Obama Victory=Hard Work For Reporters

By Liz Cox Barrett   Oct 29, 2008 at 03:37 PM

Yesterday, Jack Shafer explained why covering an Obama victory might be very hard for our political reporters: If Obama wins,... More

Matthews’ Movie Madness

By Liz Cox Barrett   Oct 29, 2008 at 01:05 PM

Back in August, MSNBC's Chris Matthews decided that Steve Schmidt of the McCain campaign: Reminds me of Sergeant Markoff in... More

Car Chase! (White Car Involved)

By Liz Cox Barrett   Oct 29, 2008 at 12:42 PM

Fox News has been for several minutes following a car chase live in Miami. Ditto, MSNBC ("That is not even... More

Must-See TV (Also Online)

By Liz Cox Barrett   Oct 29, 2008 at 11:54 AM

FRONTLINE's "The War Briefing" (maybe you saw it on PBS last night?) was all the talk of our morning news... More

“Without Media Interference”

By Liz Cox Barrett   Oct 29, 2008 at 10:28 AM

There is something very appealing right now about the idea of a "time out" from campaign coverage. And the idea... More

CPD “Hideously Bungled” Debates

By Liz Cox Barrett   Oct 29, 2008 at 10:07 AM

The 2008 debates were "hideously bungled by the Commission on Presidential Debates, a wholly owned subsidiary of the successful campaigns,"... More

Project Greenlight

By Liz Cox Barrett   Oct 29, 2008 at 09:24 AM

Today, in lieu of her standard column (and column font) in the New York Times, we get a "screenplay by... More

Politico on the Biases “That Matter”

By Liz Cox Barrett   Oct 28, 2008 at 02:32 PM

Politico's Jim VandeHei and John F. Harris take readers through political journalists' biases (the ones that "matter so much more"... More

Campaign Press, Engaged

LAT trail reporters dish on the candidates

By Liz Cox Barrett   Oct 28, 2008 at 12:38 PM

The LA Times has twin front-page stories today chronicling a reporter's life on the road with the each of presidential... More

Extreme Made-Over (Michelle Obama Edition)

By Liz Cox Barrett   Oct 28, 2008 at 10:16 AM

Back in June, the New York Times ">hinted that Michelle Obama (or at least, her "image") might be, um, in... More

MoDo, Bono….

By Liz Cox Barrett   Oct 28, 2008 at 09:55 AM

Fresh off his recent blogging gig at the Financial Times, U2 lead singer Bono will join the New York Times... More

Covering That Other War

By Liz Cox Barrett   Oct 28, 2008 at 09:26 AM

We are a nation at war(s). And while you may know something of the presidential candidates' plans for Iraq and,... More

Her Clothes May Be Beau Brummelly

By Liz Cox Barrett   Oct 27, 2008 at 03:09 PM

Another http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/closet_confessionals.php?page=all&print=true">peek inside reporters' closets, courtesy of WardrobeGate. MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell talking to RNC Chairman Mike Duncan just now about... More

Male Journalists (With “Soft, Girlie Hands”)

By Liz Cox Barrett   Oct 27, 2008 at 01:48 PM

Time's James Poniewozick explains how the "political press...dotes on a nostalgic definition of realness that bears ever less relation to... More

On The One Hand, Hannity….

By Liz Cox Barrett   Oct 27, 2008 at 12:02 PM

...on the other, Olbermann. If you want to show that Fox News's Sean Hannity and MSNBC's Keith Olbermann represent opposite... More