Monthly Archive
February 2012
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The Audit
Audit Notes: Paywalls Paying Off, Digital Privacy, Murdoch
By Ryan Chittum
February 29, 2012 07:54 PM
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Behind the News
Exit James Murdoch Cracks in the News Corp. castle walls?
By Emily Bell
February 29, 2012 05:55 PM
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Behind the News, Q and A
Exit Interview Whither the wizard of HuffPo?
By Emily Bell
February 29, 2012 03:45 PM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Bloomberg’s Abelson on How Wall Street Is Coping
By Ryan Chittum
February 29, 2012 01:53 PM Comments (1)
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Revisiting Henry Luce’s “American Century” Andrew Bacevich and others examine the influential essay
February 29, 2012 01:46 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
More Dot-Connection Needed on ER Story What we're learning about hospitals, part two
February 29, 2012 01:27 PM
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Behind the News, Currents
What’s in My… David Carr's powerful backpack
By The Editors
February 29, 2012 01:20 PM
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Audio
Former Huffington Post CTO Paul Berry: A CJR Podcast
By The Editors
February 29, 2012 01:00 PM
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Currents
Lost & Found The AP Stylebook turns 99!?!
By The Editors
February 29, 2012 11:48 AM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Countering Misinformation: Tips for Journalists Avoid negations, use graphics, and get the story right the first time!
February 29, 2012 10:52 AM Comments (2)
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Behind the News, Currents
Lost & Found The AP Stylebook turns 99!?!
February 29, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (3)
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Behind the News, Feature
Only Connect Connie Schultz learned that reaching readers means showing them who she is
February 29, 2012 06:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: $25,000 an Hour, Foreclosures, Corporate Taxes
By Ryan Chittum
February 28, 2012 08:03 PM Comments (1)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Warren Buffett and Paywalls
By Ryan Chittum
February 28, 2012 05:53 PM Comments (10)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Who Opposed the Auto Bailouts? Romney was hardly alone, despite what you read
By Anna Clark
February 28, 2012 02:45 PM
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Behind the News
How to Chill the Independent Journalist Facing arrest without institutional backup
By Carla Murphy
February 28, 2012 12:25 PM Comments (3)
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Behind the News
Stories I’d Like to See Super PAC cash, immigration rules, and Businessweek’s revival
By Steven Brill
February 28, 2012 12:07 PM
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Campaign Desk
A Medicare Memo to Campaign Reporters Tailing Mitt on Medicare and Social Security, too
February 27, 2012 04:29 PM Comments (11)
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The Audit
Why Journalists Need to Link
By Felix Salmon
February 27, 2012 04:28 PM Comments (1)
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Language Corner
Media Rare Revisiting singular versus plural
February 27, 2012 12:07 PM Comments (3)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
In Michigan, Coverage of Romney’s Speech Goes Beyond That Empty Stadium But focus on local storylines obscures some important national angles
By Anna Clark
February 24, 2012 09:04 PM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Daisey vs. Pogue, American Banker, LAT Paywall
By Ryan Chittum
February 24, 2012 08:37 PM
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The News Frontier
A New App for Citizen Journalists Rawporter joins an increasingly crowded field
By Olivia Smith
February 24, 2012 03:43 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
As Primary Nears, It’s Time to Dig Deep in Ohio Blade's strong story on housing crisis offers a good model
By T.C. Brown
February 24, 2012 02:47 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News, The News Frontier
Syria: Too Much Information? How journalists wade through a social-media flood
By Dalal Mawad
February 24, 2012 02:19 PM Comments (2)
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The Audit
The Keystone Kops of Koverups A Telegraph scoop raises the heat yet again on News Corp. and the Murdochs
By Ryan Chittum
February 24, 2012 01:19 PM Comments (7)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Lobbying Both Ways, SEC Scrutiny, Steve Jobs,
By Ryan Chittum
February 24, 2012 12:23 PM
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The Audit
Matter’s Vision for Long-form Journalism
By Felix Salmon
February 23, 2012 07:56 PM
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Campaign Desk
Pat Buchanan and His Enablers Why did MSNBC hire him in the first place?
