Afghanistan Piece Goes Astray

Otherwise-decent AP story misses a couple of points

By Greg Marx   Dec 1, 2009 at 10:42 AM

With the world waiting for President Obama to announce his new plan for Afghanistan tonight, the AP offered a dispatch... More

The Story Obama Should Really Be Worried About

By Greg Marx   Nov 30, 2009 at 07:41 PM

I’ve had John Harris’s piece in today’s Politico—“7 stories Obama doesn’t want told”—sitting on my desk much of the day,... More

Meacham’s Piece: Not So Buzzworthy

By Greg Marx   Nov 30, 2009 at 12:50 PM

Jumping off Megan’s critical comments on Jon Meacham’s piece in the latest Newsweek, here’s another thought: let’s say we don’t... More

WaPo to Close NY, LA, Chicago Bureaus

By Greg Marx   Nov 24, 2009 at 06:00 PM

Erik Wemple and Michael Calderone report that as of the end of this year, The Washington Post will close its... More

Q&A: Bob Dietz

CPJ’s Asia program coordinator on the killings in the Philippines

By Greg Marx   Nov 24, 2009 at 04:45 PM

A brutal episode in the Philippines has put violence against journalists in headlines across the world. According to press reports,... More

The Palin-for-President Fixation

WaPo op-ed fails to convince

By Greg Marx   Nov 24, 2009 at 02:11 PM

We’ve probably devoted too many pixels already to arguing that the national political media is paying more attention to Sarah... More

Other Than That, Mrs. Lincoln…

Recent profiles of Blanche Lincoln say little about her policy priorities

By Greg Marx   Nov 23, 2009 at 03:42 PM

What does Blanche Lincoln want, and why does she want it? The question is, at the moment, more consequential than... More

Well, It May Deserve an Award in Something

By Greg Marx   Nov 20, 2009 at 02:12 PM

Memo to Sean Hannity, who is calling for James O’Keefe, Hannah Giles, and Andrew Breitbart to get a “journalism award”... More

Let’s Get this Party Organized

Strong Politico story takes a close look at the Tea Party movement

By Greg Marx   Nov 20, 2009 at 11:44 AM

In Politico today, Ken Vogel has a very interesting and worthwhile article about the emerging internal conflicts—both philosophical and personal—within... More

Now a Little Bit Less Excluded

By Greg Marx   Nov 20, 2009 at 09:37 AM

Today’s New York Times features a front-page news analysis by Kevin Sack about the controversy sparked by the new cancer... More

Everybody’s On Edge

Atlantic, Economist arrive at strikingly similar cover designs

By Greg Marx   Nov 20, 2009 at 08:00 AM

I think half the news sites I read have lately been running a highly irritating ad for The Economist, which... More

Popular Diplomacy

The press pretends to be surprised that Obama’s charm didn’t work wonders in Asia

By Greg Marx   Nov 19, 2009 at 04:52 PM

As media narratives go, this whole “Barack Obama is a popular individual and a gifted speaker with a compelling personal... More

Thoughts on the Gelman/Silver Op-Ed

By Greg Marx   Nov 19, 2009 at 02:24 PM

As anyone who’s read my writing can probably tell, I think political journalism should pay more attention to what political... More

Kudos to Times on Chamber Membership

By Greg Marx   Nov 19, 2009 at 11:05 AM

The lead story in today’s special “Business of Green” section in The New York Times is about the controversy over... More

Collins Outlines the Columnist’s Credo

By Greg Marx   Nov 19, 2009 at 10:24 AM

Gail Collins owns up to a writer's truth today: I have never believed that everything happens for a reason. But... More

Brooks vs. Brooks on ‘Fiscal Puritanism’

By Greg Marx   Nov 17, 2009 at 02:21 PM

David Brooks, in his column today, writes: “The standard thing these days is for Americans to scold each other for... More

Straying from the Facts

AP’s fact check of Palin reaches too far

By Greg Marx   Nov 17, 2009 at 01:33 PM

Over the weekend, there was a bit of a dust-up between the Associated Press, Sarah Palin, and their respective supporters... More

What Money Can’t Buy

Times story offers a unique picture of lobbyists at work

By Greg Marx   Nov 17, 2009 at 08:00 AM

Robert Pear’s excellent story in Sunday’s New York Times, about how lobbyists framed the health care debate in Congress, probably... More

New Palin Polling Data from the Post

By Greg Marx   Nov 16, 2009 at 10:38 AM

Apropos of my Friday piece on Sarah Palin, a new Washington Post poll finds her drawing somewhat stronger support among... More

Fact-checking Bra-Burning, and Related Thoughts

By Greg Marx   Nov 15, 2009 at 11:53 AM

Kudos to Jessica Valenti for setting interviewer Deborah Solomon straight on a point of fact in a Q&A in this... More