The Times asked if Paterson was caught in “compromising positions”

E-mails reveal early question about women who were “not his wife”

By Clint Hendler   Dec 1, 2010 at 10:13 AM

On January 24, 2010, Danny Hakim, a New York Times reporter who was in frequent contact with Governor David Paterson’s... More

One Night at the AP

Conflicting e-mails from capitol editor offer window into a newsroom conflict

By Clint Hendler   Dec 1, 2010 at 10:13 AM

It was one of the weirdest weeks Albany has ever experienced—and for New York’s scandal ridden, incestuous capital, that’s saying... More

The Paterson E-mails

Flacking and reporting, through the rumors

By Clint Hendler   Dec 1, 2010 at 10:07 AM

In March 2010, CJR filed two Freedom of Information Law requests seeking e-mails between journalists and Governor Paterson’s two most... More

Peggy Noonan vindicated!

By Clint Hendler   Nov 11, 2010 at 11:16 AM

It would be too easy to write this off as your News of The Weird for the day. No way... More

Six Nuggets from the 2010 Exit Polls

Who voted for whom, and what did they think?

By Clint Hendler   Nov 3, 2010 at 03:16 PM

If you watched cable last night, you may have had so much exit poll data thrown your way that you’re... More

Politico Puffs, Palin Huffs

Buzzy article on ’12 chances has little to say

By Clint Hendler   Nov 1, 2010 at 03:35 PM

Late on Halloween night, Politico published an article claiming that after the midterm elections, Republican bigwigs plan to set off... More

Q&A: UFO Journalist Leslie Kean

Is the truth out there?

By Clint Hendler   Oct 31, 2010 at 12:12 PM

Leslie Kean has written an unusual book on an unusual subject: Unidentified flying objects. But this Halloween weekend, Kean would... More

Who gets (and controls) the “first crack”?

By Clint Hendler   Oct 28, 2010 at 12:02 PM

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs just tweeted about a new initiative to communicate with voters without a press filter,... More

WaPo’s Puzzling Stance on WikiLeaks

Despite paper’s editorial claim, there’s value in the logs

By Clint Hendler   Oct 27, 2010 at 02:04 PM

Yesterday, The Washington Post ran a troubling unsigned editorial essentially coming out against the release of 400,000 Iraq war documents... More

“My photographer just got shot, so I’m Skyping…”

By Clint Hendler   Oct 25, 2010 at 12:04 PM

It's tempting to view the below spoof video, where the staff of Dallas Fox affiliate KDFW goofs around on social... More

A Bloomberg Shaggy Dog FOIA story

By Clint Hendler   Oct 25, 2010 at 10:16 AM

Bloomberg's Bob Ivry has an update on a FOIA request lauched by his late colleague Mark Pittman. The portrayal of... More

Advice on Howard Kurtz’s Replacement

Time for a critic

By Clint Hendler   Oct 5, 2010 at 05:20 PM

The parlor game is already underway, with lists of potential replacements being drawn up for Howard Kurtz, who will be... More

The Nixon Papers You Haven’t Seen

Historians challenge perpetual grand jury secrecy

By Clint Hendler   Sep 28, 2010 at 09:51 AM

The Public Citizen Litigation Group, the legal arm of the Ralph Nader-founded watchdog organization, is spearheading a court challenge filed... More

Q&A: White House E-mail Lawyer Anne Weismann

CREW issues its final report on a fading scandal

By Clint Hendler   Sep 20, 2010 at 11:52 AM

In April 2007, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington told the world that the White House had failed to... More

A Swedish Shield, Unraised

How much protection can WikiLeaks offer?

By Clint Hendler   Sep 2, 2010 at 04:40 PM

Julian Assange, the public face of the secret-sharing site WikiLeaks, has recently been spending a lot of time in Sweden.... More