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 Mystique

Last night, it was morning in America. Again.

By Clint Hendler Thu 31 Jan 2008 01:12 PM WSJ Launches New Environment Blog

Is this Murdoch’s influence?

By Curtis Brainard Thu 31 Jan 2008 12:40 PM Stretched Ethics

Incoming 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 Page

Covering an old problem in new ways

By Mary Ellen Schoonmaker Thu 31 Jan 2008 09:00 AM Ay, There's the Snub

Clinton, Obama, and the silly story du jour

By Megan Garber Wed 30 Jan 2008 03:19 PM Politics as Sport

Rudy Tuesday and Super Sunday

By Clint Hendler Wed 30 Jan 2008 01:17 PM A Guide That Isn't

Too much brevity at the Chronicle

By Trudy Lieberman Wed 30 Jan 2008 10:00 AM "The Snub," Circa 1980

Teddy 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-Camelot

Kennedy and Clinton: he’d grown accustomed to her face?

By Megan Garber Tue 29 Jan 2008 03:53 PM Nuance And Narrative in SC

Do national media tell local voters what to think?

By Gal Beckerman Tue 29 Jan 2008 03:39 PM The Candidates on California's Emissions Waiver

The SacBee gets some answers, sort of

By Curtis Brainard Tue 29 Jan 2008 11:13 AM Handshaking, Hand-Clapping, Eye-Rolling

All 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, NOW

The women’s org lashes out at Kennedy

By Megan Garber Mon 28 Jan 2008 05:17 PM But For the Zapf Dingbats

Fred 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 McCain

On the surge and beyond

By Todd Gitlin Mon 28 Jan 2008 12:00 PM Debits and Credits

Gates’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" Delegates

…when they’ve always been there.

By Clint Hendler Mon 28 Jan 2008 11:43 AM Mass Media Criticism

Obama’s fans tell off CNN

By Gal Beckerman Sun 27 Jan 2008 01:07 PM Waiting for Obama

If 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 Carolina

In the flesh, Obama is easy…maybe too easy

By Gal Beckerman Fri 25 Jan 2008 04:27 PM Desperately Seeking Soundbite

Russertism strikes again

By Megan Garber Fri 25 Jan 2008 04:07 PM Times Have Changed

Now 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 Deal

WEAU-TV in Wisconsin’s arrangement called unethical

By Curtis Brainard Fri 25 Jan 2008 09:37 AM The War Card

It isn’t just Bush who looks bad

By Clint Hendler Thu 24 Jan 2008 05:53 PM Gang of Four

Everybody hates Mitt?

By Megan Garber Thu 24 Jan 2008 01:57 PM Bismarck Tribune Walks a Tightrope

Carbon 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 Shareholders

You 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 Facts

MSNBC’s fact-check segment falls short

By Liz Cox Barrett Thu 24 Jan 2008 11:08 AM Big Fish and Small Fry

In 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 Order

The candidate, the press, and the way we were

By Megan Garber Thu 24 Jan 2008 08:55 AM Fight Club

The 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 Angles

Financial calamity sobers up an NYT columnist

By Anna Bahney Wed 23 Jan 2008 04:20 PM Heath Ledger and the Web

The MSM played catch-up

By Megan Garber Wed 23 Jan 2008 02:42 PM Mitt's Health Plan, Debunked

Why isn’t the press paying attention?

By Trudy Lieberman Wed 23 Jan 2008 11:10 AM GEO TV Back On Air

Sort of.

By Clint Hendler Tue 22 Jan 2008 05:11 PM Where's Education? Part II

The fierce urgency of...when?

By Megan Garber Tue 22 Jan 2008 05:01 PM Announcing Last Night's Rashomon Awards

Today’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 Work

CNN didn’t get a chance to look bad

By Clint Hendler Tue 22 Jan 2008 12:13 PM Insta-Analysis Takes Another Hit

S.C. debate leaves pundits speechless…sort of

By Gal Beckerman Tue 22 Jan 2008 12:01 PM B-I-Double-Hockey-Sticks

Is there anything he can('t) do?

