Monthly Archive
January 2012
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Bloomberg’s Big Miss in Silicon Valley Hiring Story An analysis forgets mergers and acquisitions
By Ryan Chittum
January 31, 2012 07:14 PM Comments (3)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Romney’s Hispanic Support: About That Florida Poll Reporters must tell readers about polls’ shortcomings
January 31, 2012 12:19 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News, Borders & Bylines
Why Aren’t More Arab Americans Working in Mainstream Journalism? Group remains underrepresented in US newsrooms
January 31, 2012 11:21 AM Comments (12)
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Campaign Desk
A Laurel to The Record For a disturbing tale of sickness and medical expense
January 31, 2012 11:15 AM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Las Vegas Review-Journal Asks Four Key Questions But doesn’t help readers evaluate candidates’ answers
By Jay Jones
January 31, 2012 09:34 AM
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The Research Report
The Algorithm Method Making news decisions in a clickocracy
By Michael Schudson and Katherine Fink
January 31, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (2)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Data Pool 3, The UK Prints, Copyright
By Ryan Chittum
January 30, 2012 07:56 PM Comments (1)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
ProPublica and NPR on Freddie Mac’s Conflicts
By Ryan Chittum
January 30, 2012 04:34 PM Comments (3)
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Behind the News
Updating the Privacy Protection Act for the Digital Era Law protecting journalists from searches didn’t anticipate cloud computing
January 30, 2012 01:46 PM
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Campaign Desk
Medicare Versus Obamacare The fight begins in Florida
January 30, 2012 12:22 PM Comments (2)
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Language Corner
Houses of Straw Flimsy votes and arguments
January 30, 2012 12:20 PM
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Feature
Friday Night Bytes In Texas, high school football is the killer app
By Jake Batsell
January 30, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (1)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Fukayama on the Crisis, WSJ on Exec Pay, Nonprofit News
By Ryan Chittum
January 27, 2012 06:14 PM
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The Audit
Evangelicals, Mormons, and Mitt Romney
By Ryan Chittum
January 27, 2012 06:06 PM Comments (16)
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Campaign Desk, The Observatory
The Presidential Energy Narrative Campaign coverage takes on a green hue
January 27, 2012 05:30 PM Comments (1)
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The Kicker
RIP: Jonathan “Jack” Idema, Media Con Man
By Mike Hoyt
January 27, 2012 04:32 PM Comments (3)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
For Obama’s Vegas Visit, Competing Press Angles As Sun explores natural gas agenda, Review-Journal delves into the "briar patch"
By Jay Jones
January 27, 2012 03:26 PM
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Fiftieth Anniversary
Tin Soldier An American Vigilante In Afghanistan, Using the Press for Profit and Glow
By Mariah Blake
January 27, 2012 02:39 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
In Florida, the GOP Woos Hispanic Voters Can the press push the candidates past pandering?
January 27, 2012 01:48 PM Comments (3)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Charlie Rose’s Weak Q&A With the SEC’s Khuzami
By Ryan Chittum
January 27, 2012 01:13 PM Comments (2)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Summers: “Inside Job had essentially all its facts wrong”
By Felix Salmon
January 27, 2012 10:49 AM Comments (16)
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Campaign Desk
Edsall: ‘Newt Gingrich’s History is Fair Game’ And other thoughts on when the press should examine the private lives of public figures
By Erika Fry
January 27, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (1)
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Language Corner
The Jury is in On "jury-rigged" and "jerry-built" confusion
January 27, 2012 06:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Mortgage Bonds, Junkets, Digital Hype
By Ryan Chittum
January 26, 2012 08:54 PM
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The Kicker
Julian Assange’s New Platform: RT
By Ann Cooper
January 26, 2012 04:12 PM Comments (6)
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Behind the News
Local TV Stations Rally to Oppose Media Transparency What exactly are their “public interest obligations”?
