None of Their Business?

Perhaps it’s time to narrow the gulf between the business and the general-interest press

By Megan Garber   Sep 15, 2008 at 03:30 PM

Well. Happy Black Monday, everybody. By now you’ve heard the news: that Lehman Brothers is declaring bankruptcy; that Merrill Lynch... More

What’s Up, Doc(trine)?

All the Bush Doctrine smugness misses the point

By Megan Garber   Sep 12, 2008 at 04:40 PM

Of the many awkward moments in last night's airing of ABC's Sarah Palin interview, perhaps the most awkward came when... More

Laugh-In

By Megan Garber   Sep 12, 2008 at 04:22 PM

NYT blogger Judith Warner has a great post up today: a description of her experiences communing with other mothers at... More

Pork Chopped

By Megan Garber   Sep 12, 2008 at 11:08 AM

Before he was Michael Scott and Andy Stitzer, Steve Carell was a Daily Show "political correspondent." Well, the HuffPo's Rachel... More

Kurtz: “He Was All Business”

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

The Times summarized Charlie Gibson's role in last night's Round 1 of the Sarah Palin interview thusly: "The interview was... More

Noun + “Putting Politics Aside” + 9/11

Perhaps we could put politics aside on other days, too

By Megan Garber   Sep 11, 2008 at 11:00 AM

This evening, John McCain and Barack Obama will make a rare joint appearance on the campus of Columbia University. The... More

Tell It, Paul Begala

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

Without further comment, the lede of Begala's HuffPo article about McCain, Palin, the truth, the media, and the relationship between... More

Notes From The Pig Sty

In which we all get dirty

By Megan Garber   Sep 10, 2008 at 02:16 PM

From the people who brought you SnubGate and TurbanGate comes a new dark comedy, now playing on a television, newspaper... More

Slate Gets Schooled…in a Good Way

By Megan Garber   Sep 9, 2008 at 04:10 PM

Belated kudos to Slate, which last week added to its arsenal of interest-focused blogs--the XX Factor for women's issues, Convictions... More

Wolf-Man Flack

By Megan Garber   Sep 9, 2008 at 03:02 PM

Don't you feel like there's just not enough spin in the media? Like you'd prefer to hear more voices, when... More

Word Games on Hardball

By Megan Garber   Sep 9, 2008 at 02:02 PM

Let's play a little analogy game. It's simple, really: Just fill in the blank below. John McCain is to Sarah... More

Rachel Raid

The Rachel Maddow Show: new, noteworthy, and nearly gimmick-free

By Megan Garber   Sep 9, 2008 at 12:58 PM

The names of MSNBC's prime-time programs tend to come in two parts. Those names—Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Hardball with Chris... More

Most. Misplaced. Ad. Ever.

By Megan Garber   Sep 8, 2008 at 10:15 PM

The following ad, its sound bites spoken and flashing on-screen, just aired on MSNBC: "This election is the most important... More

Herd-Wave Feminism?

By Megan Garber   Sep 8, 2008 at 05:21 PM

In all the discussions I've heard and read about Sarah Palin's selection as McCain's heir apparent, the best word I've... More

The Boys In The Bubble

The political conventions and the “media elite”

By Megan Garber   Sep 8, 2008 at 04:33 PM

In yesterday's New York Times, Mark Leibovich explored the proud tradition, so evidently on display during practically every speech delivered... More