No Handouts

White House photographers bridle at restricted access

By Clint Hendler   Mar 25, 2010 at 04:00 PM

In July 2005, the White House News Photographers Association took a big step. The Bush administration, much more so than... More

What an adjective!

By Clint Hendler   Mar 23, 2010 at 02:15 PM

If you've been on the internet this afternoon--and not under a rock or something--I'm sure you've by now seen the... More

The End of The Ether

By Clint Hendler   Mar 18, 2010 at 02:10 PM

This week C-SPAN launched a full searchable online video library, dating to twenty-three years ago. But let’s go a bit... More

“We felt a lot better once we got back to camp and had a cup of tea.”

By Clint Hendler   Mar 16, 2010 at 02:30 PM

Here's some captivating video of what it's like to come under fire when embedded on patrol in Afghanistan from Stuart... More

Limiting Sunshine

By Clint Hendler   Mar 11, 2010 at 11:29 AM

Florida quite famously has one of the nation's most expansive public records access laws. And it's not uncommon for such... More

Said What?

By Clint Hendler   Mar 10, 2010 at 04:34 PM

The perils of relying on prepared remarks. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appeared before a group of insurance executives today, ready... More

Rent a Newspaper Flack

By Clint Hendler   Mar 5, 2010 at 01:15 PM

Print subscribers to the Los Angeles Times awoke this morning to find this where the front page—you know, the one... More

Ripe Headline

By Clint Hendler   Mar 5, 2010 at 09:45 AM

Here's how the the Kansas City Star's Crime Scene KC blog headlined a post about a man heading to prison... More

“China Daily has set up its biggest team yet to cover this important event.”

By Clint Hendler   Mar 4, 2010 at 09:51 AM

What important event, you ask? Some industrial scandal? Unrest in western provinces? Nope. The important event worthy of full court... More

Statement, no longer operative

By Clint Hendler   Mar 3, 2010 at 09:36 AM

This morning's print New York Times carried the following paragraphs in an article on whether or not Congressman Charlie Rangel... More

Small Change

By Clint Hendler   Mar 2, 2010 at 11:56 AM

The Wall Street Journal team that’s been looking into the use and abuse of Congressional perks has a story today... More

WSJ Ledes on the OPR Report

Elsewhere, confused language makes for confusing copy

By Clint Hendler   Feb 23, 2010 at 05:35 PM

When reading through the major papers’ coverage of the release of a series of documents surrounding the department’s investigation into... More

Digging Deep

Beyond day one on the torture ethics report

By Clint Hendler   Feb 23, 2010 at 02:03 PM

It can’t be fun. Late on a Friday, some important, extremely controversial, highly complicated, and very long government document drops.... More

A Transparency ‘Victory’ Lap?

By Clint Hendler   Feb 22, 2010 at 09:37 AM

This morning's Politico Playbook brings word that the Obama administration will pick a series of policy initiatives highlighting the White... More

Heckling the Times

By Clint Hendler   Feb 19, 2010 at 09:49 AM

It's interesting to hear the reaction that Tucker Carlson gets when he defends the New York Times's commitment to accuracy... More