January 26, 2012 03:16 PM Comments (1)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Wealthy Bloomberg Subscribers Call for Higher Taxes
By Ryan Chittum
January 26, 2012 03:00 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Get Ready, Buckeyes—The Campaigns Are Coming! Ohio’s political press prepares for the message war
By T.C. Brown
January 26, 2012 02:32 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Who is Sheldon Adelson? Florida Needs to Know State's newsrooms haven't focused their resources on the super PAC story
January 26, 2012 11:36 AM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Waiting for Newt in Naples Just because the candidate's not there doesn't mean there’s not a story
January 26, 2012 06:56 AM
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The Lower Case
The Lower Case Headlines that editors probably wish they could take back
By The Editors
January 26, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (3)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Subpar Tom Friedman, Big Lie of the Crisis, Obama on Fraud
By Ryan Chittum
January 25, 2012 09:34 PM Comments (1)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
The Journal Takes Us Inside the Google Drugs Sting
By Ryan Chittum
January 25, 2012 06:36 PM Comments (5)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Voters to Press: Tell Us Where the Candidates Stand In South Carolina, readers look to local papers for the basics
By Erika Fry
January 25, 2012 03:43 PM Comments (1)
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The Kicker
About that Univision debate boycott …
By Erika Fry
January 25, 2012 02:14 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The Colorado Columnist on the Bus A look at the Denver Post’s choice to send a liberal columnist (only) to cover a GOP primary
By Mary Winter
January 25, 2012 01:15 PM
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Campaign Desk
Jon Stewart Takes on Sebelius What Madame Secretary didn’t say
January 25, 2012 12:38 PM Comments (5)
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Essay
When the 99% Had a Paper The brief, wondrous life of PM
January 25, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (7)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Dimon the Persecuted, Mitt’s Taxes, Minimum Wage
By Ryan Chittum
January 25, 2012 02:32 AM Comments (3)
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The Observatory
Keystone XL Jobs Bewilder Media Reporters still fumbling numbers in wake of pipeline’s rejection
January 24, 2012 04:30 PM Comments (17)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Mitt Romney’s Taxes
By Ryan Chittum
January 24, 2012 04:21 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk
A Trail of Unexpected Costs on the Campaign Trail Price-gouging in the primary states
By Ben Adler
January 24, 2012 03:30 PM Comments (8)
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The News Frontier
Teaching Cyber-Security Confidentiality promises often require technical skill
By Alysia Santo
January 24, 2012 01:38 PM
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Behind the News
Stories I’d Like to See More primary math, Boeing’s second chance, and DHS mission creep
By Steven Brill
January 24, 2012 12:05 PM
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Language Corner
Confidence Trick Scams ‘R’ Us
January 24, 2012 11:51 AM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
A State of the Union Media Prebuttal Instead of overhyping the SOTU, here's what reporters should do
January 24, 2012 11:43 AM Comments (1)
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Currents
The Velvet Rope Why do journalists still care about seeing their name in print?
By Janet Paskin
January 24, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (6)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Kim Dotcom and SOPA, Private Equity, Swipe Fees
By Ryan Chittum
January 23, 2012 07:58 PM Comments (3)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Patent Trolls 4 News Paywalls Nathan Myhrvold makes some common errors about the newspaper industry
By Ryan Chittum
January 23, 2012 05:30 PM
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The Audit
How Sharing Disrupts Media
By Felix Salmon
January 23, 2012 01:45 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk
Romney’s History on Medicare How he came to accept “premium support”
January 23, 2012 12:19 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Newt Gingrich, Media Critic Primary night in South Carolina, Gingrich and supporters sound off on press
By Erika Fry
January 23, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (3)
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Feature
The Ring is Counted Out Boxing's duplicity devours an honest magazine
January 23, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (50)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Justice’s Revolving Door, GE Probed, iBooks Author
By Ryan Chittum
January 20, 2012 09:43 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
What I Saw at the South Carolina Debate Or, how campaign coverage is like industrial farming
By Erika Fry
January 20, 2012 03:12 PM Comments (2)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Two Days, Two Good Investigations From Mollenkamp
By Ryan Chittum
January 20, 2012 02:31 PM
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Behind the News
Local TV Stations Rally to Oppose Media Transparency What exactly are their “public interest obligations”?
