Left, Right, and Center: A budget analysis roundup

A budget worth shellacking or perfect politics?

By Joel Meares   Feb 15, 2011 at 02:03 PM

We’ve all had a day or so to chew over President Obama’s proposed 2012 budget—a $3.7 trillion plan that... More

Meet the Iowa Press

Local reporters in demand at caucus time

By Joel Meares   Feb 10, 2011 at 05:24 PM

A New York political reporter once asked me during an interview: “Who’s that guy who gets his ring kissed... More

More on Current TV and Olbermann

By Joel Meares   Feb 10, 2011 at 03:25 PM

Yesterday I wrote about Keith Olbermann’s move to Current TV, a move I argued was a touch depressing. One of... More

Nikki Finke: pretty blonde in a green Toyota. Who cares?

By Joel Meares   Feb 10, 2011 at 12:46 PM

I am going to give The Daily the benefit of the doubt and assume that the woman in the “peppermint... More

After AOL/HuffPo Merger, a Columnist Jumps Ship

Politics Daily’s Matt Lewis won’t work for Arianna

By Joel Meares   Feb 10, 2011 at 09:52 AM

Following the weekend announcement that AOL was acquiring The Huffington Post, we wondered what would become of AOL’s political news... More

Olbermann’s Big Gamble?

Maybe, maybe not: Current TV is a very unsure bet

By Joel Meares   Feb 9, 2011 at 03:13 PM

The Al Gore-founded Current TV has been called many things since it first went to air on August 1, 2005—and... More

Mercury News “Sponsored Bills” Reporter nominated for a Goldsmith

By Joel Meares   Feb 8, 2011 at 01:35 PM

San Jose Mercury News reporter Karen de Sa has been nominated for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, annually handed... More

Politico, Heal Thyself

The first step to recovery is acknowledging you have a problem

By Joel Meares   Feb 8, 2011 at 12:53 PM

Kudos to John F. Harris and Jim VandeHei for their narrative-dissecting essay, “How Obama plays media like a fiddle.” In... More

Will HuffProse Infect AOL?

The politics of the Huffington Post/AOL merger

By Joel Meares   Feb 7, 2011 at 04:00 PM

The announcement that AOL will acquire the Huffington Post, and that Arianna Huffiington will take control of all AOL content... More

“Bill, I know football.”

O’Reilly and Obama in the Fox Bowl

By Joel Meares   Feb 7, 2011 at 12:44 PM

So, it turns out Bill O’Reilly and the president give a better pregame show than Christina Aguilera. In the fifteen-minute... More

HuffPo Goes Underwater for Mortgage Story

Tip of the hat to a housing crisis report

By Joel Meares   Feb 4, 2011 at 12:19 PM

A deep Friday tip of the hat to HuffPo’s Ryan Grim, Arthur Delaney, and Lucia Graves for their lengthy... More

“The iPad is Awesome,” Says iPad Newspaper

And so does Gabrielle Giffords in offensive new Daily story

By Joel Meares   Feb 3, 2011 at 01:26 PM

Say what you will about The Daily—and we’ve already thrown our two cents in on the first issue—but there sure... More

Milbank’s Nasty Missive from the Press Secretary

Jay Carney may not be reporters’ best friend

By Joel Meares   Feb 2, 2011 at 11:58 AM

The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank, in one of his first columns in a self-imposed Palin-free month—though he has a very... More

Too moderate, too foreign, too Obama: next!

Huntsman, Jr. dismissed before he gets out of the gate?

By Joel Meares   Feb 1, 2011 at 02:25 PM

The U.S. ambassador to China, Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., officially confirmed his resignation yesterday, handing President Obama a letter stating... More

Politico’s Wicked Sense of Humor

Politico satires Politico

By Joel Meares   Feb 1, 2011 at 11:27 AM

We gave a shaky “thumbs down” to Politico’s new site, Politico 2012 LIVE, yesterday, describing it as “Politico Poutine—fried-up regular... More