McChrystal’s “Outside Set of Eyes” Resigns

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 22, 2010 at 10:13 AM

The Washington Post has a brief report on the resignation of Duncan Boothby, Gen. Stanley McChrystal's civilian press aide who... More

Consider Helen Thomas

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 21, 2010 at 10:14 AM

Was advanced age the critical factor in the career-ending Helen Thomas incident? Because the Which-Retirement-Resistant-Journalist-Media-Figure-Will-Helen-Thomas-Next Watch is on. At TVNewser,... More

(Other People’s) Pundits Drowned Out Obama’s Oil Speech

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 17, 2010 at 10:32 AM

At Newsweek.com, Jeremy McCarter describes "How Cable TV Pundits Stepped on Obama's Oil Speech." Writes McCarter: Critics describe the Beltway... More

Florida, Lately: Big Bucks and “Baggage”

And Heidi Fleiss

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 17, 2010 at 09:36 AM

A roundup of recent campaign news from and about Florida: Can you win a primary when the following three facts... More

Quote of the Morning…

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 16, 2010 at 10:54 AM

... not from a News Importance standpoint or anything, just, well... here are a few words on New York City's... More

“We Will Make BP Pay”

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 16, 2010 at 09:40 AM

"We will make BP Pay" are among the words from President Obama's Oval Office address last night that seemed to... More

Combatting Oil Spill Fatigue “Jejune Ennui”

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 15, 2010 at 02:54 PM

The WaPo's Tom Shales today gives the Style-ish take on the oil spill, as seen on TV. Shales argues that... More

Afghan Minerals Story “Aroused Considerable Suspicion from Times Readers”…

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 14, 2010 at 01:58 PM

... notes Bassey Etim at The New York Times's The Lede blog today (of James Risen's A1 Times piece today,... More

Prez Should Stop “[C]omplaining on TV about TV”

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 14, 2010 at 10:51 AM

The Nation's Ari Melber has, according to his headline, "The Solution to Obama's BP Press Problem." Writes Melber: Obama is... More

WaPo, NYT, Anonymous Sources

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 14, 2010 at 09:59 AM

"[B]y casually agreeing to conceal the identities of those who provide non-critical information, The [Washington] Post erodes its credibility and... More

More On Super-Soakering With Sources

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 10, 2010 at 12:22 PM

In response to questions from Twitter followers, Mark Knoller, White House correspondent for CBS News Radio, has been tweeting about... More

Carly Fiorina Hands Sean Hannity a New Tagline

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 10, 2010 at 09:31 AM

Yesterday, Carly Fiorina, California's brand new Republican Senatorial candidate, had herself an open mic situation while waiting to begin an... More

Primaries & The Gang

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 9, 2010 at 09:49 AM

And the feelin's right/Oh, yes it's... ABC News CBS News's Bob Schieffer: "The biggest election day of the year heading... More

FP On How Media Misread Tehran

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 8, 2010 at 03:08 PM

Foreign Policy has an interesting package of stories reflecting on the media coverage of last year's elections in Iran, including... More

Those Who Play Spray Together…

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 7, 2010 at 01:46 PM

What do you get when you bring together a water slide, Wolf Blitzer (among other journalists), water guns, and Rahmbo... More