On Tax-Cut Politics, WSJ Adds to the Confusion

By Holly Yeager   Jul 26, 2010 at 05:50 PM

The Wall Street Journal takes its turn at the tax-cuts-as-election-issue story. But in trying to explain the politics that are... More

NYT’s Rangel Work Gets Results on the Hill

But rest of the press tries not to notice

By Holly Yeager   Jul 23, 2010 at 12:43 PM

A House ethics panel’s ruling that Charlie Rangel violated congressional rules is big news all around today, as it should... More

WaPo’s Chamber Piece Misses a Few Notes

The paper reports the lobby group is “losing,” but doesn’t hear the ringing of cash registers

By Holly Yeager   Jul 22, 2010 at 03:58 PM

The Washington Post looks at the recent record of the Chamber of Commerce and puts a lot in the loss... More

Audit D.C. Notes: Smoked Out, Debate On, Happy Enough?

By Holly Yeager   Jul 20, 2010 at 03:58 PM

Stateline.org digs into something I’ve often wondered about but rarely seen reported: the way Americans’ decrease in smoking is hitting... More

Mind the Gap

Politico looks at how Washington elites see the economy

By Holly Yeager   Jul 19, 2010 at 02:02 PM

Politico has the smart idea to compare how the American public sees the economy and what “Washington’s governing class” thinks.... More

Audit D.C. Notes: Sweetheart Deals, Tax Talk, Commission Coverage

By Holly Yeager   Jul 15, 2010 at 04:54 PM

The Wall Street Journal does well by staying on top of the controversial Countrywide lending program that provided sweet deals... More

What They Don’t Know

The press has work to do on the deficit debate

By Holly Yeager   Jul 15, 2010 at 03:25 PM

With all the buzz about cutting the deficit, the press should be all over the job of explaining how much... More

End of the Line for the 99ers

WaPo highlights the longtime jobless

By Holly Yeager   Jul 13, 2010 at 12:44 PM

The Washington Post does a good job highlighting a detail that usually gets glossed over in coverage of the unemployment... More

The Rich Are Different, Still

The NYT follows the Journal to the wealthy default story

By Holly Yeager   Jul 9, 2010 at 12:30 PM

The New York Times caught my eye with a front-page story on how the housing crisis is hitting the upper... More

It’s About Idiosyncrasy, Not Ideology

Learning to live with opinions at the Post

By Holly Yeager   Jul 7, 2010 at 09:05 AM

Plenty has been written about Dave Weigel’s departure from The Washington Post. But Andrew Alexander, the Post ombudsman, made a... More

Circling Back on the Orszag Story

By Holly Yeager   Jul 6, 2010 at 12:49 PM

When Peter Orszag said he was leaving his job as OMB chief a couple of weeks ago, the reporting about... More

Influence Game

NYT’s Podesta profile lets lobbyist define the terms

By Holly Yeager   Jul 2, 2010 at 02:37 PM

The New York Times has the very good idea to profile Tony Podesta, whose Washington lobbying group has made a... More

Audit D.C. Notes: Journal Overreach, Overjoyed in Auckland, the New Blue Collar

By Holly Yeager   Jul 1, 2010 at 04:43 PM

Elena Kagan's confirmation hearings might not have produced the drama that some had hoped for. But that hardly justifies the... More

How to Cover the Recession

A new Pew study provides good clues

By Holly Yeager   Jun 30, 2010 at 01:41 PM

The unemployment crisis has dragged on and on, but reporting about its real-life effects just hasn’t kept up. Hopefully the... More

Depressing Days

Time to look at the effects of Washington’s false unemployment/deficit choice

By Holly Yeager   Jun 29, 2010 at 01:29 PM

With Washington still unable to get its act together on a new round of stimulus spending, warnings about the consequences... More