On the State of Contemporary Discourse

Revelations from an intellectual of the Interweb

By Megan Garber   Oct 2, 2008 at 04:22 PM

Yesterday, I posted an article that took on the attacks being aimed at the press for engaging in "gotcha journalism,"... More

Biden Time?

Resist the spin, ye Veep-debate narrators!

By Megan Garber   Oct 2, 2008 at 02:47 PM

Critics, of journalism or anything else, don't tend to engage in prediction. We tend, in fact, to criticize others for... More

The Palin-Press War: A Degree of Difficulty

By Megan Garber   Oct 1, 2008 at 03:18 PM

Pop quiz: Let's say you need to undergo a coronary bypass. And let's say you learn, through a Google search... More

Hey, ‘Gotcha’! Caughtcha!

CJR’s new software guards against gotcha-ism

By Megan Garber   Oct 1, 2008 at 02:24 PM

Dear Journalists, We're writing to inform you that there's an injustice being carried out in the late weeks of this... More

In the Microcosm of America, Everything Is Required Reading

By Megan Garber   Oct 1, 2008 at 09:16 AM

Media members the world over, your sense of self-worth should be just a little bit higher today: Sarah Palin doesn't... More

Ifill-in and I Can’t Get Up…!

By Megan Garber   Sep 30, 2008 at 05:45 PM

Yet more evidence that Campaign 2008 has gotten rough: Gwen Ifill--notable for the dual distinction of being both the moderator... More

Couric/Palin: And the Rest Was Silence?

By Megan Garber   Sep 30, 2008 at 10:07 AM

Wow. Not since Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace has a piece of video been so eagerly anticipated by... More

That “Lifetime Subscription to CQ”

And other reasons we need to re-think our approach to presidential debates

By Megan Garber   Sep 30, 2008 at 09:07 AM

In their initial analysis of Friday night's much-buzzed-about presidential debate, the consensus among the punditocracy was that the night was... More

Kurtz’s Extra-censor-y Perception

By Megan Garber   Sep 29, 2008 at 05:24 PM

Talk about burying a lede. Some 1,100 words into his 1,400-word piece ("'Substantive' Press Is Taken for a Spin") in... More

Campbell’s Scoop

By Megan Garber   Sep 29, 2008 at 11:17 AM

Todd Gitlin, who writes our "Sunday Watch" column for Campaign Desk (check out today's, here), had a fantastic op-ed in... More

Beware the Jab-erwock

A Fight Night extravaganza! A metaphorical one, at least!

By Megan Garber   Sep 29, 2008 at 11:16 AM

Pity the pundits. Besides being charged with providing their audiences with highly valuable analysis about the major political events of... More

Wonder Cover, Part 3

By Megan Garber   Sep 29, 2008 at 11:08 AM

One more "wonder cover" worth noting: the current issue of The New Yorker, courtesy of Michelle-and-Barack-in-the-Oval-Office satirist Barry Blitt: More

Wonder Cover, Part 2

By Megan Garber   Sep 29, 2008 at 11:02 AM

It's unfortunate that the nominations for Magazine Cover of the Year have already been set. Because, were they still in... More

SNL: The Ambiguously Fey Duo

By Megan Garber   Sep 29, 2008 at 08:00 AM

Saturday Night Live keeps outdoing itself. The latest proof of that? Its brilliant send-up of the already-infamous Palin/Couric interview: More

Dear Senator McCain: Please Get Your Own Semi-Annoying Country Pronunciation

By Megan Garber   Sep 26, 2008 at 09:58 PM

Senator, you just called Pakistan "PAH-kee-stahn." However, as Clint noted, PAH-kee-stan is already taken as an unconventional-and-semi-annoying-pronunciation. By Obama. (He's... More