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July 2008
Chandra Levy ReduxBy Elizabeth Tuttle Thu 31 Jul 2008 06:15 PM Don't Be A Menace To South Central...
Media floats the term "food apartheid" to describe South Central fast food ban
By Jane Kim Thu 31 Jul 2008 03:43 PM Schmidt Me, Baby, One More TimeObama’s like Britney…(don’t) pass it on!
By Megan Garber Thu 31 Jul 2008 03:21 PM We're Not In The Dog-Shooting Business, We're In The Mayor-Frightening Business!Bizarre WaPo story today about an ill-fated police raid in Prince George's County that started with a mysterious thirty-two pound package of marijuana and ended with a handcuffed mayor and two dead dogs. Should Prince George's County dog owners be...
By Justin Peters Thu 31 Jul 2008 01:10 PM Book Review: MicrocosmCarl Zimmer uses E. coli as telescope on life
By Russ Juskalian Thu 31 Jul 2008 12:36 PM Parting Thoughts: John FlowersWhither the money men?
By John Flowers Thu 31 Jul 2008 11:42 AM Do Wear Tennis Whites, Don't Talk To ReportersBy Liz Cox Barrett Thu 31 Jul 2008 10:13 AM My Facts, Your Facts
America and the pursuit of willful delusion
By David Cay Johnston Thu 31 Jul 2008 09:00 AM Opening Bell: One Miillioon DoollllarsDo auction-rate probes rate? Disney's surprise; blaming mom, etc.
By Dean Starkman Thu 31 Jul 2008 08:31 AM Ohio Papers: McCain's "Celeb" Ad? "Zero" TruthBy Liz Cox Barrett Thu 31 Jul 2008 08:27 AM A Little Bit Louder Now (Shout)
By Liz Cox Barrett Thu 31 Jul 2008 08:14 AM While My Guitar Gently Veeps
Please, could we give the Veepstakes just a little more substance?
By Megan Garber Wed 30 Jul 2008 04:24 PM When "News" Becomes NewsBy Liz Cox Barrett Wed 30 Jul 2008 02:12 PM True Lies
WaPo gets it right in its coverage of McCain's recent ad
By Justin Peters Wed 30 Jul 2008 01:36 PM Dress For The Job You Want?By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 30 Jul 2008 12:46 PM Scientists and Journalists: Too Cozy?
Maybe it’s time for a few more science critics
By Paul Raeburn Wed 30 Jul 2008 12:17 PM Parting Thoughts: Rick VernaciNewspapers are reliable, and that means something
By Rick Vernaci Wed 30 Jul 2008 11:35 AM MoDo On Team Obama: Such Good Sports!By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 30 Jul 2008 10:07 AM Pity, That
By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 30 Jul 2008 08:44 AM Opening Bell: Gloom, Doom
Euro consumers pessimistic; profits to fall further; trade talks collapse. Hmm.
By Dean Starkman Wed 30 Jul 2008 08:25 AM Earthquake!Blogs and the Los Angeles Times race to cover today's earthquake
By Jane Kim Tue 29 Jul 2008 06:31 PM "Whiplash" Climate JournalismRevkin investigates the media's tendency to ricochet from one global-warming study to another
By Curtis Brainard Tue 29 Jul 2008 03:34 PM (MS)NBC Reaches For More Gravitas for Earthquake CoverageBy Liz Cox Barrett Tue 29 Jul 2008 03:03 PM For "Inactive Grannies"... There's Always 2012?
By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 29 Jul 2008 02:03 PM Comparing Ohio and Ontario by the Numbers
The Beacon Journal points to better health stats in Canada
By Trudy Lieberman Tue 29 Jul 2008 12:55 PM No More Scrabulous?!Facebook's Scrabble-like application pulled, journalists go back to work
By Katia Bachko Tue 29 Jul 2008 12:13 PM Slow Claps for David BrooksBy Megan Garber Tue 29 Jul 2008 12:11 PM Parting Thoughts: Todd Engdahl
Sorry to be blunt, but get over it
By Todd Engdahl Tue 29 Jul 2008 12:04 PM The Economy: No One "Pouncing"By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 29 Jul 2008 12:03 PM Barefoot and Blogging (In NYT Styles)
By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 29 Jul 2008 09:43 AM Politics With Drawl
Our double standard for the southern twang
By Jane Hammons Tue 29 Jul 2008 09:00 AM Chris Matthews's Heroic Refusal To Discuss Robert NovakBy Liz Cox Barrett Tue 29 Jul 2008 08:41 AM Opening Bell: Marked to Market
The WSJ shines on Merrill's stunner; British-Spanish air merger; disconnected from Alcatel, etc.
By Dean Starkman Tue 29 Jul 2008 08:05 AM Tonight on The NewsHour: The Changing Look of the Book ReviewBy Megan Garber Mon 28 Jul 2008 05:31 PM Do You Hear A Reporter Clapping?
