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1. The Kicker

   But Editor, I Thought She Was a Whore!

   March 31, 2008 10:31 AM

   This would have to be rather high on the list of corrections an editor would really rather not have to run: An article on March 16 profiling three sex workers in the wake of Gov. Eliot Spitzer's resignation after revelations... Continue reading

2. Behind the News

   What Can be Learned from Lichtblau?

   March 28, 2008 02:49 PM

   Yesterday, Slate published a 1,733 word adapted-extract from Eric Lichtblau’s upcoming book, Bush’s Law: The Remaking of American Justice. The section, while full of other interesting nuggets, is notable for its insider account of the tense moments leading up... Continue reading

3. Campaign Desk

   John McCynic

   March 26, 2008 02:10 PM

   Today Neal Gabler chimed in on a favorite topic of late—press love for McCain—in a New York Times op-ed. His argument, in short, is that, yes, the press likes McCain for his military service, his amiability, his openness, and... Continue reading

4. The Kicker

   Gasbaggery on MSNBC

   March 25, 2008 01:38 PM

   This morning, MSNBC has done at least two segments on the cost of gas in a small California town, using them to launch a discussion on high fuel prices nationwide. “Gas prices. Some people in California are paying over... Continue reading

5. Q and A

   Immigration’s Rise

   March 25, 2008 09:00 AM

   Last may, a CBS/New York Times poll found that 69 percent of Americans want to see the country’s illegal immigrants prosecuted and deported. But, the next month, NBC and The Wall Street Journal released a poll suggesting that, in... Continue reading

6. Behind the News

   Blind Spot

   March 21, 2008 04:29 PM

   I’ve previously raised a glass to The New York Times’s impressive reporting on Eliot Spitzer and his entanglement in a prostitution bust waged by federal law enforcement. But one thing we haven’t seen out of the Times is any... Continue reading

7. The Kicker

   The Other Anniversary

   March 20, 2008 11:41 AM

   As it turns out, this week marks not only the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-invasion of Iraq, but also a little noticed crackdown on Cuban journalists by Fidel Castro’s government. On Tuesday in Madrid, the Committee to Protect Journalists unveiled... Continue reading

8. The Kicker

   Five Years On

   March 19, 2008 12:32 PM

   Here are a selection of press-focused retrospectives, plucked from the flurry of today's Iraq war look-backs. Editor and Publisher makes the point that while most newspapers failed to adequately question key Bush assertions on the news pages, many editorial... Continue reading

9. The Kicker

   Reuters Looks Back

   March 19, 2008 10:26 AM

   As the world marks the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, it’s worth taking a look at this Reuters retrospective. It’s an affecting and manageably-sized look at the war and one agency’s coverage of it. A timeline... Continue reading

10. Campaign Desk

    Seize the Moment

    March 18, 2008 12:18 PM

    After Obama’s Philadelphia speech on race, there will be an enormous temptation by the campaign press to jam the moment into the usual horserace narrative. Did Obama clear the expectations bar? Did he reassure white voters about his... Continue reading

11. Campaign Desk

    A Corn-state Caucus Continues Complicatedly

    March 14, 2008 03:10 PM

    While I’m on the subject of caucuses, it’s worth taking a quick look at a story in today’s Des Moines Register explaining why the Iowa caucuses—like all the others—aren’t quite yet settled. I’ve hit on this before,... Continue reading

12. Campaign Desk

    Clinton’s Caucus Rhetoric

    March 14, 2008 01:07 PM

    Yesterday, NPR broadcast an interview with Hillary Clinton. It was a resounding volley in the Rhetorical Primary, the convention-focused war of words and ideas where the true battle for the Democratic nomination is now being fought. To recap... Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    The Full Steamroller

    March 12, 2008 03:19 PM

    In an homage to The New York Times’s news-breaking, flood-the-zone, Spitzer coverage these last few days, CJR offers this compilation of creative ways our grey lady has kept her composure when recounting what, until the emergence of “Client 9”, was... Continue reading

14. Campaign Desk

    Let’s Get Rezko Right

    March 12, 2008 02:08 PM

    Just five years ago, Barack Obama worked in Springfield, Illinois, chairing the State Senate’s Health and Human services committee. Now, of course, he stands at the threshold of the Democratic party’s presidential nomination. Meanwhile in Chicago, Tony Rezko, a Chicago... Continue reading

15. Behind the News

    Tomorrow’s Headlines Today

    March 10, 2008 04:25 PM

    The afternoon’s big news is, of course, that New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer has been “linked” with The Emperor’s Club, a prostitution ring busted by the feds last week. Spitzer’s been fingered as the federal indictment’s unnamed “Client 9,”... Continue reading

16. Campaign Desk

    C’mon Texas!

    March 7, 2008 11:04 AM

    Slate has a pretty good Explainer today on why the national press, the campaigns, and the voters, are still waiting for the Texas caucus results. While the details vary from state to state, caucus night—the night that television... Continue reading

17. Campaign Desk

    New Delegate Math

    March 6, 2008 12:20 PM

    I never said it was easy, but wow, today's New York Times provides an extraordinary example of media bungling the Clinton and Obama delegate totals. Without further ado, let's start with the numbers from Adam Nagourney and Carl Hulse’s <a... Continue reading

18. Campaign Desk

    The Rhetorical Primary

    March 5, 2008 03:27 PM

    Before last night’s voting, Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter unveiled the mathematical goods—there is simply no way, short of a miracle, that Hillary Clinton can overtake Obama in the pledged delegate count. It wasn’t a new point, or one too hard... Continue reading

19. Campaign Desk

    Natural Born Campaign-Killer?

    February 29, 2008 01:58 PM

    Yesterday’s New York Times’ had a story spotlighting the semi-serious debate over whether or not John McCain, having been born in the Panama Canal Zone, is eligible to run for President. You see, in the Constitution (to be <a... Continue reading

20. Campaign Desk

    Off The Map

    February 27, 2008 05:50 PM

    Late in last night’s debate, after a brief discussion of Russia’s upcoming “election” and extended, familiar, plowings of the few domestic issues that have made the race, Hillary Clinton made this extended point: We could have gone around the world.... Continue reading

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