A Challenge from the Left? ‘Halter Doesn’t Play It That Way’

By Greg Marx   May 20, 2010 at 05:33 PM

I’ve been pushing the point over the last couple days that the national media, in covering the Arkansas Senate primary,... More

A Sharper Take on the Razorback State

NYT notes that the vote in Arkansas upended expectations

By Greg Marx   May 20, 2010 at 12:53 PM

Campaign Desk noted yesterday how the actual results in Arkansas’s Senate primary complicate the national narratives about an anti-incumbent wave... More

Two Paths to Twitter Cash

By Greg Marx   May 20, 2010 at 08:09 AM

The current print issue of CJR includes a profile—online today!—of the music critic Christopher Weingarten by Justin Peters. In addition... More

Why Did Halter Do Well?

Arkansas journalists highlight details that complicate the national narrative

By Greg Marx   May 19, 2010 at 04:38 PM

Take a look around the political Web today, in the wake of Tuesday’s primary and special elections, and the consensus... More

‘Remember Good Old Monroe Schwarzlose?’

An unusual editorial from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

By Greg Marx   May 18, 2010 at 05:46 PM

That’s one of the questions posed by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in its highly entertaining endorsement of John Boozman, the front-runner... More

Primary Day Grab-Bag

As the polls open on Campaign 2010, some press pitfalls to avoid

By Greg Marx   May 18, 2010 at 01:47 PM

With closely-watched primaries in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Arkansas set today, and more on the horizon, there’s been a surge of... More

Bread and Circuses—and Beer

By Greg Marx   May 17, 2010 at 10:13 AM

With primary elections set tomorrow in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Arkansas, today’s NYT offers looks at each of the races. Perhaps... More

License to Kill, Part III

Times takes note: Al-Awlaki standard makes some ‘uneasy’

By Greg Marx   May 14, 2010 at 02:55 PM

The legal questions surrounding the Obama administration’s decision to authorize the extrajudicial killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen accused... More

Politico: ‘Kagan’s Not Gay’ Story Not a Hard Call

A straightforward response to persistent online speculation

By Greg Marx   May 13, 2010 at 11:07 AM

As speculation about Elena Kagan’s sexual orientation has circulated on the Internet in the wake of her nomination to the... More

A Pride of Lions, a Flock of Geese, a Herd of… Electronic Bonds?

By Greg Marx   May 12, 2010 at 10:55 AM

Matt Taibbi, in his 2005 evisceration of Tom Friedman’s writing style, said: The usual ratio of Friedman criticism is 2:1,... More

California Senate Race: Three Things You Oughta Know

Electability concerns, another campaign that’s sucking up the oxygen, and the month-long election

By Greg Marx   May 12, 2010 at 09:42 AM

If it’s still the case that new trends start in California, the state’s 2010 Senate election may really be one... More

Why My Brother Likes The Huffington Post

By Greg Marx   May 10, 2010 at 12:09 PM

I confess: The Huffington Post brings out the Andy Rooney in me. The site obviously supports some good journalism, it’s... More

Lindsey Graham: Maybe Not Such a Maverick, Either

An attempt to define the “M” word with some serious math

By Greg Marx   May 10, 2010 at 10:52 AM

Late last week, there was a fair bit of online chatter (see here, here, here, and here) about an unlikely... More

Newsweek’s Woes, Way Back When

CJR’s look at whether the newsmagazines were doomed, from 1989

By Greg Marx   May 6, 2010 at 01:28 PM

In his version of the “What’s the matter with Newsweek?” story, published yesterday afternoon at Slate, Jack Shafer noted that... More

Poli-Sci Perspectives on Covering the Midterms

By Greg Marx   May 5, 2010 at 04:00 PM

I have a short article in the May/June issue of CJR (not currently online) about the sometimes fraught relationship between... More

Arkansas Senate Race: Three Things You Oughta Know

A tough campaign, potential runoffs, and all eyes on the Dems

By Greg Marx   May 5, 2010 at 06:00 AM

With the 2010 midterm elections looming on the horizon—and some primaries rapidly approaching—Campaign Desk will soon be devoting more attention... More

Pictures for Peace

An editor uses photojournalism to shift the dialogue in Nepal

By Greg Marx   May 4, 2010 at 08:00 AM

A brief item in our May/June issue described how Kunda Dixit, the editor of the weekly newspaper the Nepali Times,... More

So, Do Debates Really Matter?

A closer look at a WaPo post

By Greg Marx   Apr 29, 2010 at 03:08 PM

Chris Cillizza, the political blogger for The Washington Post, had an item the other day that asked an interesting question:... More

Which One of These is Not Like the Others?

By Greg Marx   Apr 28, 2010 at 02:58 PM

When, in the wake of John Paul Stevens’s announced retirement from the Supreme Court, press attention started to focus on... More

Skimming the Surface

Will the financial reform bill lead to more bailouts? You won’t find out in today’s NYT story

By Greg Marx   Apr 27, 2010 at 04:37 PM

The front page of today’s New York Times features an article on the state of play on financial reform that... More