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1. Politics

   Picking Presidential Pockets

   November 2, 2005 01:46 PM

   Remember back in April when the New York Times' Elisabeth Bumiller shared with the world the fruits of her investigation into "what, exactly, is on the [president's] iPod?" (Lest you forgot, the "First iPod," Bumiller reported, is "heavy on... Continue reading

2. Politics

   Verdun? Or Little Bighorn?

   November 1, 2005 05:32 PM

   Yesterday, President Bush nominated Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. to the Supreme Court -- after which, the Los Angeles Times' Ron Brownstein today observes, "almost instantly ... the two parties lined up like football squads that couldn't wait to... Continue reading

3. The Water Cooler

   Elizabeth Spiers on Book Deals, Blogger Firings, and Updating Her Judy Miller Halloween Costume

   October 28, 2005 05:40 PM

   Elizabeth Spiers Elizabeth Spiers, who is leaving her job as editor-in-chief of Mediabistro on November 1, is working on her first novel. Prior to... Continue reading

4. Blog Report

   Good Night and Good Luck, Harriet

   October 27, 2005 12:42 PM

   Texas may have been "blessed" with a Governor George W. Bush, but this country will never, we learned this morning, be blessed with a Justice Harriet Miers. Let's turn to the blogosphere for some reaction shots. The... Continue reading

5. Blog Report

   With This Blog, I Thee Read

   October 26, 2005 12:43 PM

   Inspired by President Bush's charming and no doubt spontaneous mention of his 28th wedding anniversary in a speech at the Joint Armed Forces Officers' Wives Luncheon in Washington yesterday -- "This is the 28th anniversary of this luncheon. Laura... Continue reading

6. Politics

   Important, If True

   October 26, 2005 09:02 AM

   Whenever we encounter Ron Fournier's byline, we know that more often than not we will be treated to some fortune-telling and some unnamed partisans "fearing" this or that potential future event. Yesterday we got both of these things... Continue reading

7. Behind the News

   We’re All in the “No-Spine Zone” Now

   October 20, 2005 04:39 PM

   From a media critic's perspective, what could be more promising -- Thursday Styles aside -- than television news personalities interviewing one of their own? And this week, TV news personality Bill O'Reilly is everywhere: In addition to... Continue reading

8. Politics

   Here’s an Idea: Wait for a Vote

   October 19, 2005 04:46 PM

   Yesterday, the White House handed out to reporters a Texans United for Life survey completed by Harriet Miers in 1989 -- which was among the boxes of documents responding to a Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire -- in which Miers supported... Continue reading

9. Magazine Report

   Trend-Spotting Men, Leading Women, and (the End of?) the Roving Reporter

   October 18, 2005 02:12 PM

   Like doing math and selling magazines, capturing the zeitgeist is hard. But week in and week out, the newsweeklies must try to publish cover stories that -- if they don't get people talking -- are, at the very least,... Continue reading

10. Behind the News

    Waaaah! Why Isn’t There a New York Times Styles Section Every Day of the Week?

    October 13, 2005 12:54 PM

    For a journo-scold with daily deadlines, like ourself, the New York Times Thursday Styles section is truly a gift that keeps on giving. Today, however, we will suppress our tears of gratitude for this gift, do... Continue reading

11. Politics

    AP Still Wishing for 2008

    October 13, 2005 10:45 AM

    We thought the Associated Press was jumping the gun with its Scandinavian non-scoops about who might run for U.S. president three years from now. Today, the AP outdoes itself, with more "news" about Campaign 2008 (and this time,... Continue reading

12. Politics

    There’s Something About Northern Europe

    October 12, 2005 11:41 AM

    Why is it that U.S. politicians go to Scandinavia to tell (or to not tell) the Associated Press about their plans for the future? We don't know, but we do know that we can always count on the... Continue reading

13. Politics

    Who Gets What

    October 11, 2005 03:48 PM

    Maybe it isn't just self-promotion driving the "Today Show's" heroic house-building efforts. Maybe NBC honchos heard ratings-savvy voices telling them, "If you build it, he will come." Well, this morning he came, and he brought his wife with him.... Continue reading

14. Politics

    Let Them Eat Polenta

    October 4, 2005 02:37 PM

    Pity the reporter covering an administration notoriously stingy with information which has just nominated to the Supreme Court a woman whose legal philosophy is a tabula rasa. It seems someone in the White House did take pity -- and threw... Continue reading

15. Behind the News

    Oh, The Humanity!

    September 29, 2005 05:01 PM

    Why is NBC's "Today Show" building houses in midtown Manhattan for people who live in Louisiana and Mississippi? Because if they built the houses in the places where the houses' future residents actually live, there could be no Humanity... Continue reading

16. Behind the News

    Philadelphia Here We Come

    September 29, 2005 03:23 PM

    While we're sure this will come as no surprise to the New York Times styles section, it startled us a bit: it seems this now twice-weekly section has successfully identified (sparked? manufactured? stumbled upon?) a trend moments before a peer... Continue reading

17. Politics

    Were These Two Guys in the Same Room?

    September 28, 2005 05:47 PM

    Were the Washington Post's Glenn Kessler and the New York Times's Steven R. Weisman watching the same Karen Hughes address the same crowd of women at the same Saudi Arabian university yesterday? By comparing their respective accounts of the event... Continue reading

18. The Water Cooler

    Michael Bürgi On Blog-Induced “Vanity Contests,” Dumbing Down News, and Reporters’ Post-Katrina “Victory Dance”

    September 23, 2005 04:55 PM

    Michael Bürgi has been the editor of MediaWeek, the business trade publication, since 2004. He joined the magazine in 1993 to report on the cable industry and later became news editor, managing editor and then executive editor. He has overseen... Continue reading

19. Blog Report

    It’s Mother’s Day in the Blogosphere

    September 22, 2005 11:40 AM

    Now that everyone's doing it -- blogging, that is -- we thought we'd drop in this morning on a few of the Big Boys' Blogs. At NBC's The Daily Nightly, Brian Williams is bracing himself to cover Hurricane Rita... Continue reading

20. Blog Report

    Like Iron Filings to a Magnet

    September 21, 2005 02:22 PM

    With the Cindy Sheehan-inspired anti-war bus tour coming to a city (and a news outlet) near you, the blogosphere sounds something like this: Right-leaning bloggers: Blahblahblah blame the media, blahblahblah support the troops. Left-leaning bloggers: Wahwahwah blame the media, wahwahwah... Continue reading

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