By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 22 Jan 2008 11:26 AM Zell The Manager

This year's management theory

By Dean Starkman Tue 22 Jan 2008 10:35 AM Laurel to the editorial staff of Stars and Stripes

Send tips and suggestions to dartsandlaurels@cjr.org

By Clint Hendler Tue 22 Jan 2008 09:00 AM The MRSA-Gay Connection

Press slaps its own wrist for mischaracterizing research

By Curtis Brainard Tue 22 Jan 2008 09:00 AM L'Affaire Scaife

Vanity Fair chimes in

By Clint Hendler Mon 21 Jan 2008 05:24 PM Delegate This

Clinton did not win the Nevada “vote”

By Clint Hendler Mon 21 Jan 2008 04:10 PM The Reagan Myth, Redux

Krugman goes cherry-picking

By Megan Garber Mon 21 Jan 2008 03:08 PM Buzzing the Nation With Goldwater

Tales from the Yai-Bi-Kin

By Roger Mudd Mon 21 Jan 2008 02:26 PM A Sight for Fresh Eyes

The circus comes to The State’s state

By Gal Beckerman Mon 21 Jan 2008 01:04 PM Eight Questions Reporters Should Ask Clinton

And not a single one about race!

By Todd Gitlin Mon 21 Jan 2008 12:56 PM Hearts, Mouths, and Hardball

That mea culpa from Chris Matthews

By Jules Witcover Mon 21 Jan 2008 11:29 AM Debits and Credits

WP'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 Confusion

The Times unclarifies

By Trudy Lieberman Mon 21 Jan 2008 10:00 AM No Need to Apologize, AP

A reporter gets loud, and we like it

By Megan Garber Fri 18 Jan 2008 04:39 PM Moving the boundaries

A Pennsylvania paper dares to cover single payer

By Trudy Lieberman Fri 18 Jan 2008 04:00 PM A High-Tech Rumor Mill

FT 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 Bloomberg

NPR weighs in with absurd bingo report

By Gal Beckerman Fri 18 Jan 2008 01:21 PM Recommended Reading

Two 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 2.0

How the Web is shaping next-generation reporting

By Curtis Brainard Thu 17 Jan 2008 11:47 AM Blogonomics

Bloggers of the world, unite!

By Chris Mooney Thu 17 Jan 2008 09:00 AM There's No "I" in Debate Moderator

Someone 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' Labor

Does 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, Again

Clichés Away!

By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 15 Jan 2008 05:56 PM Lessons From Concessions Past

Spinning second (or third or last) place

By Roger Mudd Tue 15 Jan 2008 01:34 PM The Bloomer Mill

How 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 Predators

WSJ scores with great subprime story

By Dean Starkman Tue 15 Jan 2008 12:41 PM Playing Telephone with MLK

How the press fanned the Dems' "racial tension"

By Megan Garber Tue 15 Jan 2008 10:44 AM Supply and Demand

Journalism must invest in educated consumers

By The Editors Tue 15 Jan 2008 09:00 AM Pushing for a Science Debate

Journalists join effort to convince the candidates

By Curtis Brainard Tue 15 Jan 2008 08:00 AM CJR Launches The Observatory

A 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 Polls

Trade group readies a panel

By Clint Hendler Mon 14 Jan 2008 03:42 PM Debits and Credits

A.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 Care

Rovner asks a good question, gets few answers

By Clint Hendler Mon 14 Jan 2008 12:58 PM Dowd in Derry

Or Maybe Not

By Clint Hendler Fri 11 Jan 2008 01:27 PM Rolling Craps in New Hampshire

The 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 Romney

From welfare moms to "doubling Guantánamo"

By Todd Gitlin Fri 11 Jan 2008 09:11 AM Men in the Diner

Manchester’s media darlings, after the storm

By Megan Garber Thu 10 Jan 2008 04:24 PM Journalism Makes Them Uncomfortable

A mutant strain of journalism criticism

By Dean Starkman Thu 10 Jan 2008 12:19 PM Blogging From Air Force One

Anyone hear about the White House's blog?

