MSNBC!Worst. Cable. Segment. Ever?
By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 23 Jan 2008 05:04 PM The End of Clever AnglesFinancial calamity sobers up an NYT columnist
By Anna Bahney Wed 23 Jan 2008 04:20 PM Heath Ledger and the WebThe MSM played catch-up
By Megan Garber Wed 23 Jan 2008 02:42 PM Mitt's Health Plan, DebunkedWhy isn’t the press paying attention?
By Trudy Lieberman Wed 23 Jan 2008 11:10 AM GEO TV Back On AirSort of.
By Clint Hendler Tue 22 Jan 2008 05:11 PM Where's Education? Part IIThe fierce urgency of...when?
By Megan Garber Tue 22 Jan 2008 05:01 PM Announcing Last Night's Rashomon AwardsToday’s Oscar announcement? It’s got nothing on the ‘Demmys’
By Megan Garber Tue 22 Jan 2008 12:14 PM The Candidates did the Dirty WorkCNN didn’t get a chance to look bad
By Clint Hendler Tue 22 Jan 2008 12:13 PM Insta-Analysis Takes Another HitS.C. debate leaves pundits speechless sort of
By Gal Beckerman Tue 22 Jan 2008 12:01 PM B-I-Double-Hockey-SticksIs there anything he can('t) do?
By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 22 Jan 2008 11:26 AM Zell The ManagerThis year's management theory
By Dean Starkman Tue 22 Jan 2008 10:35 AM Laurel to the editorial staff of Stars and StripesSend tips and suggestions to dartsandlaurels@cjr.org
By Clint Hendler Tue 22 Jan 2008 09:00 AM The MRSA-Gay ConnectionPress slaps its own wrist for mischaracterizing research
By Curtis Brainard Tue 22 Jan 2008 09:00 AM L'Affaire ScaifeVanity Fair chimes in
By Clint Hendler Mon 21 Jan 2008 05:24 PM Delegate ThisClinton did not win the Nevada “vote”
By Clint Hendler Mon 21 Jan 2008 04:10 PM The Reagan Myth, ReduxKrugman goes cherry-picking
By Megan Garber Mon 21 Jan 2008 03:08 PM Buzzing the Nation With GoldwaterTales from the Yai-Bi-Kin
By Roger Mudd Mon 21 Jan 2008 02:26 PM A Sight for Fresh EyesThe circus comes to The State’s state
By Gal Beckerman Mon 21 Jan 2008 01:04 PM Eight Questions Reporters Should Ask ClintonAnd not a single one about race!
By Todd Gitlin Mon 21 Jan 2008 12:56 PM Hearts, Mouths, and HardballThat mea culpa from Chris Matthews
By Jules Witcover Mon 21 Jan 2008 11:29 AM Debits and CreditsWP's Johnson unearths prosecutorial log-rolling; WSJ leaves something out; CNBC's rotten Apple 'scoop'
By Anna Bahney Mon 21 Jan 2008 10:44 AM Health Care: Passing Along the ConfusionThe Times unclarifies
By Trudy Lieberman Mon 21 Jan 2008 10:00 AM No Need to Apologize, APA reporter gets loud, and we like it
By Megan Garber Fri 18 Jan 2008 04:39 PM Moving the boundariesA Pennsylvania paper dares to cover single payer
By Trudy Lieberman Fri 18 Jan 2008 04:00 PM A High-Tech Rumor MillFT pushes thinly sourced Blu-ray scoop too far while Variety and others hold their fire
By Elinore Longobardi Fri 18 Jan 2008 03:56 PM More Candidate BloombergNPR weighs in with absurd bingo report
By Gal Beckerman Fri 18 Jan 2008 01:21 PM Recommended ReadingTwo articles answer questions about the rise of Huckabee and Obama
By Gal Beckerman Thu 17 Jan 2008 01:07 PM Journalism 2.0 on Science 2.0How the Web is shaping next-generation reporting
By Curtis Brainard Thu 17 Jan 2008 11:47 AM BlogonomicsBloggers of the world, unite!
By Chris Mooney Thu 17 Jan 2008 09:00 AM There's No "I" in Debate ModeratorSomeone tell Tim Russert
By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 16 Jan 2008 05:07 PM The Sky is Falling!Tell me something I don't know
By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 16 Jan 2008 02:43 PM Can't Get Any Worse?Newspaper companies’ wildly inflated balance sheets
By Ryan Chittum Wed 16 Jan 2008 10:40 AM 'Surrogate' LaborDoes the term-of-the-moment need its own stand-in?