Minority journalists (and those covering them) over-question the ethics of cheering for Obama
By Jane Kim Mon 28 Jul 2008 05:20 PM Did Obama Snub the Troops?Blogs do reporting; MSM does stenography
By Megan Garber Mon 28 Jul 2008 04:55 PM Poor TartuffeBy Julia Ioffe Mon 28 Jul 2008 04:21 PM "Media Frenzy" Explains Further Frenzied Media
By Liz Cox Barrett Mon 28 Jul 2008 02:43 PM The Editor and the Architect
Time featured an editor's husband, but didn't tell readers
By Dean Starkman Mon 28 Jul 2008 02:31 PM De Gall!By Liz Cox Barrett Mon 28 Jul 2008 02:08 PM Parting Thoughts: John Biemer
‘You only live twice’
By John Biemer Mon 28 Jul 2008 11:35 AM Embracing "Dr. No"By Liz Cox Barrett Mon 28 Jul 2008 11:26 AM "Body Language Investigations" Abound
By Liz Cox Barrett Mon 28 Jul 2008 09:13 AM Sunday Watch 7-27-08
In which McCain is not greeted as a liberator
By Todd Gitlin Mon 28 Jul 2008 09:02 AM Check Your Herring"Mondegreen"? Did I hear you right?
By Merrill Perlman Mon 28 Jul 2008 08:42 AM Ten For 2010?Scrubbing the gloss off of diversity coverage
By Jane Kim Mon 28 Jul 2008 08:35 AM Easy "Breezy"By Liz Cox Barrett Mon 28 Jul 2008 08:34 AM Opening Bell: Summer Break
A disaster-free Monday; KKR goes public; hope for newspapers
By Dean Starkman Mon 28 Jul 2008 08:03 AM Barack's BeefcakeBy Clint Hendler Fri 25 Jul 2008 04:15 PM In Which Chris Matthews Goes Too Far (Again)
By Megan Garber Fri 25 Jul 2008 03:48 PM Barack-toberfest Metaphor-o-ama!
Oh, how clever the media got in describing Obama’s Berlin speech
By Megan Garber Fri 25 Jul 2008 02:43 PM Hey Kids, the New Yorker's With It!A story on medical marijuana gets funky.
By Katia Bachko Fri 25 Jul 2008 02:24 PM "Most people" not punditsBy Clint Hendler Fri 25 Jul 2008 02:02 PM Battle For the Grassroots
Campaign for an American Solution vs. Health Care for America Now
By Trudy Lieberman Fri 25 Jul 2008 01:23 PM Parting Thoughts: Nic Roethlisberger‘If you don’t love journalism, get out now’
By Nic Roethlisberger Fri 25 Jul 2008 12:50 PM Study AbroadWhat foreign papers are saying about Obama’s world tour
By Katia Bachko Fri 25 Jul 2008 11:49 AM Drum's Rim Shot ... It's Good!By Clint Hendler Fri 25 Jul 2008 10:09 AM Polling Questions: Sly Like A Fox
By Megan Garber Fri 25 Jul 2008 10:07 AM And...the NRO Weighs in on Barack-toberfest
By Megan Garber Fri 25 Jul 2008 08:52 AM Stewart Weighs in on Barack-toberfest
By Megan Garber Fri 25 Jul 2008 08:26 AM Outside Agitators
An early ProPublica collaboration tests deadlines and gets results
By Clint Hendler Fri 25 Jul 2008 07:43 AM CNN = CosmoBy Julia Ioffe Thu 24 Jul 2008 06:11 PM Worst. Years. Ever.
Five other terrible years in modern newspaper history
By Justin Peters Thu 24 Jul 2008 04:15 PM Novak, Chapter Two: In Which Our Prince of Darkness Finds Himself AggrievedBy Megan Garber Thu 24 Jul 2008 04:09 PM Talking Shop: Johanna Neuman
A conversation with an author of the LAT's "Countdown to Crawford" blog
By Jane Kim Thu 24 Jul 2008 03:53 PM Media "In the Tank?" -- Take 821By Megan Garber Thu 24 Jul 2008 03:17 PM Parting Thoughts: Bob Carey
‘My compact with the L.A. Times has been buried in an avalanche of debt’
By Bob Carey Thu 24 Jul 2008 12:08 PM McCain's Health Proposals Under the Microscope, Part IIIHow will the sick obtain coverage?
By Trudy Lieberman Thu 24 Jul 2008 11:21 AM Cut No SlackBy Liz Cox Barrett Thu 24 Jul 2008 11:07 AM Say What, Shafer?*
By Liz Cox Barrett Thu 24 Jul 2008 10:22 AM Russert's Road (And Runway?)
By Liz Cox Barrett Thu 24 Jul 2008 10:04 AM Novak in the News
By Liz Cox Barrett Thu 24 Jul 2008 09:19 AM Flickring Out
What will become of photojournalism in an age of bytes and amateurs?
