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The Audit
CNBC, Money Honey Fake Out the Markets
May 4, 2006 09:19 AMThree days on, there is still plenty of disagreement over who is to blame (and for what, exactly) in the low drama that "traders are calling... 'The Bartiromo Affair'" (per the Financial Times) or, what one analyst dubbed the... Continue reading
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The Audit
Flack Says Ogle Google Girl, Reporters Comply
May 2, 2006 04:18 PM"It's hard to believe that search engine giant Google hasn't even celebrated its 10th birthday yet. But still, the success stories of people like Marissa Mayer, the company's vice president of search products and user experience, are among... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Robin Givhan on Responding to Critics, Cheney’s Parka and Tony Snow’s Style
April 28, 2006 05:05 PMRobin Givhan, the Washington Post's fashion columnist, received this year's Pulitzer Prize for criticism. Givhan has been at the Post since 1995, except for a six-month tenure as associate editor of Vogue in 2000. In addition to covering fashion, she... Continue reading
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Politics
It’s All Rove All the Time
April 27, 2006 01:53 PMYesterday, Karl Rove testified -- for the fifth time -- before the federal grand jury in the CIA leak case. Today, reporters are being called to the carpet (or the blogospheric equivalent) for their coverage of said event. ... Continue reading
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Politics
Snow Faces First Test as Press Secretary: Bloggers
April 26, 2006 02:23 PMAt 9:10 this morning, President Bush officially named radio and television commentator Tony Snow the new White House Press Secretary, noting, among other things, that Snow has "taught children in Kenya" and that he "belongs to a rock band... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Chuppies, Roommaids and Techno-palooza
April 25, 2006 03:24 PMEvery week, it seems, magazines coin new terms to help readers get a handle on emerging demographic, economic or social trends (or at least get a handle on what one reporter's five friends are up to lately). ... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Times Discovers 33-Year-Olds Are 17
April 20, 2006 05:17 PMThat the New York Times Thursday Styles section sometimes repeats itself has been established. Today, at first glance, it appeared as though Styles had done it again -- dusted off an old "trend" story and presented it... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Of Duke, and Princeton, and Jocks, and Sluts
April 19, 2006 11:39 AMWith nearly a month to go before the Duke lacrosse players accused of rape have a hearing in court on May 15 -- how many cable TV talking head hours between now and then? -- we're confident that bad reporting... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Guilty? Not Guilty? Guilty, Guilty, Guilty!
April 12, 2006 04:30 PMLast week the editorial board at the Harvard Crimson aptly dubbed the scene around Duke University -- where three lacrosse players have been accused of rape by a student at North Carolina Central University whom they had hired as... Continue reading
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The Audit
Snubbed at the Mall? You’re Probably Just Ugly
March 30, 2006 03:23 PMSick of being slighted by that saleswoman at Bergdorf's? Did it ever occur to you that you might be to blame for the brush-off -- that perhaps you deserved it, what with your unkempt hair (ever hear of a blow-out?)... Continue reading
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The Audit
The Seven Habits of Highly Questionable Op-Ed Contributors
March 28, 2006 04:49 PMRare is the guest columnist or op-ed contributor who isn't trying to sell something, be it a book or a company or a war. And so it is up to an editor to ensure that the sales pitch is somehow... Continue reading
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The Water Cooler
Macarena Hernandez on Immigration, Bill O’Reilly and No Child Left Behind
March 24, 2006 06:59 PMMacarena Hernandez joined the Dallas Morning News as an editorial columnist in August 2005. Prior to that, she was the Rio Grande Valley Bureau Chief for the San Antonio Express-News. She has written... Continue reading
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Blog Report
Hewitt vs Ware vs Stones Cry Out vs Wolcott
March 23, 2006 01:23 PMFor the past two nights on "Anderson Cooper 360º," CNN's Cooper has convened a panel to discuss press performance in Iraq -- or, as last night's segment is named in the transcript, "Reality in Iraq." Joining via satellite from... Continue reading
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Blog Report
Bush One, Loathsome Little Troll Zero? Or Not
March 22, 2006 02:35 PMPresident Bush threw caution to the wind during yesterday's press conference and took a question from Hearst News columnist Helen Thomas. Thomas' question? "Why did you really want to go to war?" The "ordeal-by-Helen" (to quote... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Freud, Wired Kids and Gawking at Gawker
March 21, 2006 01:49 PMThis past Sunday marked the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Six weeks and four days from now marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sigmund Freud. Guess which milestone got the cover of this... Continue reading
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Blog Report
Another Day, Another Trashing of the Times
March 16, 2006 02:58 PMToday is a day like every other in the blogosphere. That is to say: it's Trash the New York Times Day. Let's start with the front page, shall we? Mass Revolution Now! jumps on David D. Kirkpatrik's... Continue reading
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Politics
Man in Maroon Suit, Orange Skin, Running for President?
March 15, 2006 12:57 PMIf you're a one-term governor pondering a run for president against a well-known senator with a colossal war chest and the New York Times Magazine comes calling to profile you, chances are you're tickled pink. And then the... Continue reading
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Politics
The New Swing Voters - HBO-Watching Evangelicals?
March 15, 2006 09:04 AMBostonians are not to be blamed if they failed to read beyond the following lede in Tuesday's Boston Herald: "Mitt Romney doesn't watch much TV, but a new HBO series called 'Big Love' might hurt his ratings... Continue reading
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The Water Cooler
Christina Asquith on Iraq’s “Golden Period” for Reporting
March 10, 2006 05:35 PMJack FairweatherChristina Asquith, a former Philadelphia Inquirer reporter, has 10 years of experience as an investigative journalist covering education issues and women’s rights in the U.S. and abroad. In June... Continue reading
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Behind the News
A Newspaper Weighs All Views — and Then Punts
March 9, 2006 03:33 PMOn Monday, the governor of South Dakota signed a bill banning all abortions except in cases where a woman's life is at stake (no exceptions for rape or incest). This law -- House Bill 1215 -- is something about which... Continue reading
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