February 23, 2012 02:24 PM Comments (14)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Mitt Romney and Marriott’s Taxes
By Ryan Chittum
February 23, 2012 12:11 PM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Tax Break, No Wage Pressure, Clowning Schneiderman
By Ryan Chittum
February 23, 2012 12:54 AM Comments (4)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
What Santorum Didn’t Say On "phony ideology," some coverage misses a distinction
By Greg Marx
February 22, 2012 05:52 PM Comments (6)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
The IRS and the Chicago News Cooperative (UPDATED)
By Ryan Chittum
February 22, 2012 03:23 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk
What We’re Learning About Hospitals, Part One A laurel to National Journal
February 22, 2012 02:22 PM Comments (11)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Fed Transparency, Carp Invasion, Chinese Imports
By Ryan Chittum
February 22, 2012 01:38 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
The “Can’t Find Workers” Meme The Post's business-friendly frame
By Ryan Chittum
February 21, 2012 07:59 PM Comments (36)
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Campaign Desk
Dear John King Some thoughts on debate questions
By Mike Hoyt
February 21, 2012 03:22 PM Comments (9)
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Language Corner
Cardinal Sins First or middle name?
February 21, 2012 02:50 PM Comments (3)
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Behind the News
Stories I’d Like to See Scoring healthcare insurers and getting campaign spending right
By Steven Brill
February 21, 2012 11:32 AM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
Words of Warning on the Payroll Tax The media ponders the wisdom behind the tax holiday's extension
February 20, 2012 01:41 PM Comments (3)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Limited Liability, Apple’s “Tons of Issues,” Foreclosure Scandal
By Ryan Chittum
February 17, 2012 07:44 PM Comments (13)
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Campaign Desk
Why We Love The Political Gabfest Slate’s jocular, incisive podcast builds and engages an audience
By Erika Fry
February 17, 2012 04:24 PM Comments (7)
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Behind the News
Anthony Shadid: ‘A Gatherer, An Observer, A Listener’ One of his former editors remembers the greatest foreign correspondent of his generation
February 17, 2012 03:37 PM
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The Audit
The WSJ Exposes Google’s Tracking Hack
By Ryan Chittum
February 17, 2012 01:40 PM Comments (1)
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The Audit, The Kicker
Anthony Shadid: What He Knew
By Ryan Chittum
February 17, 2012 12:26 AM Comments (2)
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The Audit
Audit Notes: WSJ and FCPA, Apple Access, The Times Paywall
By Ryan Chittum
February 16, 2012 09:19 PM
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Behind the News
PaulBerry URL for exit interview
February 16, 2012 05:02 PM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Blodget Asks a Taboo Question on Wages and Profits
By Ryan Chittum
February 16, 2012 04:08 PM Comments (9)
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The News Frontier
Survey Question: Do You Trust This Poll? Local news sites informally collect community opinions
By Alysia Santo
February 16, 2012 03:00 PM
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Campaign Desk
The Case of the Missing Premium Transparency for health insurance?
February 16, 2012 01:44 PM Comments (23)
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The Observatory, The Water Cooler
Q&A: Eric Roston, Bloomberg’s sustainability editor A new section tracks businesses’ response to the global “resource crunch”
February 16, 2012 01:00 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The Elusive Hunt for the ‘Real Romney’ How the search for a politician's true identity leads to pathological media coverage
February 16, 2012 10:21 AM Comments (5)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: TP Bubble, No More “Fat Cats,” Big Long Now
By Ryan Chittum
February 16, 2012 12:52 AM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
At WFLA, Good Questions for Obama… ...but Tampa's viewers deserved a more balanced report
February 15, 2012 04:48 PM Comments (1)
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The Audit
For The Sun, Karma Is No Fun
By Ryan Chittum
February 15, 2012 04:35 PM Comments (1)
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The News Frontier
Cartooning for a Sustainable Future Will editorial cartoonists find their (paid) place on the web?