By Alissa Quart Thu 24 Jul 2008 09:00 AM Opening Bell: States 'Slammed'As tax revenue shrivels; consumer spending drops; reading the recent oil-price slide; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Thu 24 Jul 2008 08:00 AM Anbar Awakening, MSM SleepingWhere are the mainstreamers on McCain’s major mistake?
By Megan Garber Wed 23 Jul 2008 05:06 PM David Carr's Spud MissilesBy Megan Garber Wed 23 Jul 2008 05:02 PM Ohama? Versus...Cheney?
By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 23 Jul 2008 02:58 PM Talking Shop: Chris Drew
New York Times reporter on covering Obama off the trail
By Katia Bachko Wed 23 Jul 2008 02:37 PM Guilt TripMore complaints about the media's supposed pro-Obama bias
By Lester Feder Wed 23 Jul 2008 02:26 PM Shorting Journalism TooBy Ryan Chittum Wed 23 Jul 2008 12:58 PM A Stumper
By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 23 Jul 2008 12:38 PM Parting Thoughts: Walt Wasilewski
‘Without journalism, there is no hope for progress.’
By Walt Wasilewski Wed 23 Jul 2008 12:15 PM The Tanking Economy (For Dummies)By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 23 Jul 2008 12:12 PM Portfolio's Promise
Excellent reporting blows open the Countrywide scandal
By Ryan Chittum Wed 23 Jul 2008 11:42 AM Matthews: Reporting "All Senses" (And Sensations)By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 23 Jul 2008 10:41 AM Anonymous Cable News Interns: Have At It!
By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 23 Jul 2008 08:45 AM Opening Bell: Worth Less, Costs More
Mortgage rates and inflation soar; Bizarro bank world; rich make more, pay less taxes; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Wed 23 Jul 2008 08:43 AM Beating a Dead, Misunderstood Horse, Part DeuxBy Julia Ioffe Tue 22 Jul 2008 05:32 PM John McCain and the Authenticity Trap
Why "let McCain be McCain" doesn't wash
By Megan Garber Tue 22 Jul 2008 05:32 PM A Matter of OpinionThe tortured reasoning behind the Times' rejection of McCain's op-ed
By Lester Feder Tue 22 Jul 2008 05:01 PM Not Very NewhouseStale, familiar personality profiles won't save glossy mags
By Jane Kim Tue 22 Jul 2008 03:56 PM Doubletake: John Burns's Doppelganger?By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 22 Jul 2008 03:32 PM Sign Of The Times
By Ryan Chittum Tue 22 Jul 2008 02:49 PM McCain Campaign Pursues Anti-Chris-Matthews Vote
By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 22 Jul 2008 12:42 PM Parting Thoughts: Jim Spencer
‘I still want journalism. Journalism just doesn’t seem to want me.’
By Jim Spencer Tue 22 Jul 2008 12:38 PM Press Release: Bestest Republican National Convention Ever!By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 22 Jul 2008 11:48 AM Fourth Place For Last Week's New Yorker Cover
By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 22 Jul 2008 11:19 AM Hanging by the Telephone
Der Spiegel would have been happy to put this matter to rest
By Clint Hendler Tue 22 Jul 2008 10:40 AM Obama's "Hope" During "Presser"By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 22 Jul 2008 10:24 AM The Lives of Others
What does it mean to "tell someone's story"?
By Julia Dahl Tue 22 Jul 2008 09:00 AM Veepstakes Hometown DatesBy Liz Cox Barrett Tue 22 Jul 2008 08:55 AM Opening Bell: Women Leaving Workforce
But not necessarily by choice; Steve Jobs’s health and Apple’s stock price; Yahoo gives Icahn board seats; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Tue 22 Jul 2008 08:34 AM Amen, Deborah HowellBy Megan Garber Mon 21 Jul 2008 03:53 PM Can GM Crops Solve the Food Crisis?
UCS says journalists overstate potential for higher yields
By Curtis Brainard Mon 21 Jul 2008 03:41 PM Beating a Dead, Misunderstood HorseBy Julia Ioffe Mon 21 Jul 2008 03:37 PM The Blind Leading The Blind
The Washington Post's new publisher has no new ideas in a Portfolio profile
By Ryan Chittum Mon 21 Jul 2008 03:22 PM I Bought My "Table Of Contents For the World" From Barack ObamaBy Liz Cox Barrett Mon 21 Jul 2008 02:42 PM Parting Thoughts: John Sugg
Newspaper publishers knew the end was nigh—and they milked it
By John Sugg Mon 21 Jul 2008 02:16 PM Goodbye To Most Of ThatBy Liz Cox Barrett Mon 21 Jul 2008 01:56 PM If You Ask A Superficial Question...
By Liz Cox Barrett Mon 21 Jul 2008 01:12 PM Absent Without Leave
Is it OK to use "absent" as a preposition?
By Merrill Perlman Mon 21 Jul 2008 12:39 PM Campaign Plane FolliesSo The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza writes a long, unsentimental story about Barack Obama last week, and then, wouldn't you know it, there's no room for him on Obama's campaign plane. Who else in the press corps is on the...
