Monthly Archive
March 2008
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The Kicker
Dith Pran’s NYT “Video Obit”
March 31, 2008 04:21 PM
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The Kicker
When Sports Metaphors Overstay
March 31, 2008 02:52 PM
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Campaign Desk, The Kicker
Barack’s Big Lebowski Strategy
March 31, 2008 01:21 PM
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The Kicker, The Observatory
Stahled
March 31, 2008 01:03 PM
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Campaign Desk
Remembering the RFK Campaign Forty years ago, Kennedy inspired the audacity of hope
By Roger Mudd
March 31, 2008 11:12 AM Comments (1)
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The Kicker
Say Ahhhh!
March 31, 2008 11:07 AM
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Audio
Pete Hamill on A.J. Liebling The legendary author discusses the work of another legendary author
By The Editors
March 31, 2008 11:00 AM Comments (2)
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The Kicker
But Editor, I Thought She Was a Whore!
March 31, 2008 10:31 AM
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The Audit
Debits & Credits: Trashing Borrowers The WSJ's junk stats; read the Times; Fortune shines on Ground Zero, etc.
By Anna Bahney
March 31, 2008 08:32 AM Comments (2)
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The Audit
Opening Bell: The Fed’s Blank Check And our least-transparent agency shall lead us; Paulson in wonderland; Food stamp flurry; etc.
By Ryan Chittum
March 31, 2008 07:59 AM Comments (1)
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The Observatory
Separation Anxiety… the Antarctic Way Did the media “hype” the latest ice shelf crumble?
March 28, 2008 05:15 PM Comments (1)
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Audio
The Wire’s David Simon The Wire creator talks about the series, urban reporting, and, yes, the future of journalism
By The Editors
March 28, 2008 03:00 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
What Can be Learned from Lichtblau? Reading the NSA tea leaves right
March 28, 2008 02:49 PM
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Behind the News
Annie Squall Has the famous photog blown her cover?
By Megan Garber
March 28, 2008 02:41 PM
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The Audit
Opening Bell: Uncle Jimmy’s Fire Sale Bear’s Cayne brought to his knees; the sticky rice market; pissed-off homeowners; etc.
By Ryan Chittum
March 28, 2008 07:10 AM
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Behind the News
Trailer Mix TNR spoofs the spoilers
By Megan Garber
March 27, 2008 02:33 PM
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The Observatory
CT Scans and Tobacco Funding NYT’s reporter explains why it’s so hard to “sniff out” conflict of interest
March 27, 2008 11:59 AM
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Feature
Blogging the Long War Bill Roggio wants to be your source for conflict coverage
By Paul McLeary
March 27, 2008 09:00 AM Comments (3)
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The Audit
Opening Bell: Regulation! Paulson the heretic; the death of home-equity loans; is New Century Financial the next Enron?; etc.
By Ryan Chittum
March 27, 2008 07:12 AM Comments (1)
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The Audit
60 Minutes Blows Biovail Story SEC sues drug maker Lesley Stahl defended
March 26, 2008 11:08 PM Comments (3)
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Campaign Desk
Wherefore “Sticks” a Candidate’s “Gaffe?” Do tell, Joe Scarborough
March 26, 2008 04:59 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
“Chelsea Clinton Startled by Monica Query” The Taboo Question finally got asked; why was that such a shock?
By Megan Garber
March 26, 2008 04:40 PM Comments (5)
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Campaign Desk
Enough With The Fake Controversies Shaheen, Power, Ferraro stories are products of an endless news cycle
By Zachary Roth
March 26, 2008 04:40 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
John McCynic A depressing gaming of the press
March 26, 2008 02:10 PM Comments (5)
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Campaign Desk
Not Ready on Day 1? Experience for the White House (reporter)
March 26, 2008 11:02 AM
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Campaign Desk
A Health Care Conversation Opener A North Carolina blogger cuts through the chaff
March 26, 2008 10:29 AM
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The Audit
Opening Bell: Clearly a Mess Collapsing deals; the Fed in perspective; Floridians' recession strategies, etc.
By Ryan Chittum
March 26, 2008 07:40 AM
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Campaign Desk
What’s Good for the Goose… When candidates "misspeak': McCain vs. Clinton
March 25, 2008 03:06 PM Comments (3)
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The Audit, The Kicker
Gasbaggery on MSNBC
March 25, 2008 01:38 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
The Missing Genre How do the candidates' plans affect ordinary folk?
