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The inauguration of Dmitri Medvedev as Russia's new president this week is one of those fantastic Historical Occasions for which air quotes (yes, "air quotes") seem designed. In the sense that the inauguration is basically a farce. Medvedev is, if...

Megan Garber The inauguration of Dmitri Medvedev as Russia's new president this week is one of those fantastic Historical Occasions for which air quotes (yes, "air quotes") seem designed. In the sense that the inauguration is basically a farce. Medvedev is, if not a full-on puppet of Putin, then at least overshadowed by his predecessor, the power-consolidating soon-to-be-Prime Minister. Which makes... tag:www.cjr.org,2008://1.15750 2008-05-09T15:09:33Z 2008-05-09T23:33:36Z

The New York Times does non-fiction, political, comics

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The XX Factor, Slate's women-written blog, welcomes a new voice today: EJ Graff. Graff, the author of Getting Even and What Is Marriage For?, is an expert on social policy, with a particular focus on women's issues. She's a senior...

Megan Garber The XX Factor, Slate's women-written blog, welcomes a new voice today: EJ Graff. Graff, the author of Getting Even and What Is Marriage For?, is an expert on social policy, with a particular focus on women's issues. She's a senior correspondent for The American Prospect and a regular contributor to TPMCafe. (She has also written for Columbia... tag:www.cjr.org,2008://1.15749 2008-05-09T13:21:25Z 2008-05-09T23:33:36Z

European media and their audiences catch the U.S.’s Election Fever

Lynn Berger On a Wednesday a couple of weeks ago, French, Dutch and Polish camera crews gathered in a small studio on Park Avenue. All were correspondents for TV news networks in their respective home countries, and all had come to interview Amber “Obama Girl” Lee, who was in New York shooting a video for her latest song. (Her debut, “I... tag:www.cjr.org,2008://1.15747 2008-05-09T13:20:37Z 2008-05-09T23:33:36Z

Plus, NYT strong work on NYT housing and a powerful senator; Toyota's skids; the container shortage. etc.

Ryan Chittum Insurance giant American International Group posted a record $7.8 billion loss in the first quarter as it wrote down more than $15 billion in assets, much of them mortgage-related, and said it needed to raise more than $12 billion to shore up its capital. The Wall Street Journal on its page one says the news illustrates that “while... tag:www.cjr.org,2008://1.15748 2008-05-09T13:10:52Z 2008-05-09T23:33:36Z

David Broder points a finger at the wrong candidate

Zachary Roth David Broder wrote yesterday: I’d like to know what kind of people Obama would bring into his White House and where he would turn for a Cabinet, because there is so much uncertainty about his actual policies at home and abroad. Really? Is there actually all that much “uncertainty” about Obama’s policies, all things considered? Doesn’t seem... tag:www.cjr.org,2008://1.15746 2008-05-08T20:32:43Z 2008-05-09T23:33:36Z

Megan Garber In what might just be one of the most fun pieces of research ever conducted, ever, the Project for Excellence in Journalism spent 2007—yes, the whole year—watching, analyzing, and likely guffawing at footage of...The Daily Show. Ugh. Why do data analysts always have all the fun? Anyway, per the study's summary report, released today: When... tag:www.cjr.org,2008://1.15745 2008-05-08T19:41:51Z 2008-05-09T23:33:36Z

Megan Garber Howard Kurtz today takes a macrocosmic—literally, macrocosmic—view of the media's post-Tuesday treatment of the Democrats' Epic Battle for Cosmic Domina—er, Nomination: For the moment, there seem to be two separate media universes out there. In the mainstream print galaxy, Hillary's "options" are "dwindling," her "path" to the nomination is "narrowing," the "math" is "challenging," Obama is... tag:www.cjr.org,2008://1.15744 2008-05-08T18:20:16Z 2008-05-09T23:33:36Z

Reporters let bloggers and columnists do the work

Russ Juskalian The possible suspension of the federal gas tax has become a big issue in the presidential race, and the latest media frenzy surrounding the candidates. As we noted last week, the press aggressively (if belatedly) attacked the idea, which John McCain and Hillary Clinton support and Barack Obama opposes. But regardless of whether tax holiday amounts to political "pandering"... tag:www.cjr.org,2008://1.15736 2008-05-08T18:16:43Z 2008-05-09T23:33:36Z

A struggle over the editor was about much more than turf

Dean Starkman LAKE JACKSON, Texas -- When Lisa Kelly learned she had leukemia in late 2006, her doctor advised her to seek urgent care at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. But the nonprofit hospital refused to accept Mrs. Kelly's limited insurance. It asked for $105,000 in cash before it would admit her. Sitting in the hospital's business office, Mrs. Kelly... tag:www.cjr.org,2008://1.15743 2008-05-08T14:30:53Z 2008-05-09T23:33:36Z

Liz Cox Barrett In a New York Times article today about how the entertainment press is giving Britney-sized attention to this year's presidential candidates ("It's the greatest reality show on television," per Inside Edition's producer), Clinton spokesman Jay Carson explains why the campaigns might also love Us back. What might a People or Extra interview offer a candidate that a major...

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Ezra Klein discusses Amazon's Kindle in print and video

Ezra Klein To watch Klein discussing the future of reading, click here. The title of a 2004 report by the National Endowment for the Arts was “Reading at Risk.” The follow-up, released in November 2007, upped the ante. “To Read or Not to Read: A Question of National Consequence,” placed the consumption of Moby Dick up there... tag:www.cjr.org,2008://1.15740 2008-05-08T14:00:00Z 2008-05-09T23:33:36Z

Ezra Klein discusses Amazon's Kindle in print and video

Michael Meyer and Malcolm Murray Ezra Klein discusses the cover story he wrote for the May/June issue of Columbia Journalism Review. To read that article, "The Future of Reading," click here. tag:www.cjr.org,2008://1.15742 2008-05-08T13:39:45Z 2008-05-09T23:33:36Z

Liz Cox Barrett Appears on Daily Show--a surefire way to get the (uncritical) attention of the campaign press. McCain talked about how, as the Democratic primary continues, he has been out there "raising money" and "doing townhall meetings," to which Stewart replied: So that still happens, even when the news media doesn't report? What does the news...

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John McCain’s campaign canard

Trudy Lieberman The Rocky Mountain News’s coverage of John McCain’s campaign stop in Denver last week raises an important issue for reporters, especially those covering the election: Do you let a candidate’s remarks stand unchallenged even if they are wrong or misleading? McCain had come to town to talk mostly about health care, the paper reported, noting that the topic...