By Justin Peters Mon 21 Jul 2008 12:06 PM LAT Still Hasn't Found What NYT Looking ForBy Liz Cox Barrett Mon 21 Jul 2008 11:23 AM How (When?) To Overshare on the Cover of NYT Magazine
By Liz Cox Barrett Mon 21 Jul 2008 10:05 AM Who's a Winner?
Why candidates still talk about "winning" wars
By Jane Kim Mon 21 Jul 2008 09:09 AM CNBC's "Ultimate Growth Stock" Wants To KnowBy Liz Cox Barrett Mon 21 Jul 2008 08:46 AM Opening Bell: WTF, FDIC?
Regulator turned blind eye to subprime abuses; choosing between food and water; begging for your Starbucks; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Mon 21 Jul 2008 08:45 AM Sunday Watch 7-20-08In which Meet the Press meets Al Gore and, through him, the real world
By Todd Gitlin Mon 21 Jul 2008 08:27 AM Explore the question: Is Iran deterable?By Clint Hendler Fri 18 Jul 2008 04:16 PM Obama's Gym-O-Rama
Hard-hitting coverage of Obama’s gym time
By Katia Bachko Fri 18 Jul 2008 04:06 PM Courting the EvangelicalsA WSJ op-ed asks the convenient questions, but not the important ones
By Lester Feder Fri 18 Jul 2008 04:04 PM The Onion on the "Definitive Obama Puff Piece"By Megan Garber Fri 18 Jul 2008 04:04 PM Across the Pond
By Clint Hendler Fri 18 Jul 2008 03:54 PM FBN: When Word Games Attack!
By Megan Garber Fri 18 Jul 2008 02:41 PM Cut the Dividends!
Newspaper companies fork over hundreds of millions a year—and for what?
By Ryan Chittum Fri 18 Jul 2008 02:15 PM Comrade Obama?Press fails to question McCain's "Obama is a socialist" implication
By Zachary Roth Fri 18 Jul 2008 01:19 PM Wiki-ocracy in AmericaBy Megan Garber Fri 18 Jul 2008 01:13 PM What's She Compensating For?
By Megan Garber Fri 18 Jul 2008 12:42 PM The Troglodytes Are Coming!
By Julia Ioffe Fri 18 Jul 2008 12:28 PM Barack Obama: No Sweat
By Megan Garber Fri 18 Jul 2008 11:59 AM McCain's Health Proposals Under the Microscope, Part II
Who’s making the medical decisions, anyway?
By Trudy Lieberman Fri 18 Jul 2008 11:19 AM 25 or 6 to 4By Clint Hendler Fri 18 Jul 2008 10:38 AM CNN on Myanmar, Part II
By Megan Garber Fri 18 Jul 2008 10:07 AM Drilling for Angles
WSJ spins a poll on offshore oil exploration the wrong way
By Ryan Chittum Fri 18 Jul 2008 10:00 AM The Daily Show Institutes the Dobbs-O-MeterBy Megan Garber Fri 18 Jul 2008 08:17 AM Opening Bell: Merrill Listing
Bank's troubles are staggering; Freddie has some stock he'd like to sell you; Wachovia office raided; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Fri 18 Jul 2008 08:13 AM WaPo: Double Decker Danger!By Megan Garber Fri 18 Jul 2008 07:27 AM From the Madd(ow)ing Crowd
By Megan Garber Thu 17 Jul 2008 05:17 PM Breaking: TIME Magazine Uses "Frenemies" in a Headline
By Megan Garber Thu 17 Jul 2008 04:42 PM Mr. Obama Goes To Baghdad
Do candidates have to visit Iraq before they can set a war policy?
By Zachary Roth Thu 17 Jul 2008 04:06 PM Yglesias: Totally in the (Think) TankBy Megan Garber Thu 17 Jul 2008 03:49 PM Don't Bean Count Me
We're mad as hell. Why do we continue to take it?
By Kathleen Nye Flynn Thu 17 Jul 2008 03:42 PM Where's Education? Part IIIIt’s hard to find the education in McCain’s ed speech coverage
By Megan Garber Thu 17 Jul 2008 03:11 PM Shopping For AnglesThe peril of blaming the economy for everything
By Ryan Chittum Thu 17 Jul 2008 02:54 PM My Friend(s)By Julia Ioffe Thu 17 Jul 2008 02:52 PM iPhones for the Poor
Big wireless companies. I feel bad for them, don't you? After all, did you know that one in seven Americans still doesn't have a cell phone!? How are these corporations supposed to stay in the black if people continue digging...
By Katia Bachko Thu 17 Jul 2008 02:08 PM Running On FaithNewsweek's cover story gets beyond Reverend Wright
By Lester Feder Thu 17 Jul 2008 01:14 PM McCain: Good Sport? Grump?By Liz Cox Barrett Thu 17 Jul 2008 11:47 AM Shorting the Free Market
The invisible hand gets slapped when stocks go down
By Ryan Chittum Thu 17 Jul 2008 11:44 AM A Shrine to HackeryBy Clint Hendler Thu 17 Jul 2008 11:30 AM Parting Thoughts: An Invitation
Give us your thoughts on journalism’s state and its future
By The Editors Thu 17 Jul 2008 11:29 AM ObamaGuy?By Liz Cox Barrett Thu 17 Jul 2008 11:22 AM I'm Getting A New Seatmate! (Please Be Brian Williams!)