March 25, 2008 10:10 AM
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Q and A
Immigration’s Rise New proposals, rhetoric, and enforcement revive a thorny issue
March 25, 2008 09:00 AM Comments (2)
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The Audit
Opening Bell: We Was Mugged Congressional hearings on Bear; the Fed plays hardball; housing lobby spins; etc.
By Ryan Chittum
March 25, 2008 07:39 AM
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The Audit
In the Mad Money Swamp What part of “Bear Stearns is fine” don’t you understand?
March 24, 2008 02:12 PM Comments (4)
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The Observatory
The Survival of Investigative Journalism From Iraq to China, health and medicine under scrutiny
March 24, 2008 01:04 PM Comments (3)
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The Audit
Debits & Credits: Brooks Over His Head Plus: Bear romanticized; an uncredited Crain's scoop; an overcaffeinated Journal, etc.
March 24, 2008 08:26 AM
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The Audit
The Opening Bell: Blubbering Bear NYT's scoop on JPMorgan’s new offer; all that costly regulation!; the Japanese talk smack; etc.
By Ryan Chittum
March 24, 2008 07:07 AM
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Behind the News
Blind Spot What the Times is and isn’t asking about the Spitzer case
March 21, 2008 04:29 PM
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Campaign Desk, The Kicker
Winning Today’s “Debbie Downer” Award…
By Megan Garber
March 21, 2008 04:15 PM
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Behind the News
On The Ground: the Grunts and the Press Some thoughts on the disconnect, and how it could be different
By Paul McLeary
March 21, 2008 01:15 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
Watergate II? Or just "imprudent curiosity"?
By Megan Garber
March 21, 2008 01:06 PM Comments (5)
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The Audit
Opening Bell: Ripple Effect CIT Group follows Bear to the brink; small homebuilders default; Murdoch targets Newsday; etc.
By Ryan Chittum
March 21, 2008 07:45 AM
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The Kicker
The Human Stain, Redux
By Megan Garber
March 20, 2008 05:14 PM
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The Kicker
Five Years Today…What About Tomorrow?
By Megan Garber
March 20, 2008 03:35 PM
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Campaign Desk
CNN’s Michigan Source If it’s a Clinton supporter, this is spin posing as news
By Zachary Roth
March 20, 2008 02:40 PM
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Behind the News
Tribes of America Back In Print Rick Perlstein’s CJR piece sparked a mini-crusade
By The Editors
March 20, 2008 01:00 PM
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The Kicker
The Other Anniversary
March 20, 2008 11:41 AM
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Second Read
Divided Soul Rian Malan stared down the demons of apartheid
March 20, 2008 09:00 AM Comments (1)
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The Audit
Opening Bell: Hang On To That Bomb Shelter Faith in Freddie and Fannie; commodity markets get hammered; Depression anyone? Etc.
By Ryan Chittum
March 20, 2008 07:14 AM
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Behind the News
The State of Cable News is…Mature? And other findings from PEJ's annual report
March 19, 2008 05:28 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
Getting It Wright Why did the press need Obama to round out the reverend?
By Megan Garber
March 19, 2008 04:01 PM Comments (7)
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Campaign Desk
Keystone Clips How local PA TV played Obama’s speech
March 19, 2008 03:29 PM
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The Audit
The Other Side of Schadenfreude Searching for a non-Wall Street perspective on Spitzer's fall
March 19, 2008 01:38 PM Comments (3)
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The Kicker
Five Years On
March 19, 2008 12:32 PM
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The Kicker
Reuters Looks Back
March 19, 2008 10:26 AM
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Audio
Delacorte Lecture with Portfolio’s Joanne Lipman The editor on the role of the business glossy
By The Editors
March 19, 2008 09:00 AM
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The Audit
Opening Bell: One-Day Wonder? Market soars, but...; another twist in the Bear saga; the subprime blame game; etc.
By Ryan Chittum
March 19, 2008 07:41 AM
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Campaign Desk
McCain Gets His Facts Wrong Will the press pay attention?
By Zachary Roth
March 18, 2008 03:37 PM Comments (4)
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Campaign Desk
Seize the Moment Obama opened the door for a genuine conversation on race
March 18, 2008 12:18 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, The Kicker
The Bar for Barack Media anticipation for a “make or break” speech
March 18, 2008 10:20 AM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
Good Angle on the Drug Industry The Washington Post connects some dots
March 18, 2008 09:00 AM
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Essay
Somewhere East of Eden Why the St. Pete Times model can't save newspapers
March 18, 2008 09:00 AM Comments (1)
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The Audit
Opening Bell: The Street Freaks Out Earnings reports land with a shudder; questions for Lehman; the ghost of 1990s Japan; etc.