By Paul McLeary Thu 10 Jan 2008 12:12 PM Secrets of the City

What The Wire reveals about urban journalism

By Lawrence Lanahan Thu 10 Jan 2008 09:00 AM On Radio Row

A peek inside the Talk Radio factory

By Megan Garber Wed 9 Jan 2008 06:15 PM The Anti-Chris Matthews Vote

And 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 Everyone

LAT 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 Clowns

File under "cynics"

By Paul McLeary Wed 9 Jan 2008 02:19 PM We Expected More Elephants

NYT delivers

By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 9 Jan 2008 01:37 PM Clinton Ran Against The Press--And Won

Public believed her, not her coverage

By Gal Beckerman Wed 9 Jan 2008 01:36 PM All's Quiet on the Obama Front

Behind 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 Done

WSJ shines light on Wall Street 'hairball'

By Ryan Chittum Tue 8 Jan 2008 01:26 PM Misty II

Cable considers Clinton

By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 8 Jan 2008 11:27 AM Play Misty for Me

The media on The Moment

By Megan Garber Tue 8 Jan 2008 11:26 AM Russert Becomes Invisible to Himself

The elephant is still in the room

By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 8 Jan 2008 10:52 AM Romney Points his Finger

And there's a story or two behind that

By Roger Mudd Tue 8 Jan 2008 10:01 AM Bill Clinton: Media Critic

Is Hillary getting a "raw deal?"

By Gal Beckerman Tue 8 Jan 2008 09:59 AM The Language of Strangers

How 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 Slog

Little sleep, little news

By Clint Hendler Tue 8 Jan 2008 08:52 AM The Energy Issue

Not that one, the other one

By Megan Garber Tue 8 Jan 2008 06:14 AM Weighing the Environmental Vote

From Iowa to New Hampshire, more enthusiasm than action

By Curtis Brainard Mon 7 Jan 2008 04:47 PM The Magical New York Times

Reads the mind of Hillary Clinton

By Paul McLeary Mon 7 Jan 2008 04:44 PM Radio Waves

Voting = luvin' in New Hampshire

By Megan Garber Mon 7 Jan 2008 01:05 PM You're a Good Man, Charlie Gibson

A classy move at Saturday's Manchester debate

By Megan Garber Mon 7 Jan 2008 12:43 PM Debits and Credits

Business 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 Hustings

Back to disenchantment with the political press corps

By Paul McLeary Mon 7 Jan 2008 10:28 AM The Other Winner in Iowa

How The Des Moines Register Got it (Mostly) Right

By Clint Hendler Fri 4 Jan 2008 03:25 PM Checkbook Journalism Revisited

Sometimes we owe our sources everything

By Robert Boynton Fri 4 Jan 2008 12:00 PM The Glamorous Life on the Campaign Trail

Or 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 Nevada

Local press has homer blindness on land-use story

By Elinore Longobardi Thu 3 Jan 2008 04:18 PM Outtakes From Election Day

Two 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 Around

Washington Times joins the 'liberal media' in getting Iraq wrong

By Paul McLeary Thu 3 Jan 2008 02:22 PM Science And Religion

Journal'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 Rose

Like his city and his newspaper, a survivor

By Barry Yeoman Thu 3 Jan 2008 09:00 AM John's Joke

Needling the press, for points

By Clint Hendler Wed 2 Jan 2008 04:58 PM Edwards: Gives Coffee, Takes Questions

Succumbs to pressure for "presser"

By Clint Hendler Wed 2 Jan 2008 03:39 PM Eight Questions Reporters Should Ask Obama

The war and more

By Todd Gitlin Wed 2 Jan 2008 02:58 PM Medicare Mystery

Why the conspiracy of silence?

By Trudy Lieberman Wed 2 Jan 2008 02:03 PM Unsupported and Untrue

WSJ 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 Iowa

Passive aggressive reporting from the Hawkeye state

By Paul McLeary Wed 2 Jan 2008 12:30 PM Iowa and the Search for Power

On the Edwards bus, laptops are low

By Clint Hendler Wed 2 Jan 2008 09:37 AM Iowa: Land of the Midnight Fun

New Year's Eve with the Press Corps

By Clint Hendler Tue 1 Jan 2008 02:48 PM

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