By Liz Cox Barrett Thu 17 Jul 2008 09:18 AM And Another Think
By Merrill Perlman Thu 17 Jul 2008 09:00 AM Pyrrhic Victory
Winning and losing at Guantánamo
By Emily Bazelon Thu 17 Jul 2008 09:00 AM Opening Bell: The Fed's Catch-22Rising inflation makes interest-rate cuts problematic; messing with menthol; Texas dereg nightmare; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Thu 17 Jul 2008 08:39 AM InjusticiaBy Megan Garber Wed 16 Jul 2008 04:47 PM Meme Me Up
The evolution of the ‘terrorist fist jab’
By Megan Garber Wed 16 Jul 2008 04:34 PM Dowd's Colorful False ImpressionBy Clint Hendler Wed 16 Jul 2008 04:28 PM MoDowd's Obama Fixation
First his diet, now his sense of humor. She’s wasting her space and our time
By Zachary Roth Wed 16 Jul 2008 04:17 PM The Candidate Said What?!Google’s new video-search gadget not yet a boon to reporters, but it will be
By Jane Kim Wed 16 Jul 2008 02:30 PM The Digital Elders of Zion and a Lesson for ObamaBy Julia Ioffe Wed 16 Jul 2008 01:18 PM The Journal's Many Anonymice
And why Jack Shafer needs a better mousetrap
By Dean Starkman Wed 16 Jul 2008 01:04 PM Trends Will Be TrendsFive new story ideas for NYT Style reporter Guy Trebay
By Justin Peters Wed 16 Jul 2008 12:16 PM Keeping Myanmar in the NewsKudos to the outlets that do it
By Megan Garber Wed 16 Jul 2008 12:03 PM In Which Two Rivals May MarryBy Megan Garber Wed 16 Jul 2008 11:18 AM On MSNBC: "It's Come To This"
By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 16 Jul 2008 10:14 AM Opening Bell: Short-Sellers Take a Hit
SEC moves against “naked shorts”; Bernanke’s bummed; and with good reason; did Goldman Sachs help bury Bear Stearns?; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Wed 16 Jul 2008 10:07 AM The -Gate That Got AwayBy Liz Cox Barrett Wed 16 Jul 2008 09:44 AM Shafer v. Anonymice (Take 47)
By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 16 Jul 2008 09:30 AM The New Yorker Cover Up
Why we’re talking so much about so little
By Clint Hendler Wed 16 Jul 2008 08:05 AM "There's No Muslim on This Boat"...and other assorted Obama humor
By Megan Garber Tue 15 Jul 2008 05:16 PM WaPo-Induced FlashbackSurely I'm not the only person who thought I'd clicked on an old washingtonpost.com link -- like, one from 2001 -- when my eye caught the headline "Who Killed Chandra Levy?" on the paper's homepage today. Turns out, the Post...
By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 15 Jul 2008 04:44 PM Why, Looky HereBy Julia Ioffe Tue 15 Jul 2008 04:31 PM From the Peanuts Gallery
Editorial cartoonists offer their two cents on the instantly infamous New Yorker cover
By Katia Bachko Tue 15 Jul 2008 04:26 PM The WSJ's Sketches of PainBy Ryan Chittum Tue 15 Jul 2008 04:14 PM The Shallow Coverage of Candidates' Energy Policies
Reporters must use events, not ads, to leverage information
By Curtis Brainard Tue 15 Jul 2008 03:45 PM More Testosterone for NBC, Less for MSNBC?By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 15 Jul 2008 02:53 PM Old News
Reporters take the wrong angle on the question of McCain's age
By Lester Feder Tue 15 Jul 2008 02:50 PM Awkward PageAP's "awkward" article on the candidates' Hispanic outreach efforts
By Jane Kim Tue 15 Jul 2008 02:07 PM It's Not Exactly "A Wonderful Life"But the press should prepare to cover more bank failures
By Ryan Chittum Tue 15 Jul 2008 01:22 PM Nine More Minutes of New Yorker "Cover Story" CoverageBy Liz Cox Barrett Tue 15 Jul 2008 12:35 PM Sulzberger at the Barricades
Arthur Sulzberger Jr. is racing to transform the embattled New York Times for the digital age. Is he up to the job?
By Douglas McCollam Tue 15 Jul 2008 09:00 AM Good Catch, Mika! (Was That So Hard?)By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 15 Jul 2008 08:47 AM Not Laughing At The New Yorker Cover Cartoon?