By Megan Garber Wed 16 Jan 2008 09:23 AM Dennis the Menace?The Vegas debate, missing in Vegas
By Megan Garber Wed 16 Jan 2008 09:20 AM Press Plays Vegas, AgainClichés Away!
By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 15 Jan 2008 05:56 PM Lessons From Concessions PastSpinning second (or third or last) place
By Roger Mudd Tue 15 Jan 2008 01:34 PM The Bloomer MillHow a handful of Manhattanites kept Mayor Mike’s “candidacy” alive
By Gal Beckerman Tue 15 Jan 2008 12:55 PM Tale of a Winning Bet Against PredatorsWSJ scores with great subprime story
By Dean Starkman Tue 15 Jan 2008 12:41 PM Playing Telephone with MLKHow the press fanned the Dems' "racial tension"
By Megan Garber Tue 15 Jan 2008 10:44 AM Supply and DemandJournalism must invest in educated consumers
By The Editors Tue 15 Jan 2008 09:00 AM Pushing for a Science DebateJournalists join effort to convince the candidates
By Curtis Brainard Tue 15 Jan 2008 08:00 AM CJR Launches The ObservatoryA new department to critique the coverage of science and the environment
By Curtis Brainard Tue 15 Jan 2008 07:00 AM Revisiting the New Hampshire PollsTrade group readies a panel
By Clint Hendler Mon 14 Jan 2008 03:42 PM Debits and CreditsA.P. abandons commonsense; Morgenson does it again; Forbes forgets something; Up in smoke?
By Anna Bahney Mon 14 Jan 2008 01:22 PM Health Care: Who Will Be at the Table?Following the (insurance company) money
By Trudy Lieberman Mon 14 Jan 2008 01:19 PM The Candidates’ own Health CareRovner asks a good question, gets few answers
By Clint Hendler Mon 14 Jan 2008 12:58 PM Dowd in DerryOr Maybe Not
By Clint Hendler Fri 11 Jan 2008 01:27 PM Rolling Craps in New HampshireThe storied prediction markets fared little better than the polls
By Curtis Brainard Fri 11 Jan 2008 09:52 AM Eight Questions Reporters Should Ask Mitt RomneyFrom welfare moms to "doubling Guantánamo"
By Todd Gitlin Fri 11 Jan 2008 09:11 AM Men in the DinerManchester’s media darlings, after the storm
By Megan Garber Thu 10 Jan 2008 04:24 PM Journalism Makes Them UncomfortableA mutant strain of journalism criticism
By Dean Starkman Thu 10 Jan 2008 12:19 PM Blogging From Air Force OneAnyone hear about the White House's blog?
By Paul McLeary Thu 10 Jan 2008 12:12 PM Secrets of the CityWhat The Wire reveals about urban journalism
By Lawrence Lanahan Thu 10 Jan 2008 09:00 AM On Radio RowA peek inside the Talk Radio factory
By Megan Garber Wed 9 Jan 2008 06:15 PM The Anti-Chris Matthews VoteAnd how it sparked some media soul-searching (though not from Matthews)
By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 9 Jan 2008 05:13 PM The Polls: What the #$!% Happened?ABC's pollster surveys the wreckage
By Clint Hendler Wed 9 Jan 2008 05:12 PM Business Writing for EveryoneLAT provides needed context for the non-specialist; others don't
By Elinore Longobardi Wed 9 Jan 2008 04:18 PM "Pundits, Savants and Gurus," Oh My!The slow dissolution of conventional wisdom at CNN
By Curtis Brainard Wed 9 Jan 2008 03:46 PM The Tears and the ClownsFile under "cynics"
By Paul McLeary Wed 9 Jan 2008 02:19 PM We Expected More ElephantsNYT delivers
By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 9 Jan 2008 01:37 PM Clinton Ran Against The Press--And WonPublic believed her, not her coverage
By Gal Beckerman Wed 9 Jan 2008 01:36 PM All's Quiet on the Obama FrontBehind the scenes at last night's Obama rally in Nashua
By Megan Garber Wed 9 Jan 2008 10:56 AM Hillary Clinton is not the underdog...A clarification of terms.