By Ryan Chittum
March 18, 2008 07:52 AM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
Op-Eds And Fact-Checking Will Kristol's gaffe prompt change in policy at NYT?
By Zachary Roth
March 17, 2008 04:04 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk
“Socialized Medicine” R.I.P. Who’s afraid of the big, bad bogeyman?
March 17, 2008 03:40 PM Comments (2)
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The Kicker
Covering a Comeuppance
March 17, 2008 02:03 PM
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The Kicker
Nip/Tuck: The Political Journalism Edition
By Megan Garber
March 17, 2008 12:23 PM
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The Audit
Debits and Credits: A Bear Unchallenged Morgenson's memory; A bad blog; Good Spitzer reporting, etc.
By Anna Bahney
March 17, 2008 08:20 AM Comments (1)
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The Audit
Opening Bell: Bear Meat Helicopter Ben strikes again; is Lehman next? Merrill?; more evidence of subprime greed; etc.
By Ryan Chittum
March 17, 2008 07:58 AM
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Campaign Desk
A Corn-state Caucus Continues Complicatedly And even The Des Moines Register goofs
March 14, 2008 03:10 PM
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Campaign Desk
Rod Parsley’s Free Pass Jeremiah Wright gets torched, while McCain’s “spiritual adviser” offends with impunity
By Zachary Roth
March 14, 2008 02:45 PM Comments (6)
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Campaign Desk
On Ferrarogate Why were Gerry’s words so unsettling?
By Megan Garber
March 14, 2008 02:14 PM
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Campaign Desk
Clinton’s Caucus Rhetoric Her argument may get attention, but it demands scrutiny
March 14, 2008 01:07 PM Comments (4)
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The Audit
Opening Bell: The Economy’s Toxic Blend Okay, we get it, we’re in a recession; dollar-dive ripples; Carlyle’s creative and time-tested investment strategy; etc.
By Ryan Chittum
March 14, 2008 07:33 AM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
On the Ground: The Enemy of My Enemy Learning to trust in Iraq
By Paul McLeary
March 13, 2008 05:37 PM
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The Audit
Another Baseless Screed As will most press-bias rants, Strassel's piece is hollow
March 13, 2008 05:27 PM Comments (1)
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The Kicker
Before the Breaking Point
By Megan Garber
March 13, 2008 09:27 AM
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Feature
Red Ink Rising How the press missed a sea change in the credit-card industry
March 13, 2008 09:00 AM Comments (3)
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The Audit
Opening Bell: The Great Hedge-Fund Unwind Carlyle Capital leads the way; the Bushies get (regulatory) religion; rotten meat; unlucky pennies, etc.
By Ryan Chittum
March 13, 2008 07:48 AM
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Campaign Desk
Which Way to the White House, WaPo? Singer's spin on PA perpetuated
By Zachary Roth
March 12, 2008 05:35 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
NYT’s “Momentucratic” Coverage? What's (not) on A1
By Zachary Roth
March 12, 2008 04:38 PM
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The Kicker
The Full Steamroller
March 12, 2008 03:19 PM Comments (3)
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Campaign Desk
Let’s Get Rezko Right The Chicago Tribune shows the way; others falter
March 12, 2008 02:08 PM Comments (20)
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The Kicker
Blunder Cover
By Megan Garber
March 12, 2008 01:35 PM
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Behind the News
On the Ground: Riding to Tarmiya Life in, and between, the bases
By Paul McLeary
March 12, 2008 12:44 PM
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The Kicker
The Daily Show Spoofs Spitzergate
By Megan Garber
March 12, 2008 10:18 AM
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Campaign Desk, The Kicker
Primary Night Rally (With Blitzer) Obama wins and so does Wolf
March 12, 2008 10:09 AM
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The Audit
Eakes! Forbes's flawed probe of a prescient consumer advocate
March 12, 2008 09:46 AM Comments (5)
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Cover Story
Lost Over Iran How the press let the White House craft the narrative about nukes
By Eric Umansky
March 12, 2008 09:00 AM
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Audio
Delacorte Lecture with Slate’s Jacob Weisberg The editor on the role of the online journal
By The Editors
March 12, 2008 09:00 AM
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The Audit
Opening Bell: Bailout! The Fed’s big cash drop, Citi’s “attractive investments,” a rebid for Boeing?, etc.