By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 15 Jul 2008 08:31 AM Opening Bell: Banks On the Brink
A vote of no confidence from the public; Paulson the interventionist; what bailout history teaches us; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Tue 15 Jul 2008 08:30 AM Forget Something?Media whips itself into tizzy about New Yorker cover, neglects to read article
By Katia Bachko Mon 14 Jul 2008 05:45 PM McRubber, McGlueFor McCain, another week of Teflon
By Megan Garber Mon 14 Jul 2008 05:13 PM AP's Accountability Adviser To Be "Player-Coach"By Liz Cox Barrett Mon 14 Jul 2008 04:27 PM Veepstakes: We Have a Winner!
By Liz Cox Barrett Mon 14 Jul 2008 03:58 PM Pushy Bottom
Barron's' "us first" call on the housing market is weakly supported and almost certainly wrong
By Ryan Chittum Mon 14 Jul 2008 03:47 PM Lieberman, not quite toldBy Clint Hendler Mon 14 Jul 2008 12:16 PM McCain's Health Proposals Under the Microscope
Ending employer-based insurance as we know it?
By Trudy Lieberman Mon 14 Jul 2008 11:00 AM Sunday Watch 7-13-08McCain still walking on the Tigris and Euphrates
By Todd Gitlin Mon 14 Jul 2008 09:25 AM That New Yorker Cover (Fox News' Take and More)By Liz Cox Barrett Mon 14 Jul 2008 09:23 AM Opening Bell: Small Government Anyone?
On mortgage/school loans, private sector helpless; IndyMac collapse a bad omen; Anheuser-Busch capitulates; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Mon 14 Jul 2008 08:55 AM Freep Gives McCain Free PassBy Jane Kim Fri 11 Jul 2008 05:08 PM Flipping Out
A modest proposal: enough with the “flip-flop”
By Megan Garber Fri 11 Jul 2008 02:33 PM Fannie Mae Need Government HelpHow much will that cost taxpayers?
By Ryan Chittum Fri 11 Jul 2008 02:00 PM Economy of CoverageBy Megan Garber Fri 11 Jul 2008 01:31 PM How Much Are You Worth?
The AP gets the scoop on the EPA's decision to devalue a "statistical life"
By Curtis Brainard Fri 11 Jul 2008 01:23 PM Real JournalismWhat a difference the DNA makes
By Brent Cunningham Fri 11 Jul 2008 12:57 PM Mag Revenue Numbers: In Which "Flat Is the New Up"By Megan Garber Fri 11 Jul 2008 12:56 PM The Ol' Waffle Brush
Lessons to take away from the candidates' recent "policy shifts"
By Lester Feder Fri 11 Jul 2008 12:47 PM Gramm TrackersDespite liberal skepticism, media seizes on Phil Gramm's remarks
By Zachary Roth Fri 11 Jul 2008 11:27 AM One Step Forward, One Step BackThe AP gets it right on universal coverage, but new code words loom
By Trudy Lieberman Fri 11 Jul 2008 11:20 AM Opening Bell: Taxpayers, Get Ready...Fannie & Freddie are coming your way; bad economy is boon for Wal-Mart; more lousy job stats; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Fri 11 Jul 2008 08:32 AM On That "Trademark John McCain Wit"By Megan Garber Fri 11 Jul 2008 08:22 AM Please, Not All Laughs
The New York Times errs too light in an article about this morning's Women for Obama fundraising event, which both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama attended. Characterizing the senators' on-stage humor and mutual praise as "not quite a screwball comedy,"...
By Jane Kim Thu 10 Jul 2008 05:48 PM Not So FreshThis summer's crop of articles about community-supported agriculture sprouts around the country
By Katia Bachko Thu 10 Jul 2008 04:08 PM Gramm's MentalityTop McCain adviser says "What recession?"
By Ryan Chittum Thu 10 Jul 2008 03:11 PM Social DistortionMcCain clarifies Social Security remarks, remarks remain confusing
By Zachary Roth Thu 10 Jul 2008 02:21 PM The Write StuffBarack Obama is an excellent writer. Should it matter?
By Jane Kim Thu 10 Jul 2008 02:02 PM Tell Me, As The Paper's Editor of "Visual News," What Do You Do?By Liz Cox Barrett Thu 10 Jul 2008 12:52 PM It's All Over Now, Violet Blue
Boing Boing, Violet Blue, and archival ethics in the new media world
By Joe Uchill Thu 10 Jul 2008 12:49 PM The Cookie Zeitgeist (Hint: It's Warm and Has a Secret)By Elizabeth Tuttle Thu 10 Jul 2008 11:15 AM Katrina Washout
How will the presidential candidates continue recovery efforts? Let's ask them.