By Alysia Santo
February 15, 2012 01:30 PM Comments (5)
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Campaign Desk
The Right-Wing Media’s Discipline Machine Talk radio and Fox News bully the GOP candidates into line—and, in the process, offer a narrow vision of conservatism
By Ben Adler
February 15, 2012 01:16 PM Comments (42)
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Behind the News, Borders & Bylines
Story on Tiny Country A Giant Failure 60 Minutes whiffs on recent story about Qatar
February 15, 2012 01:05 PM Comments (5)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
KLAS-TV’s Eight Minutes With the President (and His Message) On the housing crisis and souvenir M&Ms
By Jay Jones
February 15, 2012 12:37 PM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Government Spending, News Corp., The Machines Rise
By Ryan Chittum
February 14, 2012 11:58 PM Comments (1)
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The Audit
Cops in the Newsroom The News Corp. fiasco imperils press protections in the UK
By Ryan Chittum
February 14, 2012 05:33 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Q&A: Robert Higgs, editor of PolitiFact Ohio On the site's mission and impact, and on "truth vigilantes"
By T.C. Brown
February 14, 2012 05:05 PM Comments (3)
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The Audit, The News Frontier
A National Paywall That Works Lessons from Slovakia
February 14, 2012 01:44 PM Comments (6)
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Behind the News
Stories I’d Like to See Romney’s ads, the Komen firestorm, and a Foxconn book
By Steven Brill
February 14, 2012 11:57 AM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk
Don Berwick, Press Critic Observations from Medicare’s former top guy
February 14, 2012 11:47 AM Comments (5)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Murdoch’s Hacking Scandal, Chipotle Not Apple
By Ryan Chittum
February 13, 2012 08:01 PM
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Language Corner
Silent Knight What a difference a letter makes
February 13, 2012 03:14 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News, The Water Cooler
Q&A: Michael Morisy, Co-Founder of MuckRock On helping journalists with their public records requests
By Erin Siegal
February 13, 2012 02:46 PM
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Campaign Desk
Kudos to The New York Times At last, a good man-on-the-street story
February 13, 2012 02:43 PM Comments (2)
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The Audit
Quality vs. Quantity Online
By Felix Salmon
February 13, 2012 09:15 AM
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The Observatory
“Economy Class Syndrome” Debunked Personal blood-clot narrative makes for bad science writing in Washington Post
February 10, 2012 04:55 PM Comments (1)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Pogue Misses on Cheap Gadgets and Foreign Labor The cost difference between China and the U.S. is less than he imagines
By Ryan Chittum
February 10, 2012 04:16 PM Comments (3)
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Behind the News
Carr Placeholder URL for extended version of Mar/Apr 2012 magazine interview w/ David Carr
February 10, 2012 01:58 PM
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Behind the News
Deathmetal placeholder URL for extended version of Mar/Apr 2012 magazine story on death metal
February 10, 2012 01:58 PM
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Behind the News
Zook URL for extended online version of the Mar/Apr magazine story by Kristal Brent Zook
February 10, 2012 01:58 PM
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Campaign Desk
Mitt Romney’s Soul: The Search is On But not much luck so far
By Erika Fry
February 10, 2012 10:35 AM Comments (5)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Energy Economy, Insider Trading, Mortgage Settlement
By Ryan Chittum
February 9, 2012 11:55 PM Comments (4)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
BusinessWeek Goes Inside a Critical Hacking Scandal Meeting Murdoch, at a fork in the road, chose the coverup
By Ryan Chittum
February 9, 2012 02:20 PM Comments (3)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Off the Hamster Wheel, The Dumb Money, iPad Newspapers
By Ryan Chittum
February 9, 2012 01:53 AM
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Remembering the Golden Age of Book Publishing A review of Richard Seaver’s The Tender Hour of Twilight
February 8, 2012 03:14 PM
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Campaign Desk
Some Mistakes at MoneyWatch A little more homework needed on Social Security, please
February 8, 2012 02:37 PM Comments (6)
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Behind the News
Park Slope Pundits Get the Story Wrong Why lifestyle pieces need context
By Ben Adler
February 8, 2012 12:47 PM Comments (6)
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The Observatory
What Drives Public Opinion About Climate Change? Politicians, economy more influential than media coverage, study says
February 8, 2012 12:00 PM Comments (47)
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Behind the News
Stories I’d Like to See A trove of stories from the Facebook IPO
By Steven Brill
February 8, 2012 11:31 AM Comments (1)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Mostly Skimpy Coverage of JPMorgan’s Overdraft Settlement
By Ryan Chittum
February 8, 2012 10:16 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Payment Protection, Greek Austerity, Inflation Bugaboo
By Ryan Chittum
February 8, 2012 01:49 AM Comments (4)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
It’s Caucus Day in Colorado: Where’s the Content? Campaign presented as theater in the Denver Post
By Mary Winter
February 7, 2012 10:46 PM
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The News Frontier
Drawing the News Ain’t Easy Editorial cartoonists struggle for funds, but not eyeballs
By Alysia Santo
February 7, 2012 06:00 PM
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The Kicker
Harlan Ellison says: ‘Pay the damn writer!’
