All (Remaining) Hands On Deck

By Liz Cox Barrett   Nov 17, 2008 at 09:20 AM

"Newspapers confront tall, menacing seas in the coming year," writes the New York Times' David Carr today, "but it is... More

Which Came First, Newsweek?

By Liz Cox Barrett   Nov 17, 2008 at 08:23 AM

The headline or ... oh, you know it was the headline. "Change You Can Conceive In" (with subhed, "Could euphoric... More

Thomas on Obama: “Doesn’t He Know Anybody?”

By Liz Cox Barrett   Nov 13, 2008 at 08:29 AM

Helen Thomas has returned, after health issues, to the White House briefing room and tells Cox Newspapers' Ron Herman, among... More

Palin: Get Back to The Five W’s, People

By Liz Cox Barrett   Nov 13, 2008 at 08:20 AM

Here, an interesting exchange between Larry King and Gov. Sarah Palin last night (one of her two CNN interviews yesterday):... More

And Clair Begat Michelle!

By Liz Cox Barrett   Nov 13, 2008 at 08:10 AM

Michelle Obama? Clair Huxtable? What, you haven't read about "The Huxtable Effect" (your homework: this and this). About how America... More

Straight to the ‘Moon (But, For How Long?)

By Liz Cox Barrett   Nov 12, 2008 at 03:06 PM

New presidents get A Honeymoon Period. With peers around the world. With Congress. With the public. With the press (and... More

What’s Palin Doing?

By Liz Cox Barrett   Nov 12, 2008 at 10:17 AM

Gov. Sarah Palin is "on a speed date with history," writes the New York Times's Alessandra Stanley today, guessing at... More

Not Everyone Bought a Newspaper Nov. 5th

By Liz Cox Barrett   Nov 12, 2008 at 09:19 AM

Yes, many newspapers quickly sold out of their November 5th editions. One person who didn't rush out to buy his... More

New Title, New Candor?

By Liz Cox Barrett   Nov 11, 2008 at 04:38 PM

This, in the middle of a CabinetStakes segment on MSNBC just now, from former Chicago Tribune editor and current "MSNBC... More

MoDo Casually Confesses (But We Can’t Handle The Truth!)

By Liz Cox Barrett   Nov 11, 2008 at 01:57 PM

Secret's out. Maureen Dowd, just now, on MSNBC's New York Times "Transition Edition:" JOHN HARWOOD (MSNBC/New York Times): What will... More

Bush, Too, Ending “Classy?”

By Liz Cox Barrett   Nov 11, 2008 at 11:26 AM

Maybe McCain isn't the only one who gets to, in spite of it all, "end classy"? Today the AP reports... More

Olbermann’s “Symbolic Gesture”

By Liz Cox Barrett   Nov 11, 2008 at 10:55 AM

MSNBC's Keith Olberman on The View yesterday: JOY BEHAR: I was reading somewhere that you don't vote... OLBERMANN: I don't... More

Someone’s In The Kitchen With Palin…

It’s Greta Van Susteren and Matt Lauer!

By Liz Cox Barrett   Nov 11, 2008 at 08:36 AM

...and it's Fox News's Greta Van Susteren! And NBC News's Matt Lauer! (Anyone else? Maybe...Baking with Blitzer? Mixing Manhattans with... More

Actual AP Headline

By Liz Cox Barrett   Nov 10, 2008 at 03:27 PM

So we know what Election 2008's winners are doing these days. There's an Oval Office to visit. A Cabinet to... More

Ten Minutes Early!

By Liz Cox Barrett   Nov 10, 2008 at 01:50 PM

A transition. For White House reporters, too. From President Punctual to, perhaps, President Ten-Minutes-Early. The Obamas appeared at the White... More