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1. Campaign Desk

   The Two Talibans

   October 23, 2009 11:35 AM

   Today’s New York Times features an intriguing bit of explanatory reporting—an article by Scott Shane about the Taliban. Or, rather, the two Talibans: one focused on Afghanistan, the other on Pakistan. Shane writes: They share an ideology and... Continue reading

2. The Kicker

   Strange Days We’re Living In

   October 23, 2009 09:28 AM

   David Brooks has been generally charitable toward Barack Obama, but still, it’s a bit of a surprise to see the NYT columnist defending a Democratic president from Saturday Night Live—and using Rahm Emanuel’s words, approvingly, in his headline. Continue reading

3. The Kicker

   Max Boot’s Unusual Argument about Afghanistan

   October 22, 2009 11:11 AM

   Matthew Yglesias beat me to the point, but Max Boot’s op-ed in today’s New York Times makes a really curious case for why we need to send more troops to Afghanistan: But what seems to be... Continue reading

4. The Kicker

   ‘Political Reporters are Momentum Junkies’

   October 21, 2009 02:40 PM

   At Slate, Timothy Noah wonders why The Washington Post gave prominent play to a fairly modest boost in polling support for the public option, and floats a few answers. They're not mutually exclusive, but this one... Continue reading

5. Campaign Desk

   Speak Up! No, Shut Up!

   October 21, 2009 02:16 PM

   For a political reporter with column inches to fill, the White House’s rhetorical stance toward Congress is a fail-safe subject. If the president is speaking out on the domestic-policy issue of the day, some strategist, senator, or self-styled expert will... Continue reading

6. The Kicker

   ‘Sunk to the Level of a New Yorker Article’

   October 21, 2009 01:46 PM

   The New Yorker: love its high-mindedness or loathe its pretensions, the very name carries, in journalistic circles, a sense of serious, in-depth inquiry, a rare place where the world’s pressing issues can be probed at length and in detail. When... Continue reading

7. The Kicker

   Unlikely Sources of Public Policy Decisions

   October 21, 2009 09:43 AM

   After South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham co-authored an NYT op-ed with John Kerry expressing support for climate change legislation, there was much speculation about what moved Graham, a Republican who’s conservative on many issues, to get behind an... Continue reading

8. Campaign Desk

   No Access? No Problem!

   October 20, 2009 03:39 PM

   The Obama administration’s high-profile shunning of Fox News seems, at least in the short run, to have been a publicity boon for the conservative cable network. Other news outlets—in print, online, and on air—have grabbed on to the issue, devoting... Continue reading

9. The Kicker

   An On-the-Record Supporter of Obama’s Decision-Making

   October 20, 2009 11:47 AM

   Elisabeth Bumiller has an article in today’s New York Times relaying frustration from “active duty and retired senior officers” that President Obama is taking his time making a decision about future strategy in Afghanistan. Unsurprisingly, most of those... Continue reading

10. The Kicker

    NYT to Cut 100 Newsroom Jobs

    October 19, 2009 03:49 PM

    How’s this for a grim coincidence: on the day that Michael Schudson and Len Downie Jr. lay out their vision for putting American journalism on firmer financial footing, The New York Times announces that it will... Continue reading

11. The Kicker

    NYT Reporter: ‘Nobody Complained to Me’ About Post Story

    October 19, 2009 12:06 PM

    In a letter to former Washington Post marketing executive Charles Pelton whose disclosure kicked off a new round of “Salongate” coverage over the weekend, Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli said that a Sept. 12... Continue reading

12. Behind the News

    ‘Salon’ Saga Continues at the Post

    October 19, 2009 08:51 AM

    If you’ve been enjoying a weekend-induced news hiatus, you’ve missed some strange developments in the Washington Post “salon” story. Here’s what happened over the last two days: On Saturday, The New York Times published an odd “postscript” to... Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    The Real Trouble with Cable

    October 16, 2009 05:00 PM

    Cable news, everybody’s favorite purveyor of mindlessly mediocre journalism, has been roundly beaten about the head for yesterday’s balloon-a-palooza festivities. At her eponymous Web site, media... Continue reading

14. The Kicker

    Checking In on The Daily Beast

    October 16, 2009 03:46 PM

    The Daily Beast launched just about a year ago, at a historical moment when news opportunities were extraordinarily rich and the economic challenges facing the media were extraordinarily dire. So how is Tina Brown’s latest enterprise doing? The <a href=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5dd46b90-b906-11de-98ee-00144feab49a.html... Continue reading

15. Campaign Desk

    Q & A: Los Angeles Times Reporter Borzou Daragahi

    October 16, 2009 01:50 PM

    When political unrest erupted in Iran earlier this year in the wake of a disputed presidential election, Borzou Daragahi had a front-row seat. Born in Iran, the former Pulitzer Prize finalist is now the Beirut-based bureau chief for the Los... Continue reading

16. The Kicker

    All Obama, All the Time

    October 15, 2009 05:41 PM

    The chatter about the potential political consequences of our president’s “overexposure” is mostly pointless, but still—the media’s appetite for Obama-related stories is remarkable. The latest evidence: not only did Rolling Stone’s picture of a grinning Obama win top... Continue reading

17. The Kicker

    WaPo’s Facebook Fixation

    October 15, 2009 04:19 PM

    When I saw this story about twenty-somethings who (gasp!) don’t use Facebook featured on The Washington Post Web site this morning, I didn’t click on it because, frankly, it felt kind of familiar. Now from blogger Ben Somberg... Continue reading

18. Campaign Desk

    Just the Facts—But From Whom?

    October 15, 2009 12:24 PM

    Today’s New York Times includes a profile of Michele Bachmann, the conservative congresswoman from Minnesota whom Sean Hannity has called, approvingly, “the second-most-hated Republican woman in the country.” (Is there any doubt as to who is first?) The... Continue reading

19. Campaign Desk

    McClatchy v. WaPo

    October 15, 2009 09:58 AM

    Earlier this week, McClatchy’s D.C. bureau published a story relaying the concerns of “more than 15 senior and mid-level U.S. intelligence, military and diplomatic officials”—all of whom requested anonymity—that top Obama administration officials are downplaying the threat that... Continue reading

20. The Kicker

    Joe Lieberman, What Have You Wrought?

    October 15, 2009 09:33 AM

    The groan-worthy headline on a story by Patrick O'Connor and Chris Frates in Politico today: "No Snowementum: Centrist Democrats still not sold on health care." If "Snowementum" works out like "Joementum" did—well, that won't be a... Continue reading

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