By The Editors
February 7, 2012 04:43 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Nevada GOP Shows How Not to Conduct a Caucus Confusion, “clueless media policies,” day-late results
By Jay Jones
February 7, 2012 10:28 AM Comments (2)
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The Kicker
Pew on Gingrich’s Receding Storyline
By Erika Fry
February 7, 2012 10:06 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
NYT: Criminal Charges in the Foreclosure Scandal
By Ryan Chittum
February 7, 2012 02:02 AM Comments (1)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Regressive Taxes, Another Task Force, Keller on Copyright
By Ryan Chittum
February 7, 2012 12:38 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Bad Math From the WSJ Opinion Pages
By Ryan Chittum
February 6, 2012 07:41 PM Comments (12)
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Language Corner
Addressee Unknown Another comma goes AWOL
February 6, 2012 05:52 PM
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Campaign Desk
USA Today Touts the Government’s Good News on Medicare But was it the full story?
February 6, 2012 11:57 AM Comments (1)
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The Audit
Elizabeth Spiers and the Reinvented New York Observer
By Felix Salmon
February 6, 2012 11:28 AM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
What Do Ohioans Want from Their Media? Follow the money. Check the facts. And grow a pair.
By T.C. Brown
February 6, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (1)
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Feature
The Accidental Correspondent When war came to his home, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad found his calling
February 6, 2012 06:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Minimum Wage and the Recession, Facebook’s Numbers, Most Powerless
By Ryan Chittum
February 3, 2012 06:44 PM
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The Audit
NYT With More on the SEC’s Soft Touch With Big Banks
By Ryan Chittum
February 3, 2012 02:41 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Ralston Grills the GOP Gang In advance of Nevada caucus, tough questions for the candidates
By Jay Jones
February 3, 2012 12:50 PM Comments (3)
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The Audit
NYT Paywall Datapoints of the Day
By Felix Salmon
February 3, 2012 11:15 AM Comments (1)
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Reports
The American Newsroom
February 3, 2012 06:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: CDO Charges, Facebook’s Board, Deficits
By Ryan Chittum
February 3, 2012 12:29 AM Comments (1)
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The Audit
The WSJ’s Sony Story Is a Page-One Dud
By Ryan Chittum
February 2, 2012 07:21 PM
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The Literary Roots of the Gay Revolution Reviewing Christopher Bram’s Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America
February 2, 2012 03:48 PM
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The Kicker
Dana Milbank Was Right
By Erika Fry
February 2, 2012 03:27 PM
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Campaign Desk
What Mitt Really Believes About Entitlements Protecting Social Security and Medicare
February 2, 2012 12:52 PM Comments (3)
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Campaign Desk
Rooting for the Race Journalists are suddenly eager to admit the media is biased in favor of an extended campaign. Will they do anything about it?
By Erika Fry
February 2, 2012 12:29 PM Comments (5)
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The Kicker
Rebecca MacKinnon discusses new book Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom
By Alysia Santo
February 2, 2012 10:59 AM
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Currents
Florida Roots A native son discusses environmental journalism
February 2, 2012 06:00 AM
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The Audit
The Old-School Value of Facebook
By Ryan Chittum
February 1, 2012 06:41 PM
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Campaign Desk
Three Thoughts on Mitt Romney’s ‘Very Poor’ Day What makes for a gaffe, what Medicaid really does, and what lame questions!
By Greg Marx
February 1, 2012 05:07 PM Comments (11)
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Campaign Desk
Super PAC Reporting: Recommended Reading Because you know you need to get up to speed
February 1, 2012 02:57 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
Stories I’d Like to See The Dodd-Frank effect, unions and private equity, and Newt’s expenses
By Steven Brill
February 1, 2012 12:46 PM
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Behind the News, Transparency
To Sue or Not to Sue? The first two years of OGIS
By Erin Siegal
February 1, 2012 12:37 PM
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Review
Brief Encounters Reviewing anthologies on food in wartime reporting and the best of Wolcott Gibbs
By James Boylan
February 1, 2012 06:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Finally, Fraud Charges; Gee Whiz Wired; Freddie
By Ryan Chittum
February 1, 2012 01:30 AM
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