January 20, 2012 12:11 PM
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Campaign Desk
In South Carolina, Another Hospital/Journo Alliance New twist, old problem
January 20, 2012 11:50 AM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
A Day in the Life of South Carolina’s ‘Sic Willie’ How the Palmetto State's most read, most ribald politics blogger goes about his work
By Erika Fry
January 20, 2012 06:00 AM
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Letters to the Editor
Notes From our Online Readers Readers respond to Erika Fry's "The Romenesko Saga"
By The Editors
January 20, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (3)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: News Corp. Coverup, GOP and the Unemployed, SOPA
By Ryan Chittum
January 19, 2012 09:24 PM Comments (5)
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The Observatory
Does Big Pharma Pay Your Doctor? New federal database could be a boon for reporters but it needs their input
January 19, 2012 02:30 PM Comments (4)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Looking for Lessons in the Swift Boat Saga Is Ohio's press corps prepared for the 2012 campaign?
By T.C. Brown
January 19, 2012 01:57 PM Comments (9)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
On Debt, Mitt’s of Two Minds A career built on it and a campaign that rails against it
By Ryan Chittum
January 19, 2012 12:08 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
On Bain Claims, Will Local Press Rise to the Challenge? Connecting regional audiences to the national story is hard work. It’s also important.
By Mary Winter
January 19, 2012 06:00 AM
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Review
Reading Room An illustrated review of The Occupied Wall Street Journal
By Ted Rall
January 19, 2012 06:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Gapper on SOPA, Japan’s Papers, Credit Card Antitrust
By Ryan Chittum
January 18, 2012 09:24 PM Comments (3)
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Campaign Desk, The Water Cooler
Medicare Vouchers Explained A conversation with the Brookings Institution’s Henry Aaron
January 18, 2012 03:27 PM Comments (3)
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The Audit
Will Fact-Checking Go the Way of Blogs?
By Felix Salmon
January 18, 2012 02:37 PM Comments (5)
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Second Read
The Road Book Before Ernie Pyle went to war, he wrote about America
By Kevin Coyne
January 18, 2012 06:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Bloomberg’s BW Investment, Jobs For Robots, NCAA Injustice
By Ryan Chittum
January 17, 2012 08:02 PM
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Behind the News
Stories I’d Like to See Campaign questions, the world’s worst government agency, and medical lobbies
By Steven Brill
January 17, 2012 04:28 PM Comments (1)
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Reports
What Scientist Shortage? The Johnny-can't-do-science myth damages US research
January 17, 2012 01:45 PM Comments (18)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Paywalls: Maybe Not So Complicated After All Thinking over Clay Shirky's piece on the success of the NYT model
By Ryan Chittum
January 17, 2012 01:21 PM Comments (10)
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Language Corner
Intoxicating Deriving ‘drink’
January 17, 2012 12:37 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The Out-of-Context Quote as Gaffe A closer look at coverage of "I like being able to fire people who provide services to me'"
January 17, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (5)
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Reports
Get Real The unlikely marriage of documentary filmmakers and reality TV
By Alissa Quart
January 17, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (1)
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The Kicker
The State endorses Huntsman … for the day
By Erika Fry
January 16, 2012 02:38 PM
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Campaign Desk
Legal Immigrants Win in Massachusetts But the political press misses the story
January 16, 2012 12:34 PM Comments (2)
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Currents
Saturation Point A plethora of news outlets doesn't mean deeper coverage
January 16, 2012 06:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Triple Dip; Bloomberg Terminals; Goldman, AIG, and the Fed
By Ryan Chittum
January 13, 2012 09:45 PM Comments (4)
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Feature
The Times and the Jews A vocal segment of American Jewry has long believed that the paper has been unfair to Israel. Here's why—and why they're wrong.