By Michael Meyer Tue 8 Jan 2008 04:03 PM Job Well DoneWSJ shines light on Wall Street 'hairball'
By Ryan Chittum Tue 8 Jan 2008 01:26 PM Misty IICable considers Clinton
By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 8 Jan 2008 11:27 AM Play Misty for MeThe media on The Moment
By Megan Garber Tue 8 Jan 2008 11:26 AM Russert Becomes Invisible to HimselfThe elephant is still in the room
By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 8 Jan 2008 10:52 AM Romney Points his FingerAnd there's a story or two behind that
By Roger Mudd Tue 8 Jan 2008 10:01 AM Bill Clinton: Media CriticIs Hillary getting a "raw deal?"
By Gal Beckerman Tue 8 Jan 2008 09:59 AM The Language of StrangersHow a hotshot editor with big ideas failed to comprehend the soul of community journalism
By Jonathan Rowe Tue 8 Jan 2008 09:00 AM Transcript: "The Language of Strangers"A town comes together to discuss the role of a community newspaper
By Elizabeth Whitney Tue 8 Jan 2008 09:00 AM The Edwards SlogLittle sleep, little news
By Clint Hendler Tue 8 Jan 2008 08:52 AM The Energy IssueNot that one, the other one
By Megan Garber Tue 8 Jan 2008 06:14 AM Weighing the Environmental VoteFrom Iowa to New Hampshire, more enthusiasm than action
By Curtis Brainard Mon 7 Jan 2008 04:47 PM The Magical New York TimesReads the mind of Hillary Clinton
By Paul McLeary Mon 7 Jan 2008 04:44 PM Radio WavesVoting = luvin' in New Hampshire
By Megan Garber Mon 7 Jan 2008 01:05 PM You're a Good Man, Charlie GibsonA classy move at Saturday's Manchester debate
By Megan Garber Mon 7 Jan 2008 12:43 PM Debits and CreditsBusiness Week slips on Perle; Eisinger's interesting warning; WSJ arrives late to an accident, etc.
By Anna Bahney Mon 7 Jan 2008 12:20 PM Back on the HustingsBack to disenchantment with the political press corps
By Paul McLeary Mon 7 Jan 2008 10:28 AM The Other Winner in IowaHow The Des Moines Register Got it (Mostly) Right
By Clint Hendler Fri 4 Jan 2008 03:25 PM Checkbook Journalism RevisitedSometimes we owe our sources everything
By Robert Boynton Fri 4 Jan 2008 12:00 PM The Glamorous Life on the Campaign TrailOr is it? The scene in an unwired basement at the last Romney rally
By Clint Hendler Thu 3 Jan 2008 06:13 PM New York Times Nails NevadaLocal press has homer blindness on land-use story
By Elinore Longobardi Thu 3 Jan 2008 04:18 PM Outtakes From Election DayTwo pieces that manage not to war game the fight in Iowa
By Paul McLeary Thu 3 Jan 2008 04:00 PM Enough Wrong To Go AroundWashington Times joins the 'liberal media' in getting Iraq wrong
By Paul McLeary Thu 3 Jan 2008 02:22 PM Science And ReligionJournal's survey delivers best reporting yet on presidential hopefuls and a host of scientific issues
By Curtis Brainard Thu 3 Jan 2008 01:37 PM The Redemption of Chris RoseLike his city and his newspaper, a survivor
By Barry Yeoman Thu 3 Jan 2008 09:00 AM John's JokeNeedling the press, for points
By Clint Hendler Wed 2 Jan 2008 04:58 PM Edwards: Gives Coffee, Takes QuestionsSuccumbs to pressure for "presser"
By Clint Hendler Wed 2 Jan 2008 03:39 PM Eight Questions Reporters Should Ask ObamaThe war and more
By Todd Gitlin Wed 2 Jan 2008 02:58 PM Medicare MysteryWhy the conspiracy of silence?
By Trudy Lieberman Wed 2 Jan 2008 02:03 PM Unsupported and UntrueWSJ lacks evidence to support a sweeping, front-page claim against mortgage borrowers
By Dean Starkman Wed 2 Jan 2008 01:33 PM Reporters Are Sick of IowaPassive aggressive reporting from the Hawkeye state
By Paul McLeary Wed 2 Jan 2008 12:30 PM Iowa and the Search for PowerOn the Edwards bus, laptops are low
By Clint Hendler Wed 2 Jan 2008 09:37 AM Iowa: Land of the Midnight FunNew Year's Eve with the Press Corps
By Clint Hendler Tue 1 Jan 2008 02:48 PM