Mr. Wilson Goes to Washington

Dear news networks: ignore Joe Wilson. Please.

By Megan Garber   Sep 9, 2009 at 11:03 PM

The most memorable aspect of President Obama's health care address to Congress tonight was not its rhetoric, or its resonance,... More

Raking the Muck

By Megan Garber   Sep 8, 2009 at 12:53 PM

Which of these jobs is not like the others? Here's a clue: More

Common Knowledge

Communal news in a fragmented world

By Megan Garber   Sep 8, 2009 at 10:32 AM

The supermarket shelves have been rearranged. It happened one day without warning. There is agitation and panic in the aisles,... More

Common Knowledge: Further Reading

By Megan Garber   Sep 8, 2009 at 10:30 AM

Further Reading Eric Alterman’s What Liberal Media? is seminal reading in the broad field of ‘bias studies.’ The book challenges... More

WaPo Develops Visual Commenting System

By Megan Garber   Sep 1, 2009 at 11:21 AM

Conversation on the Web can be a tricky little thing for news outlets to facilitate. At their best, stories' commenting... More

Sex on Skates Newsstands

By Megan Garber   Sep 1, 2009 at 09:07 AM

Gotta hand it to Levi Johnston: the dude has leveraged. He took a random and semi-awkward moment in the political... More

Kennedy, in Campaign Buttons

By Megan Garber   Aug 26, 2009 at 12:43 PM

NPR's resident "Political Junkie," Ken Rudin, offers a retrospective on Ted Kennedy's long political life...by way of his campaign buttons. More

Kennedy: An Obituary in Multimedia

By Megan Garber   Aug 26, 2009 at 09:35 AM

The Boston Globe has a powerful multimedia retrospective of the life of Teddy Kennedy -- complete with photo slideshows, videos,... More

In Which “Glamping” Becomes a Thing

By Megan Garber   Aug 24, 2009 at 03:44 PM

Warning: the following is not from The Onion. The following is from The Wall Street Journal, and from the mind... More

Matthews on Colbert: An Explosion of Truthiness

By Megan Garber   Aug 21, 2009 at 01:27 PM

Without further comment, because "Matthews on Colbert" pretty much says it all. Happy Friday, everyone. The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs... More

Jayson Blair, Life Coach

By Megan Garber   Aug 20, 2009 at 12:19 PM

What happens to journalists after they resign in disgrace from their journalism jobs? Where do they go, and what do... More

Health Care and Wikipedia

Wondering how to cover health care debates? Get thee to a wiki.

By Megan Garber   Aug 18, 2009 at 08:51 AM

Here are some things the media are generally incapable of resisting: - conflict - drama - innuendo - Sarah Palin... More

Old Job, New Trick

By Megan Garber   Aug 14, 2009 at 05:17 PM

Behold, a new format for accountability journalism. More

Fallows: “I Was Wrong.”

By Megan Garber   Aug 14, 2009 at 11:47 AM

The masterful James Fallows--an expert on McCaugheyology by virtue of researching her influence on the Clinton health care plan for... More

Naming and Shaming, Daily News Edition

By Megan Garber   Aug 14, 2009 at 11:25 AM

Per Greg's post--and per his story on the profound challenges of correcting misinformation, which you should read right away--here's one... More