By Neil Lewis
January 13, 2012 04:20 PM Comments (33)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Famous Last Words From the Fed Assessing coverage of newly released transcripts from just before the crash
By Ryan Chittum
January 13, 2012 02:28 PM Comments (1)
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The Kicker
An Image Reconsidered
By Mike Hoyt
January 13, 2012 02:23 PM Comments (4)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
In Florida, a Media Crush but Little News Best coverage embeds Romney’s rally in more far-reaching reporting
January 13, 2012 12:20 PM
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The Observatory
Critical Juncture for HuffPo Science With new section, David Freeman has an opportunity to raise the bar
January 13, 2012 12:00 PM Comments (2)
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Currents
Hard Numbers Some stats and figures on the news industry
By The Editors
January 13, 2012 06:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Romney’s Black Box, Banker Probe, Laffer Curveball
By Ryan Chittum
January 12, 2012 08:01 PM Comments (4)
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The News Frontier
Tell Me a Secret Soliciting leaks has its rewards, and challenges
By Alysia Santo
January 12, 2012 03:27 PM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Misleading Readers on Romney’s “$12 Million Teardown” The value is almost all in the land
By Ryan Chittum
January 12, 2012 02:43 PM Comments (8)
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Campaign Desk
Gender Imbalance on the Campaign Trail Voters skew female; reporters still do not
By Meryl Gordon
January 12, 2012 01:23 PM Comments (20)
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Behind the News
Two Years Later, Haitian Earthquake Death Toll in Dispute Journalists can do a better job reporting controversial numbers in disaster zones
January 12, 2012 01:04 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Nevadans Need a Closer Look at Romney’s Record Some “facts and figures” might help make the Bain debate accessible to readers
By Jay Jones
January 12, 2012 12:07 PM
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The Kicker
A.G. Sulzberger is getting chewed up
By Erika Fry
January 12, 2012 10:44 AM Comments (2)
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Editorial
In the Dark The campaign to weaken campaign-finance disclosure laws
By The Editors
January 12, 2012 06:00 AM
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The Kicker
North Korean Newspaper Goes English on Web
January 11, 2012 11:05 PM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
The Banker Finds Possible “Trouble” at Chase (UPDATED) Debt-collection lawsuits dry up in at least five states, raising questions about past practices
By Ryan Chittum
January 11, 2012 02:13 PM
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Campaign Desk, The Kicker
“Firing” your insurance in Romney’s Massachusetts
January 11, 2012 12:59 PM Comments (6)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Primary Night on Elm Street A nightmare assignment finally draws to a close
January 11, 2012 12:44 PM
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Campaign Desk
Why Might the Docs Be in a Fix? A context-light, anecdote-heavy CNNMoney story fails to mention US's high medical costs
January 11, 2012 11:49 AM Comments (3)
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The Observatory
Media Made Hawking Famous Amid 70th birthday adoration, reporters ignored their role in the physicist’s celebrity
By Declan Fahy
January 11, 2012 10:15 AM Comments (9)
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Review
The Tea Party Paradox A democratic movement that is anti-democratic at heart
January 11, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (6)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Kent State Court, Corporate Taxes, the Communion Wafer Industry
By Ryan Chittum
January 10, 2012 07:31 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Twenty-Nine Hours on the Campaign Trail And all I got was lost. (And, chicken fingers.)
January 10, 2012 04:00 PM Comments (5)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Wall Street’s Toxic Touch
By Ryan Chittum
January 10, 2012 03:22 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Political Reporters Must Be “Good Tour Guides” A Denver Post column takes readers into the weeds
By Mary Winter
January 10, 2012 01:11 PM Comments (2)
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The Observatory
Down, But Not Out? A closer look at the quantity of climate coverage in 2011
January 10, 2012 10:00 AM Comments (4)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Forget the Debates—Focus on the Air War! Journalists are looking for attacks in all the wrong places
January 10, 2012 06:00 AM
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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor Readers respond to our 50th anniversary issue
By The Editors
January 10, 2012 06:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Swiped, Hit List, Journo Demographics
By Ryan Chittum
January 9, 2012 07:59 PM Comments (10)
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Language Corner
And the Word of the Year Is Words that topped the lists
January 9, 2012 04:49 PM Comments (3)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
It’s the WSJ’s Turn on Romney’s Private Equity Record
By Ryan Chittum
January 9, 2012 02:34 PM Comments (5)
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The News Frontier
Spying on Journalists is Easy Lax computer security creates easy targets
By Alysia Santo
January 9, 2012 12:42 PM
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Campaign Desk
Santorum Goes After Social Security The AP covers Rick's empty rhetoric
January 9, 2012 12:29 PM Comments (3)
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Cover Story, The Audit
A Narrowed Gaze How the business press forgot the rest of us
January 9, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (5)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
A Night Out with National Review Watching the GOP debate with the conservative flagship
January 8, 2012 04:21 PM
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Campaign Desk
Searching for Santorum After his surge, it's hard to find much needed coverage of who he is and what he wants
By Erika Fry
January 7, 2012 10:18 AM Comments (10)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: GE and Subprime, WaPo on Recess, Fed Fumes on Housing
By Ryan Chittum
January 6, 2012 08:04 PM Comments (9)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Playing the Expectations Game in New Hampshire The Union Leader creates an arbitrary threshold for Mitt Romney
January 6, 2012 03:37 PM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Reuters on Romney’s Private-Equity Past How Bain Capital profited as workers got crushed
By Ryan Chittum
January 6, 2012 03:15 PM Comments (5)
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Borders & Bylines, The News Frontier
Twifficult Tweeting the change you wish to see is easy. Global attention is as elusive as ever
January 6, 2012 02:02 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
The Bloodying of PolitiFact What is Medicare, anyway?
