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Politics
The Chattering Class Eyes Itself
February 20, 2004 12:09 PMWhen Campaign Desk thinks about "the most excitable New Yorkers," several pictures come to mind ... Bronx-born Yankee fans ... Seinfeld's Soup Nazi ... NYU freshmen on their first Friday night in the Big City. Not The New York... Continue reading
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Politics
“All the News That Fits We Print”
February 19, 2004 03:01 PMIn The New York Times today, Adam Nagourney and David M. Halbfinger quote John Kerry's press secretary, Stephanie Cutter, who declared that John Edwards' "campaign is wholly funded by trial lawyers, which are widely recognized as special interests and... Continue reading
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Politics
Burying a Warm Body
February 17, 2004 05:43 PMThe folks over at CBS, Knight-Ridder and Tribune Business News don't need no stinkin' exit polls: they can apparently see directly into the future. At 8:42 this morning, the CBS affiliate in Jacksonville, Florida posted on its website a... Continue reading
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Politics
Sins of Omissions
February 17, 2004 02:28 PMThe conventional wisdom in print journalism is that young people don't read the news. The coverage of President Bush's defense of his National Guard service suggests they have their reasons. When Tim Russert questioned Bush a week ago Sunday... Continue reading
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Bio
Brian Montopoli
Brian Montopoli is a writer at CJR Daily.
Desks
The Audit Business
- Reuters’s OKC gusher Its outstanding Chesapeake Energy investigation turns toward the gas driller SandRidge
- Audit Notes: insider trading versus CDO fraud, 401(k)s, lead and crime Rough treatment for inside-trading suspects contrasts with CDO probes
The Observatory Science
- Environment coverage TBD The Times says it’s committed, but only time will tell
- Call in the math club Science reporters can help ward off a “Big Data bubble”
United States Project Politics & Policy
- The Frank Luntz script for Congressional Republicans A guide to phrases journos should look for (and scrutinize)
- Hey readers: They’re bluffing! (maybe) The need to put political bargaining positions in context
Behind the News The Media
- German bill would charge for aggregation The potential law would provide content creators with a portion of the profits search engines make by aggregating them
- Gun permit data wasn’t maximized The choice that faced the Journal News was not simply whether to map gun permit holders’ addresses, but how
Blog
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- Pass the #popcorn
- Should Center Square Journal shut down?
- Must-reads of the week
- WaPo: Got agency?
- On building trust
The Future of Media
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