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1. Behind the News

   No Dinner For You!

   April 30, 2007 03:19 PM

   In his Sunday column, Frank Rich took the unusual step of breaking some news -- announcing that the New York Times would no longer attend the annual dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association. "This fete... Continue reading

2. Politics

   Naomi Wolf Defines Fascism Downward

   April 25, 2007 03:57 PM

   Want to set up a Fascist nation? Just follow Naomi Wolf's 10 steps outlined yesterday in the Guardian. As Wolf contends, President George W. Bush has completed every one. The steps, such as "invoke a terrifying internal... Continue reading

3. Politics

   Good News! The News is Good!

   April 23, 2007 02:10 PM

   New managers of Russia's largest independent radio network told their reporters that 50 percent of the station's news about the country must be "positive," according to an article yesterday in New York Times. Not only that, but... Continue reading

4. Behind the News

   Young Journalists’ Concerns About the V Tech Story

   April 18, 2007 03:24 PM

   It is the type of devastating story that can turn a hard-nosed reporter away from journalism altogether. As the dust settles on the mass killing at Virginia Tech that left 32 dead and several others wounded, young journalists are... Continue reading

5. Behind the News

   Meet Al Roker, Fired-Up Blogger

   April 11, 2007 04:11 PM

   It was the slur heard 'round the world -- but it is the Don Imus fallout which has become a serious question for some of television's most highly visible journalists. When the radio talk show host called Rutgers... Continue reading

6. Behind the News

   Wolf Goes Free, But Debate He Inspired Continues

   April 4, 2007 11:29 AM

   He has been called a blogger, freelance journalist, photographer, political activist and anarchist, but one title Josh Wolf no longer goes by is prisoner. Wolf, 24, was released from federal prison yesterday after spending seven and a half... Continue reading

7. Behind the News

   Amid Death Threats, Blogger Goes Offline

   March 28, 2007 03:42 PM

   Kathy Sierra, a prominent technology blogger, is considering never posting on her blog again because of the severity of threats she's received online. Sierra has been the target of anonymous death threats for the past several weeks, according... Continue reading

8. Politics

   Bloggers Lavish Post Scribe’s Surge Assertion With Skepticism

   March 12, 2007 03:44 PM

   In a Sunday op-ed in the Washington Post, columnist Robert Kagan asserted that President Bush's January surge of 21,500 combat troops to Iraq is succeeding. Kagan wrote, "And though it is still early and horrible acts of violence continue,... Continue reading

9. Behind the News

   Nightmare Over, the Press and Bloggers Consider Libby Trial’s Legacy

   March 7, 2007 03:43 PM

   With the I. Lewis Libby four-count guilty verdict now "old news" and much talk turned to the possibility of a presidential pardon, many media outlets and bloggers are instead questioning the trial's effect on journalism. The consensus: it doesn't look... Continue reading

10. Behind the News

    Cutting Katie Some Slack

    March 6, 2007 12:47 PM

    This week marks six months since Katie Couric's debut as anchor of the CBS Evening News, yet she continues to inspire criticism as catty as the day she opened her first broadcast with a friendly, "Hi, everyone." We... Continue reading

11. Behind the News

    Bloggers Welcome Back Woodruff With Tears and Tantrums

    February 28, 2007 03:34 PM

    Today bloggers welcomed back Bob Woodruff, the ABC News anchor who was seriously injured while reporting in Iraq, with tears and tantrums. To Iraq and Back, the hourlong documentary that chronicled Woodruff's January 2006 wounding and... Continue reading

12. Politics

    BBC Breaks Iran Attack Plan, Bloggers Worried

    February 21, 2007 03:42 PM

    A BBC News article today outlined a U.S. contingency plan for attacking Iran -- one that would include air strikes not only on nuclear sites, but also air and naval bases, missile facilities and command-and-control centers. The... Continue reading

13. Behind the News

    Astronaut Soars Across Headlines

    February 7, 2007 03:33 PM

    Astronaut Lisa Nowak soared across headlines in recent days, not for her July shuttle mission to the international space station, but for the bizarre details surrounding her arrest Monday and subsequent charges for attempted murder and kidnapping. Nowak... Continue reading

14. Behind the News

    The Fine Line Between Hype and News

    January 23, 2007 10:20 AM

    In the name of an "exclusive" with the man charged with kidnapping a Missouri boy and suspected of kidnapping another and holding him hostage for more than four years, the New York Post has brought journalists, and questionable ethics, into... Continue reading

15. Politics

    Before Bush Speaks, Bloggers Take Usual Sides

    January 10, 2007 02:05 PM

    Long before President Bush utters a word of his much-anticipated Wednesday night speech in which he will reportedly announce the deployment of more than 20,000 additional troops to Iraq and will acknowledge mistakes made during the war, the rhetorical... Continue reading

16. Bio

    Christina Hernandez

    Christina Hernandez is a CJR intern.