January 6, 2012 01:48 PM Comments (9)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Assessing the Cordray Coverage in Ohio Most papers missed a chance to go beyond the partisan rhetoric
By T.C. Brown
January 6, 2012 12:03 PM Comments (3)
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Opening Shot
Opening Shot Show us how the game is rigged
By The Editors
January 6, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (2)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Citi Fees, A Bipartisan Bloomberg Dream, The Toil Index
By Ryan Chittum
January 5, 2012 08:16 PM Comments (4)
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Campaign Desk, Darts and Laurels
Darts and Laurels Univision, The Miami Herald, and Marco Rubio, the GOP's rising star
By Erika Fry
January 5, 2012 05:00 PM Comments (6)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
The WSJ Eyes Analyst-Shopping
By Ryan Chittum
January 5, 2012 03:17 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Lackluster Caucus Coverage in Florida The Tampa Bay Times stands above the field
January 5, 2012 10:42 AM
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Campaign Desk
What the Fact-Checkers Get Wrong The language of Politifact and its peers doesn’t match their project
By Greg Marx
January 5, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (28)
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Editorial
Executive Editor’s Note Welcome Cyndi Stivers, our new editor in chief
By Mike Hoyt
January 5, 2012 06:00 AM
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Campaign Desk
When Elections Decide Nothing The maddening inevitability of momentum
January 4, 2012 04:52 PM
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The Observatory
Climate Coverage Crashes Downward spiral in English-language news media continued in 2011
January 4, 2012 04:45 PM Comments (40)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
A Long Day—and Night—Covering the Caucuses Patriotic popcorn, Google swag, and the ubiquitous Chuck Todd
By Erika Fry
January 4, 2012 04:05 PM
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The Kicker
Rick’s Relevant Now
By Greg Marx
January 4, 2012 12:46 PM
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Campaign Desk
A Good Payroll Tax Piece from the Post Finally, some balance from WaPo
January 4, 2012 12:46 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Scene From Gingrich HQ on Caucus Night A dozen reporters waited (and, waited)
January 4, 2012 10:58 AM
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Reports
The Girl Who Loved Journalists Stieg Larsson's posthumous gift to an embattled industry
January 4, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (10)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
You’ve Got (Candidate) Mail(ers) A look at the direct mail deluge in Iowa
By Erika Fry
January 3, 2012 05:05 PM
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Campaign Desk
Best of 2011: Liz Cox Barrett From Nevada to Paint Creek, Barrett picks her top stories from 2011
January 3, 2012 06:00 AM
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Behind the News
Best of 2011: Trudy Lieberman CJR's health and entitlements reporter picks her top stories from the past year
January 2, 2012 05:48 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The Post-Iowa Challenge Providing information or constructing a narrative?
January 2, 2012 04:20 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
A VIP Pass to Cover the Caucuses Credentials offer access, amenities for a cost, but some reporters take a pass
By Erika Fry
January 2, 2012 01:57 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
Best of 2011: Lauren Kirchner From AOL to HuffPo, Kirchner picks her top CJR stories from the past year
January 2, 2012 06:00 AM
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