By Lawrence Lanahan Thu 10 Jul 2008 09:00 AM Media's Mixed "Nuts" (a.ka. "A Base Phrase"-Gate)By Liz Cox Barrett Thu 10 Jul 2008 08:45 AM Opening Bell: Bailout Bound
Fannie and Freddie sink lower; America for sale; what did you do with YOUR stimulus check?; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Thu 10 Jul 2008 08:16 AM McCain vs. Accuracy, Round 17McCain questions Social Security's central premise, media doesn't notice
By Zachary Roth Wed 9 Jul 2008 03:38 PM What Else Can I Do With All This Spin?By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 9 Jul 2008 03:20 PM The Grievance Culture At Fox News
NYT's David Carr shines a light on its PR tricks
By Ryan Chittum Wed 9 Jul 2008 03:10 PM Pollster On That John McCanine PollBy Liz Cox Barrett Wed 9 Jul 2008 02:43 PM Mike Murphy's Media Moment
Caught up in McCain's campaign minutiae
By Katia Bachko Wed 9 Jul 2008 02:02 PM CJR to Launch Chinese-Language EditionGoal is to help advance the cause of press freedom in China
By The Editors Wed 9 Jul 2008 12:53 PM No More Malia And Sasha (You Blew It, Cable)!By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 9 Jul 2008 12:50 PM Underwrite, Sayeth The Fed
By Ryan Chittum Wed 9 Jul 2008 12:22 PM AP on McCain on Budget Deficit: Points For Trying?
By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 9 Jul 2008 11:45 AM Pity the Pumper?
The media's quest to convince Americans that gas is "expensive"
By Elizabeth Tuttle Wed 9 Jul 2008 11:30 AM Opening Bell: The Return of RegulationBig Ben wants more authority over the Street; more trouble for Credit Suisse; a run on IndyMac?; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Wed 9 Jul 2008 08:55 AM That Crying Child With Leg CastsBy Liz Cox Barrett Wed 9 Jul 2008 08:45 AM "Inspired" New York Post Reporting
By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 9 Jul 2008 08:06 AM The Answer Man?
Good luck, Marcus. You'll need it.
By Dean Starkman Tue 8 Jul 2008 05:57 PM Balanced Budget, "Balanced" CoverageLos Angeles Times scrutinizes Obama's economic proposals, gives McCain a pass
By Justin Peters Tue 8 Jul 2008 04:18 PM McCain Camp Won't Call On Corn on Calls?By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 8 Jul 2008 03:45 PM Kurtz: "In-Bedded" Reporter (Now With Child)!
By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 8 Jul 2008 02:09 PM The (Chief) Justice League
Has Roberts really engineered a Supreme détente?
By Lester Feder Tue 8 Jul 2008 01:50 PM Forbes Lets 'Er RipHard-hitting piece says pension funds help cover up investment returns
By Ryan Chittum Tue 8 Jul 2008 01:20 PM Fact Fight!Insurers make "error" allegations vs. Bloomberg News—nick Deadline Club
By Dean Starkman Tue 8 Jul 2008 12:00 PM "Special Political Coverage" (By Any Other Name)By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 8 Jul 2008 10:57 AM John McCanine
By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 8 Jul 2008 09:56 AM Everything You Wanted to Know About Climate Change
Some key Web sites for journalists
By Cristine Russell Tue 8 Jul 2008 09:00 AM Climate Change: Now What?A big beat grows more challenging and complex
By Cristine Russell Tue 8 Jul 2008 09:00 AM Where Have All the Doctors Gone?Finding out would make a good story for the summer lull
By Trudy Lieberman Tue 8 Jul 2008 08:48 AM Opening Bell: Fannie and Freddie's Grim OutlookShares nosedive as housing crisis deepens; IndyMac’s disintegration; WaPo’s new boss; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Tue 8 Jul 2008 08:38 AM Press Giving McCain "Mad Pass" On Economic Plan?By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 8 Jul 2008 08:32 AM Good News (For Once) At The Journal
Two internal promotions are hopeful signs in the News Corporation era
By Ryan Chittum Mon 7 Jul 2008 03:14 PM Intern-al CommunicationBy Liz Cox Barrett Mon 7 Jul 2008 01:33 PM NYT's Incomplete Bhopal Story
The paper raises questions it doesn't answer
By Ryan Chittum Mon 7 Jul 2008 01:25 PM Sasha Obama, This Could Be You!By Liz Cox Barrett Mon 7 Jul 2008 01:20 PM Rewrite To The Nth Power
By Ryan Chittum Mon 7 Jul 2008 12:42 PM Time: Rolling the Dice on McCain?
By Liz Cox Barrett Mon 7 Jul 2008 10:46 AM Memo To Health Care Reporters
Explain what the terms “national” and “universal” really mean, and what Obama’s plan really does
By Trudy Lieberman Mon 7 Jul 2008 09:46 AM Press Contrition Over Clark Coverage?By Liz Cox Barrett Mon 7 Jul 2008 08:38 AM Opening Bell: GM In Reverse
WSJ says more layoffs for automaker; Bloomberg doubts stock touts; Oil to $200?; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Mon 7 Jul 2008 08:37 AM Sunday Watch 7-6-08What’s it all about?