By Ryan Chittum
March 12, 2008 07:35 AM
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Campaign Desk
On Clinton And Northern Ireland NYTs delivers a classic he-said, she-said moment
By Zachary Roth
March 11, 2008 05:19 PM
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Campaign Desk
TNR’s Press Corps Class War Plus: Courting the saucy, snazzy “MoDowd”
March 11, 2008 04:47 PM
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Campaign Desk
McCain’s Health-Care Disconnect Boasting about the U.S. system may not cut it anymore
March 11, 2008 01:35 PM
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Behind the News
Notes on a Scandal Silda Wall Spitzer "stands by her man"
By Megan Garber
March 11, 2008 01:30 PM Comments (3)
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The Observatory
The Wrong Debate Over Autism Why focusing on thimerosal misses a larger story
March 11, 2008 10:51 AM Comments (2)
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Behind the News
Covering ‘Client 9’ Headlines and Heidi
March 11, 2008 10:42 AM
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Behind the News
On the Ground: The End of the Weapons Cache An abandoned farmhouse and a wayward grenade
By Paul McLeary
March 11, 2008 10:25 AM
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Essay
Out of Focus How indie dogma undercuts the documentary
March 11, 2008 09:00 AM
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The Audit
Opening Bell: The Roof Is On Fire Bear Stearns tumbles; Freddie and Fannie teeter; Blackstone’s burden; Schadenfreude on the Street
By Ryan Chittum
March 11, 2008 07:35 AM
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Behind the News
Tomorrow’s Headlines Today CJR’s Spitzer Suggestions
March 10, 2008 04:25 PM
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The Audit
Debits and Credits: WSJ’s Fine Subprime Scoop But debits for early deadlines, a lame service column; WaPo's rose-colored look at the Journal, etc.
By Anna Bahney
March 10, 2008 11:03 AM
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Campaign Desk, The Kicker
Meet the Press? Pass. Sunday and Substance
March 10, 2008 10:14 AM
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Behind the News
On The Ground: The Suicide Bomber A long day at combat outpost IBA
By Paul McLeary
March 10, 2008 10:00 AM
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Campaign Desk
Quick, Someone Call Alanis! The media pounce on irony in Clinton's "3 a.m." ad
By Megan Garber
March 10, 2008 09:50 AM
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The Audit
Opening Bell: Negative Yield Panicking banks; more room to fall; WaPo shines, etc.
By Ryan Chittum
March 10, 2008 07:45 AM
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Campaign Desk
Monster’s Ball The (Samantha) Power of political insult
By Megan Garber
March 07, 2008 04:07 PM
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Campaign Desk
Oh Well, Whatever, Nevermind NYT reporter takes a dive
By Paul McLeary
March 07, 2008 03:09 PM Comments (5)
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Campaign Desk
The McCain-Hagee Connection Why is the press ignoring this hate-monger?
By Zachary Roth
March 07, 2008 02:27 PM Comments (11)
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The Observatory
To Count or Conserve? Of a Feather no ordinary history book
March 07, 2008 11:07 AM
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Campaign Desk, The Kicker
C’mon Texas! We need those numbers!
March 07, 2008 11:04 AM
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The Audit
Opening Bell: Notice of Default Carlyle on the ropes; housing is just unbelievable; problems in 'Bama; roaches in the economy, etc.
By Ryan Chittum
March 07, 2008 06:55 AM
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Campaign Desk
Dude, Where’s My Health Care? The AP blows it in a story about insurance for “slackers”
March 06, 2008 02:48 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, The Observatory
Been There, Done That Experience, climate, and the Democratic nomination
March 06, 2008 01:47 PM Comments (3)
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Campaign Desk
McCain’s Shift on Iraq Press ignored “swiftest possible conclusion” remark
By Zachary Roth
March 06, 2008 12:43 PM
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The Audit
The Three Faces of SupCo Coverage Slate, the NYT, and the WSJ on Exxon Valdez
March 06, 2008 12:37 PM
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Campaign Desk
New Delegate Math The New York Times can’t get its numbers straight.
