Obama, Hard Truths, and the Media

By Greg Marx   Jul 17, 2009 at 11:12 AM

There’s an interesting contrast in coverage of President Barack Obama’s address to the NAACP in The New York Times and... More

The Numbers Game

Sorting out conflicting reports on the cost of House’s health care bill

By Greg Marx   Jul 17, 2009 at 10:36 AM

After House Democrats unveiled their proposal for health care reform Tuesday, media outlets attached a variety of cost estimates to... More

The Economy Today: Stimulus Struggles

Headlines from Staten Island, South Carolina, Vermont and elsewhere

By Greg Marx   Jul 17, 2009 at 10:10 AM

As the economy continues to founder, the debate over the effect of the federal stimulus package continues to heat up.... More

(Still) Supremely Boring

Arguments for Sotomayor hearing’s long-term significance are unpersuasive

By Greg Marx   Jul 16, 2009 at 04:48 PM

In the run-up to this week’s hearings on Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court nomination, one of the memes circulating about why... More

The Economy Today: Jobless Recovery on the Way

A roundup of national and regional economic headlines

By Greg Marx   Jul 16, 2009 at 10:09 AM

The Federal Reserve has joined the ranks of those predicting a jobless recovery, USA Today reports. The Fed now expects... More

Don’t Forget Iran

As unrest fades, important stories remain to be told

By Greg Marx   Jul 16, 2009 at 08:00 AM

Anyone remember Iran? The “Twitter Revolution” captivated the world’s attention in the weeks after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed (and apparently fraudulent)... More

Extra, Extra: Health Reform Costs Money

Papers emphasize House health bill’s cost rather than its content

By Greg Marx   Jul 15, 2009 at 02:24 PM

After months of planning, Democrats in the House of Representatives yesterday unveiled their latest proposal for health care reform. But... More

Disagreement on Palin’s piece

By Greg Marx   Jul 15, 2009 at 11:04 AM

The liberal blogosphere was pretty much unanimous in its derision for Sarah Palin’s op-ed on cap-and-trade in yesterday’s edition of... More

The Economy Today: It’s a Gas

Economic headlines from North Carolina, Michigan, and elsewhere

By Greg Marx   Jul 15, 2009 at 10:04 AM

The major papers, including The Washington Post, report that nationwide retail sales rose 0.6 percent in June, but that’s no... More

A Few Good Bloggers

Among the Sotomayor live-bloggers, a few stand out

By Greg Marx   Jul 15, 2009 at 08:30 AM

On Monday, I wondered why the media, which had spent the last few days telling us how staged and predictable... More

CIA Story Roundup

A look at the national papers’ coverage of secret CIA hit squad story

By Greg Marx   Jul 14, 2009 at 02:21 PM

After a few days of reporters digging into the details of a controversial CIA program, and one big scoop about... More

The Economy Today: “Green” Shoots?

A roundup of national and regional economic headlines

By Greg Marx   Jul 14, 2009 at 10:16 AM

The economy may still be in the doldrums, but the Obama administration is putting on its best happy face, The... More

Supremely Boring

Big coverage for Sotomayor hearings; little chance of news

By Greg Marx   Jul 13, 2009 at 03:52 PM

When it comes to media coverage, Supreme Court nomination hearings are funny things. The nation’s political press corps, almost without... More

The Economy Today: Unemployment Inequality

A roundup of national and regional economic headlines

By Greg Marx   Jul 13, 2009 at 10:48 AM

The recession’s pain hasn’t fallen equally on all sectors of the population, The New York Times reports in its lead... More

Huffington Post, community newspaper

By Greg Marx   Jul 10, 2009 at 03:29 PM

The media sure is fascinated by Arianna Huffington and her eponymous Web publication. The latest installment, a Michael Calderone story... More

Feedback we can do without

By Greg Marx   Jul 10, 2009 at 02:30 PM

Piggybacking off Megan’s earlier post, that PEJ report shows that, spurred on by passage of climate change legislation in the... More

Bill Keller doesn’t ❤ Jon Stewart

By Greg Marx   Jul 10, 2009 at 12:49 PM

Turns out New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller didn’t much enjoy the treatment he and his paper received at... More

“Nails Never Fails”

By Greg Marx   Jul 10, 2009 at 11:39 AM

News of baseball player-turned-business mogul Lenny “Nails” Dykstra’s troubles–he filed for bankruptcy protection in California earlier this week–may have come... More

The Economy Today: Back from Bankruptcy

General Motors emerges in its new, smaller shape

By Greg Marx   Jul 10, 2009 at 10:57 AM

It’s a new day for the auto industry: Less than six weeks after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, General... More

Salons Under Scrutiny

Examining the ethics of sponsored, off-the-record events

By Greg Marx   Jul 10, 2009 at 10:03 AM

“The newsletter’s mailing list is used to draw subscribers to closed-door ‘seminars’ in Washington twice a year at which top... More