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1. Behind the News

   But Enough About You, Let’s Talk About Me

   September 20, 2005 03:27 PM

   CJR Daily often faults cable news shows for not giving viewers enough information -- skimping on context, allowing talking points to go unchallenged, simplifying complex issues. Yesterday, however, CNN provided too much information. They aired their own dirty laundry... Continue reading

2. Politics

   Blame and Body Counts

   September 15, 2005 02:20 PM

   Just when we thought we’d already experienced the entire spectrum of dreadful cable news punditry -- several times over -- along comes marketwatch.com media columnist Jon Friedman, who appeared on Fox News' “Your World With Neil Cavuto” yesterday... Continue reading

3. Politics

   It’s a Yawnfest! No, It’s a Duel!

   September 14, 2005 04:38 PM

   The “tone” of the Roberts confirmation hearings thus far has been, as Howard Kurtz observes today, “more legal seminar than confrontation.” And for a press that thrives on conflict, this must be hugely disappointing. So what do you... Continue reading

4. Magazine Report

   Katrina, Cooper, and Katrina

   September 13, 2005 02:14 PM

   While the hurricane-related headline on Time’s cover this week has a no-one’s-at-fault feel to it -- "System Failure" -- US News & World Report hopes to lure readers with a blunter question: "Who Screwed Up?" But the blame-gaming... Continue reading

5. Politics

   We’re All Helen Thomas … For Now

   September 7, 2005 12:33 PM

   Something unusual happened during Scott McClellan's White House press briefing yesterday: "talking points" were uttered. Of course, "talking points" are uttered at each and every White House press briefing. But yesterday, one reporter actually identified them by name --... Continue reading

6. Politics

   Signals - They’re Everywhere!

   September 6, 2005 05:16 PM

   You know you've been reporting in Washington too long when you're able to pick up "signals" being transmitted from nameless people at the White House, you quickly decode these signals, and -- in spite of myriad examples of reporters having... Continue reading

7. Politics

   Tips on How To Be a President

   September 1, 2005 04:51 PM

   While their colleagues report on the ground from washed- out swatches of the Gulf Coast, political reporters with Washington, D.C. datelines are busy today "analyzing" (read: speculating about) What Hurricane Katrina Could Mean for the President -- with a little... Continue reading

8. Politics

   Does Class Matter? Does Taste?

   August 31, 2005 04:14 PM

   On Monday we noted that the press, in reporting on the people left behind in New Orleans, for the most part failed to acknowledge that these people were, by an overwhelming margin, the area's have-nots. But to hear Jonah... Continue reading

9. Magazine Report

   Pepto-Bismol, Resurrecting Journalism, and Idol Reporting

   August 30, 2005 01:36 PM

   Kicking off the countdown to John Roberts' confirmation hearings, the Economist this week examines "the court's delicate balance" on church-state issues, noting that "secularists fear that Mr. Roberts may upset it" while "many evangelicals are praying that he will."... Continue reading

10. The Water Cooler

    David Wiegand on Editing Sean Penn, The Actor’s “Masculine” Writing Style, and the Tina Brown-ification of the San Francisco Chronicle

    August 26, 2005 03:13 PM

    David Wiegand David Wiegand, executive datebook editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, edited -- with input from publisher Phil Bronstein -- actor Sean Penn's five reports from... Continue reading

11. Blog Report

    Brian Williams’ Blog Big Hit with Crucial 11-to-13-Yr Old Demographic

    August 25, 2005 02:03 PM

    Add Brian Williams' blog to the list of things -- like "girl crushes" -- that didn't exist until the New York Times covered them. Although Williams, anchor of "NBC Nightly News," has been blogging since May 31, seems... Continue reading

12. Blog Report

    Bob Costas, Men in the Delivery Room and Lance Armstrong

    August 24, 2005 01:55 PM

    It's all about Bob in the blogosphere this morning. A "media mini-revolt" is what the Carpetbagger calls the news that sportscaster Bob Costas bailed on filling in for CNN's Larry King on "Larry King Live" after Costas learned... Continue reading

13. Politics

    Husbands: Hot or Not?

    August 23, 2005 03:02 PM

    Good thing we braced ourselves. "Husbands a Hot Topic in NY Senate Race," reads the headline on yesterday's Associated Press piece by Marc Humbert. And really, who can blame Humbert for doing his part to make it so?... Continue reading

14. Behind the News

    Us? We’re Just Running Around the Field During the Game

    August 18, 2005 01:10 PM

    During the 2004 presidential campaign, we frequently called the press out for writing stories in which the elephant in the room -- the press itself -- went unacknowledged. Somehow Candidate X has been reduced to a caricature, has... Continue reading

15. Politics

    Death and Politics - and Politics, and Politics

    August 17, 2005 03:13 PM

    A few weeks ago, we faulted the New York Times for turning a news report on the deaths of two California women who had taken the "abortion pill," RU-486, into a political brawl featuring talking points from partisan advocacy... Continue reading

16. Magazine Report

    A Piece for Every Palate

    August 16, 2005 01:39 PM

    You needn't be a reporter for The Note to recognize which approach to the "families of fallen soldiers" story the White House prefers this week: Time's mostly sympathetic profile of Cindy Sheehan (her friends call her "Atilla the Honey"),... Continue reading

17. Politics

    You Reading the Same Stories as We Are?

    August 11, 2005 03:48 PM

    In a story today about anti-war protestors in Crawford, Texas, and their home base, Peace House, USA Today's Oren Dorrell reports, "This month's protests have dented White House efforts to produce a stream of positive stories about the president... Continue reading

18. Politics

    Seeking Catfight, Reporters Find Clich�s

    August 10, 2005 11:04 AM

    The New York Daily News kicked off the inevitable Hillary Clinton vs. Jeanine Pirro "catfight!" coverage yesterday, reporting under the gleeful headline "It's Gonna Get Nasty!" that Pirro "wasted no time baring her claws" when declaring her intention to... Continue reading

19. The Water Cooler

    CNN’s Abbi Tatton and Jacki Schechner on Educating Non-Bloggers, Responding to Critics - and Unmasking Tatton’s Biggest Fan

    August 5, 2005 06:03 PM

    Abbi Tatton and Jacki Schechner Abbi Tatton and Jacki Schechner have co-hosted the "Inside the Blogs" segment on CNN's "Inside Politics" since the segment's launch in February... Continue reading

20. Blog Report

    Picking on a Hapless Press

    August 4, 2005 01:18 PM

    Just when we start to feel a little lonesome, we're reminded how many fellow journo-scolds live beside us in the blogosphere. Today's beef is fast becoming an old reliable: The media's treatment of "intelligent design." Scoffs Atrios, pointing... Continue reading

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