Water keeps rising in NOTW scandal

By Clint Hendler   Jul 7, 2011 at 09:41 AM

Archie Bland, foreign editor of The Independent, and author of an excellent and prescient piece for CJR on the News... More

Risen’s gripping affidavit

By Clint Hendler   Jun 22, 2011 at 03:31 PM

Yesterday James Risen, one of The New York Times’s top national security reporters, filed an affidavit in a federal district... More

How to Dodge Debate Dodges

CNN debate demanded one simple phrase

By Clint Hendler   Jun 14, 2011 at 12:42 AM

Last night’s CNN debate drew the respect and attention that the first debate, hosted in early May by Fox News,... More

Bill Keller’s Long War Legacy

The defining story of eight years leading the Times.

By Clint Hendler   Jun 3, 2011 at 03:32 PM

Bill Keller, who has served as The New York Times’s executive editor since July 2003, is stepping down—and an era... More

And We’re Off!

First debate low on candidates, substance, & attention

By Clint Hendler   May 6, 2011 at 12:35 PM

The first debate of the 2012 presidential season took place last night in Greenville, South Carolina. If you missed it,... More

NYT Whitewashes its Japan Error

By Clint Hendler   Mar 17, 2011 at 01:11 PM

If you’re having trouble tracking the twists and turns as Japanese workers struggle at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, you’re... More

Bardach Takes the Stand, Begrudgingly

By Clint Hendler   Mar 17, 2011 at 10:25 AM

Yesterday Ann Louise Bardach, a veteran Cuba reporter, was compelled to testify in the messy federal trial of Luis Posada,... More

The Flack Who Shared Too Much

When can a news organization expect silence?

By Clint Hendler   Mar 2, 2011 at 07:30 AM

All it was missing was the siren. Late Monday night, Politico broke the news that a congressman’s spokesman may have... More

Priceless: Representative Lee’s flexy photo

By Clint Hendler   Feb 10, 2011 at 12:22 PM

Gawker is claiming quite the coup today—a congressional revelation turned to a resignation in the span of yesterday afternoon. Some... More

Did Assange Play Lawyer?

WikiLeaks insider suggests a legal adviser never existed

By Clint Hendler   Feb 9, 2011 at 03:35 PM

A recently published book excerpt suggests that “Jay Lim,” an occasional WikiLeaks spokesperson often identified as its legal advisor, was... More

Strange Eruptions from the WikiLeaks Saga

Bill Keller offers new details on e-mail hacking

By Clint Hendler   Feb 4, 2011 at 12:54 PM

Last night, The Columbia School of Journalism played host to Bill Keller and Alan Rusbridger, the top editors at The... More

Shielding Reality

By Clint Hendler   Jan 17, 2011 at 01:18 PM

Take the time on this holiday to read SF Weekly’s fascinating and troubling look from last week at Bait Car,... More

Best of 2010: Clint Hendler

Hendler picks his top stories from 2010

By Clint Hendler   Dec 31, 2010 at 11:39 AM

No Handouts: The administration has denied independent photographers access to historic White House events that could easily be made public,... More

The WikiLeaks Equation

Secrets, free speech, and the law

By Clint Hendler   Dec 28, 2010 at 01:13 PM

Call it the Year of WikiLeaks. From April 5, when the site posted a grainy video showing the death of... More

Dealing with the Times

Governor’s aides parry with their inquisitors

By Clint Hendler   Dec 1, 2010 at 10:41 AM

While the hundreds of e-mails show the governor’s press staffers fencing with reporters from many major news organizations, no set... More