Disappearing Chyron

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 10, 2010 at 11:16 AM

With the news this morning of Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court, cable news got to work familiarizing viewers... More

Beefing Up Coverage, MSNBC-Style

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 10, 2010 at 09:32 AM

So many government agencies; so little press coverage. Who's watching the Department of Agriculture? The Administration on Aging? The Bureau... More

Pennsylvania Senate (and Governor’s) Race: Three Things You Oughta Know

Family campaigns, a “way of sharing,” and Sodom on the Schuylkill

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 7, 2010 at 12:34 PM

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

CBS And CNN?

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 4, 2010 at 04:04 PM

NY Mag's Gabriel Sherman reports that CNN and CBS News are "in advanced negotiations about signing a news-gathering partnership." Writes... More

“A Slow Moving Car Wreck of a Story…”

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 4, 2010 at 09:49 AM

... is how NBC Nightly News's Brian Williams describes the oil spill off the coast of Louisiana, writes the AP's... More

A WHCD Explainer: Couric’s Twitpics

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 3, 2010 at 02:18 PM

Wondering what this White House Correspondents' Dinner thing is all about? Don't have time to track down hard-to-come-by descriptions and... More

NYT Finds Your “Moment[s] in Time” Dull, Domestic

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 3, 2010 at 09:51 AM

On Friday, the New York Times's photojournalism blog, Lens, announced an ambitious-sounding project called "Moment in Time," described as follows:... More

Crist “Confidantes,” “Associates,” “Backers”

By Liz Cox Barrett   Apr 29, 2010 at 12:13 PM

As Clint noted, the political world awaits Florida Governor Charlie Crist's press conference later today in St. Petersburg -- or,... More

Hey, Jake Tapper: Read This!

By Liz Cox Barrett   Apr 28, 2010 at 11:24 AM

Some folks at ABC News might want to read (and even add to) this piece we ran last week by... More

Obama Press Office? Johnston Saw Trouble in ‘09

By Liz Cox Barrett   Apr 28, 2010 at 09:27 AM

Today, Politico has a long, much-Twittered-about piece detailing "why reporters are down on Obama," (for starters, named and unnamed reporters... More

What’s the Deal?

By Liz Cox Barrett   Apr 27, 2010 at 01:47 PM

Naughty word in the news today. Reports cbsnews.com: Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) channeled his frustrations with Goldman Sachs witnesses at... More

MSNBC: “Not The President…”

By Liz Cox Barrett   Apr 27, 2010 at 12:24 PM

Narrating a cable news live shot waiting for something to happen -- any minute now!-- isn't easy. One must remain... More

LAT’s Dwyre: “A Housewife Got The Real [Pat Tillman] Story”

By Liz Cox Barrett   Apr 26, 2010 at 09:31 AM

After watching the soon-to-be-released documentary, The [Pat] Tillman Story, LA Times sports columnist Bill Dwyre felt "mortified" and "ashamed" of... More

Economic Indicator: Tonal Shift in Spam Email!

By Liz Cox Barrett   Apr 22, 2010 at 11:39 AM

Need more reassurance than Tim Geithner declaring the economy is "getting stronger, faster," as he did just this morning on... More

D.C.’s “Most Popular Friend:” Mark Halperin Mike Allen

By Liz Cox Barrett   Apr 21, 2010 at 12:48 PM

You can now read, at nytimes.com, Mark Leibovich's how's-he-do-it? profile of Politico's Mike Allen and Allen's Very Important Morning Email... More