By Todd Gitlin Mon 7 Jul 2008 07:28 AM Missing The Story On IndyMacEx-WSJ reporter on the mortgage lender's bad deeds
By Ryan Chittum Thu 3 Jul 2008 03:59 PM Why Buy The Cow...By Justin Peters Thu 3 Jul 2008 03:11 PM A Day at CJR
By Clint Hendler Thu 3 Jul 2008 02:59 PM Skewering The "Green Issue"
The Onion gets it, at least
By Ryan Chittum Thu 3 Jul 2008 02:35 PM Fox and the...Hounds?By Megan Garber Thu 3 Jul 2008 01:03 PM Burning the Mortgage?
Bloomberg says torchings of foreclosures are rising, with little evidence
By Ryan Chittum Thu 3 Jul 2008 12:47 PM At Last: A Good, Issue-Driven Health Care StoryThe Catholic Courier makes things clear for readers
By Trudy Lieberman Thu 3 Jul 2008 12:27 PM Covering Flip-Flops (A How-To)By Liz Cox Barrett Thu 3 Jul 2008 10:38 AM More on That WaPo Obama Mortgage Story
By Liz Cox Barrett Thu 3 Jul 2008 09:50 AM Endangered Species
The big-city sports columnist: devoured by TV, negated by the Net
By Robert Weintraub Thu 3 Jul 2008 09:00 AM The Cult of KiernanBy Liz Cox Barrett Thu 3 Jul 2008 08:55 AM Opening Bell: Let 'Em Fail
Paulson says bad banks should go; fugitive hedgie surrenders; LAT cuts; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Thu 3 Jul 2008 08:35 AM The V-Word and Dick GrassoBy Ryan Chittum Wed 2 Jul 2008 03:58 PM Invasive Moths: To Spray or Not To Spray?
Hard to tell from the Chronicle's coverage
By Eric Simons Wed 2 Jul 2008 03:39 PM Talkin' About Credit-Default SwapsWhy being bearish on them means you're likely bullish in general
By Ryan Chittum Wed 2 Jul 2008 03:15 PM NYT's MTV Cribs-Like Limbaugh ProfileBy Liz Cox Barrett Wed 2 Jul 2008 01:18 PM Behind Barack's "Suspicious" Mortgage
Why did the Post run its Obama mortgage story?
By Justin Peters Wed 2 Jul 2008 01:05 PM About That CW on Bush's HIV/AIDS LegacyBy Liz Cox Barrett Wed 2 Jul 2008 12:31 PM BBQ is the New "Beer With"
By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 2 Jul 2008 11:59 AM The Press Drives Out to the Country
USA Today adds to Times on gas hit to rural U.S.
By Ryan Chittum Wed 2 Jul 2008 11:50 AM "Disturbing Video" (What Would MSNBC Be Without It?)By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 2 Jul 2008 10:08 AM Costco vs. Wal-Mart
Slate asks why their labor practices are so different
By Ryan Chittum Wed 2 Jul 2008 10:02 AM Old Media Intra-Office Communication?By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 2 Jul 2008 09:49 AM On Last Week's Lara Logan "News"
Not much of a scandal, not much of a story
By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 2 Jul 2008 09:01 AM Oops! Gitmo Training "To Elicit False Confessions?"By Liz Cox Barrett Wed 2 Jul 2008 08:49 AM Opening Bell: Moodier and Moodier
Ratings firm pushes out exec; Grasso keeps riches; bust makes Starbucks contract for once; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Wed 2 Jul 2008 08:25 AM Please, ABC, Tell Us What This Story Is AboutAnother Obama flip-flop? Or just a plan that insurers will support?
By Trudy Lieberman Tue 1 Jul 2008 01:59 PM The Swiftboat ReflexWesley Clark fallout, day two
By Justin Peters Tue 1 Jul 2008 01:19 PM Blackstone vs. the Bean CountersCEO likes fair-value when prices go up but not when they go down
By Ryan Chittum Tue 1 Jul 2008 11:55 AM Cringe-Making Parody of Morning News ToolsBy Liz Cox Barrett Tue 1 Jul 2008 11:40 AM CNN Segment: "Swiftboating McCain?"
By Liz Cox Barrett Tue 1 Jul 2008 10:18 AM A Bear Raid?
Vanity Fair talks to lots of Bear Stearns execs who think—surprise!—outsiders did them in
By Ryan Chittum Tue 1 Jul 2008 10:02 AM Carville, Media Critic, On What Wes SaidBy Liz Cox Barrett Tue 1 Jul 2008 09:08 AM Crossing Lines
In a bombed-out Detroit neighborhood, a new blog works to rekindle a community
By Megan Garber Tue 1 Jul 2008 09:00 AM Second LifeA storied German-language newspaper remakes itself as a magazine
By Mariah Blake Tue 1 Jul 2008 09:00 AM Breaking: Be Not Afraid, Be Not Very AfraidBy Liz Cox Barrett Tue 1 Jul 2008 08:31 AM Opening Bell: Swiss Mess
U.S. seeks UBS client list; casino bubble bursting, too?; IndyMac in peril; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Tue 1 Jul 2008 08:29 AM
