What Really Happened

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 9, 2008 at 11:32 AM

So, What Happened, really (as it applies to both Hillary Clinton's campaign for the Democratic nomination and to the White... More

Reading (And Reporting) “Bird Entrails”

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 9, 2008 at 09:36 AM

"It is possible," writes the New York Times' Guy Trebay in yesterday's Sunday Styles, "at a time when campaign images... More

Yellow Journalism

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 9, 2008 at 08:35 AM

As we were saying, it's been a hell of a primary season but now it's time to get serious. John... More

Was Tuesday A Milestone for TV News?

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 5, 2008 at 09:28 AM

Brian Stelter, at his New York Times TV Decoder blog, reports that Tuesday night "may have been only the second... More

News Pundits: Like “Doppler-less Weathermen” and Other Insights

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 5, 2008 at 08:19 AM

After a montage of year-plus-old clips of cable commentators declaring Hillary Clinton "inevitable" (and variations thereof), Jon Stewart last night... More

Precision in Labeling

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 4, 2008 at 03:21 PM

Over at TPM Cafe, Todd Gitlin (who writes CJR's "Russert Watch" column) schools reporters on the definition of "condescension" and... More

“Nicest Guy,” “Vengeful Journalism”

Now can we talk about the piece, not Purdum?

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 4, 2008 at 11:16 AM

I saw many journalists (on cable and elsewhere) rush to vouch for Vanity Fair's Todd Purdum in recent days. Mostly... More

“History,” “Destiny,” “Finally”

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 4, 2008 at 10:11 AM

There are different takes and tones to the headlines greeting America this morning bearing the news that, as several papers... More

VP Obedience Training (Oh, Behave!)

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 4, 2008 at 08:46 AM

Yes, "What Does Hillary Want?" as everyone in the campaign press has been asking, as Clinton herself asked and (sort... More

When Post-Partisan Candidate Attacks

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 3, 2008 at 05:56 PM

Most candidates for political office criticize or attack their opponents. Barack Obama, however, is, per the New York Times' Michael... More

Was Capehart Oversharing on MSNBC?

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 3, 2008 at 04:35 PM

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski seemed in sort of a hurry to cut short or move along from the following exchange this... More

This Is Your Brain on Campaign

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 3, 2008 at 11:32 AM

From the LA Times's James Rainey: Somewhere inside the brain of the presidential campaign reporter lies a huge lobe devoted... More

What Happened, Karaoke-Style

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 3, 2008 at 09:42 AM

You thought there was nothing left for cable to say about or do with What Happened (Scott McClellan's memoir, to... More

Disappearing Dissent on Russian TV

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 3, 2008 at 08:37 AM

Reports Clifford J. Levy in today's New York Times, there's very little throwing down of gauntlets these days on Throw... More

Purdum’s Suggestive Piece

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 2, 2008 at 09:13 PM

My initial thought after reading Todd Purdum's Vanity Fair piece on Bill Clinton in which anonymous "former Clinton aides" and... More