His Death Deeply Felt

By Megan Garber   Dec 19, 2008 at 09:16 AM

W. Mark Felt, Woodward and Bernstein's Deep Throat, died yesterday at 95. "Without Mr. Felt," his Times obit notes, "there... More

Not So Punny

Why the humor in TV’s coverage of the shoe-throwing incident?

By Megan Garber   Dec 15, 2008 at 03:45 PM

So, as I'm sure you've heard: This weekend, while President Bush and Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki gave a joint... More

Rahm-nipresent Media

By Megan Garber   Dec 12, 2008 at 01:21 PM

So the broadcast media, collectively, can probably expect to receive a dead fish in the mail at some point in... More

Time to Tighten the Belt

By Megan Garber   Dec 12, 2008 at 12:10 PM

There was a time when to be an employee at publishing behemoth Time Inc. was to enjoy the perks--charter planes!... More

Hall & Oates Pay Tribute to Alan Colmes

By Megan Garber   Dec 12, 2008 at 10:09 AM

Hall & Oates revamp a classic to bid a fond farewell to Fox's resident "Token Liberal": .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links... More

Jet-tisoned

The Big Three’s road trip was a PR stunt. Why treat it as more than that?

By Megan Garber   Dec 8, 2008 at 06:30 AM

As a journalist and an American citizen and an auto aficionado and a general admirer of absurdity, I would have... More

Anderson Cooper: “John King is like the Rain Man of politics”

By Megan Garber   Dec 5, 2008 at 12:58 PM

Cooper, speaking at Columbia, was asked about CNN's election coverage--and, specifically, about John King's magic wall. "John King is like... More

Anderson Cooper: “There’s a lot of phony outrage in TV news”

By Megan Garber   Dec 5, 2008 at 12:37 PM

Cooper, speaking at Columbia, was asked about the outrage and raw emotion he so famously displayed while covering the aftermath... More

Anderson Cooper on War Reporting: “The energy is palpable. The molecules in the air are charged.”

By Megan Garber   Dec 5, 2008 at 12:09 PM

Cooper, speaking at Columbia, described his experiences reporting the genocide in Rwanda. One of the lessons the experience taught him,... More

Anderson Cooper: “I never really set out to be an anchor”

By Megan Garber   Dec 5, 2008 at 12:01 PM

Anderson Cooper is speaking at Columbia right now. I'll be sharing some of his comments periodically. The first: "I never... More

Freepdom of Expression

By Megan Garber   Dec 5, 2008 at 10:50 AM

In a rare and dramatic move, the Detroit Free Press has devoted the entirety of today's front page to a... More

Colbert to Walters: “Madame, You Got the Part”

By Megan Garber   Dec 5, 2008 at 08:49 AM

Barbara Walters guested on The Colbert Report yesterday, leading to, as might be expected, much hilarity. Colbert signed her new... More

“I’m Really Gonna Miss Systematically Destroying This Place”

By Megan Garber   Dec 4, 2008 at 04:45 PM

It's been a rough day for the press. Leave it to The Onion to provide some much-needed levity. More

Hair Apparent

The lesson of Couric’s new ‘do (hint: not sexism!)

By Megan Garber   Dec 4, 2008 at 04:42 PM

It puts the "ew," some say, "in the evening news." The new 'do, apparently, is a fashion don't. Yep, Katie... More

Talking Shop: Gail Collins

The New York Times columnist on caucuses, campaigning, and the glory of deadlines

By Megan Garber   Dec 3, 2008 at 03:44 PM

Over the course of commenting on Campaign 2008 for The New York Times, Gail Collins has, among other things: explained... More