March 06, 2008 12:20 PM
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The Kicker
Women Are “Kind of Dim”: Part Two
By Megan Garber
March 06, 2008 10:10 AM
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Behind the News
On the Ground: Night Patrol In Iraq, Sometimes a carrot farmer is just a carrot farmer
By Paul McLeary
March 06, 2008 10:05 AM
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Campaign Desk, The Kicker
Chris Matthews Really Wants to Say the ‘B’ Word
By Megan Garber
March 06, 2008 09:29 AM
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Editorial
A Question of Velocity In the pursuit of traffic, we'd do well to think before we post
By The Editors
March 06, 2008 09:00 AM
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The Audit
Opening Bell: “Pretty Crazy” Dwarf-toss news leavens otherwise depressing day; monolines, economy not good; oil is nutty
By Ryan Chittum
March 06, 2008 07:42 AM
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Campaign Desk, The Kicker
Huck-TV
By Megan Garber
March 05, 2008 04:51 PM
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Campaign Desk
The Rhetorical Primary It's time to ask Clinton how, exactly, she plans to win.
March 05, 2008 03:27 PM Comments (3)
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Video
Recovering Reality: Errol Morris on Abu Ghraib A video Q&A with the filmmaker
March 05, 2008 02:40 PM Comments (1)
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Q and A
Errol Morris on Abu Ghraib An interview with the filmmaker
March 05, 2008 02:40 PM
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Campaign Desk
Math Versus Momentum What mattered the morning after?
By Liz Cox Barrett and Paul McLeary
March 05, 2008 01:52 PM
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Campaign Desk
Obama Can’t Win The Big States? The argument makes no sense
By Zachary Roth
March 05, 2008 01:04 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk
Big Mo’ Is Tempting… But who has more ‘butter in the pantry’?
March 05, 2008 12:43 PM
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Campaign Desk
CNN’s Old Hat Texas Coverage Luckily, some local columnists don't watch cable
March 05, 2008 09:39 AM
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Audio
Delacorte Lecture with Foreign Affairs’s Jim Hoge The editor on the role of the intellectual journal
By The Editors
March 05, 2008 09:00 AM
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The Audit
Opening Bell: Bernanke v. Paulson? A Fed-Treasury split; Wamu pay outrage; a growing bankrupt class; pitiful Fed testimony, etc.
By Ryan Chittum
March 05, 2008 06:53 AM
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The Observatory
The Skeptics Ball Heartland Institute conference tests news judgment
March 04, 2008 02:04 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
Political Punditry: Kids’ Stuff? ABC's Child Pundits Not Childish Enough
March 04, 2008 12:58 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, The Kicker
Scenes from a Stall For Clinton's press corps, being kept in the loop meant being kept in the loo
By Megan Garber
March 04, 2008 12:41 PM
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Behind the News
On the Ground: Men With Guns Captain Helberg strikes a delicate balance for a day
By Paul McLeary
March 04, 2008 10:10 AM
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Feature
Happy All the Time Fox Business Network's populist sensibility is refreshing, sort of, but nobody's watching. Here's why
March 04, 2008 09:00 AM Comments (1)
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The Audit
Opening Bell Oil shocks again; Buffett glum on CNBC; spreading panic; our daily quote, etc.
By Ryan Chittum
March 04, 2008 07:47 AM
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Campaign Desk
Hold the Sauce What McCain cooked up for the press
March 03, 2008 05:33 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk
Big Mo is Back Will delegates count in Texas and Ohio?
March 03, 2008 03:59 PM Comments (3)
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Behind the News
Women Are “Kind of Dim” Or are they? The Post loses track of its air quotes
By Megan Garber
March 03, 2008 03:54 PM
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Behind the News
On the Ground: The Rejected This is the first in a series of posts by a CJR reporter embedded with American forces in Iraq
By Paul McLeary
March 03, 2008 01:15 PM
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Campaign Desk
Accuracy in Truth Squading II The Plain Dealer does it right
March 03, 2008 12:48 PM
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The Audit
Debits and Credits Nonsense from Forbes's publisher; an all-wet WSJ "ahed"; McClatchy's overdue writedown, etc.
By Anna Bahney
March 03, 2008 12:21 PM
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The Kicker
Manorexia? Meet Drunkorexia
By Megan Garber
March 03, 2008 10:52 AM Comments (1)
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The Audit
Opening Bell LAT on Nafta; Portfolio's Eisinger on muni insurance; Euro-planes for the USAF; price of sawdust, etc.
By Ryan Chittum
March 03, 2008 06:28 AM
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