Aggregate This, Arianna!

By Megan Garber   Apr 2, 2008 at 04:13 PM

Radar is reporting today that Tina Brown, erstwhile Vanity Fair and New Yorker editor, celebrity biographer, and media maven, plans... More

Avril Lavigne…the Next Janice Min?

By Megan Garber   Apr 2, 2008 at 03:19 PM

Looks like celeb journalism is another thing Avril Lavigne doesn't like to be comp-li-ca-ted. After her concert in Atlantic City... More

Peabody Awards to Iraq-Injured Journos

By Megan Garber   Apr 2, 2008 at 03:07 PM

Among today’s thirty-five Peabody Award winners are two journalists wounded on assignment in Iraq. Here’s the AP: Peabodys went to... More

Punch Drunk?

The media jab Clinton’s metaphor

By Megan Garber   Apr 2, 2008 at 01:26 PM

Since it was the news of the day yesterday, you’ve probably heard by now about Hillary Clinton’s comparison of herself... More

The NYO: Booked on a Feeling

By Megan Garber   Apr 2, 2008 at 12:05 PM

Finally, a bit of good news for those of us who’ve been quietly mourning the decline of books coverage in... More

Surrogate Scandal!

The April Fool’s edition

By Megan Garber   Apr 1, 2008 at 04:40 PM

Barack Obama's campaign has a lot to answer for today. After a rally in Pittsburgh on Friday, one of the... More

Annie Squall

Has the famous photog blown her cover?

By Megan Garber   Mar 28, 2008 at 02:41 PM

The Vogue controversy continues. The magazine made much of its April issue featuring basketball star LeBron James - the third... More

Trailer Mix

TNR spoofs the spoilers

By Megan Garber   Mar 27, 2008 at 02:33 PM

To generalize only a bit, movie trailers suck. When they’re not completely obscuring a film they’re meant to promote, disguising... More

“Chelsea Clinton Startled by Monica Query”

The Taboo Question finally got asked; why was that such a shock?

By Megan Garber   Mar 26, 2008 at 04:40 PM

It was entirely predictable. The specter hovering over Chelsea Clinton’s new role as her mother’s stump surrogate was bound, at... More

Winning Today’s “Debbie Downer” Award…

By Megan Garber   Mar 21, 2008 at 04:15 PM

...are NBC's Chuck Todd and Mark Murray, who unceremoniously inform us today that "it's been a bad week for everyone."... More

Watergate II?

Or just “imprudent curiosity”?

By Megan Garber   Mar 21, 2008 at 01:06 PM

State Department! Personal records! Breach! It all has the Whiff of Conspiracy, the tangy odor of Watergate-all-over-again. Mmmm…can’t you just... More

The Human Stain, Redux

A proud day for FOIA

By Megan Garber   Mar 20, 2008 at 05:14 PM

Yesterday, after a FOIA request, a lawsuit, a little gumption, and a lot of patience, the National Archives finally released... More

Five Years Today…What About Tomorrow?

Marking an anniversary is fine. But what happens when it’s over?

By Megan Garber   Mar 20, 2008 at 03:35 PM

I have mixed feelings when it comes to the press and anniversaries. On the one hand, the marking of those... More

Getting It Wright

Why did the press need Obama to round out the reverend?

By Megan Garber   Mar 19, 2008 at 04:01 PM

It was “an extraordinary moment of truth-telling,” a “masterpiece.” It was FDR-/Lincoln-/Kennedy-esque—a modern-day “Profile in Courage.” It was “brilliant, inspiring,... More

Nip/Tuck: The Political Journalism Edition

The Politco goes under the knife

By Megan Garber   Mar 17, 2008 at 12:23 PM

Nope, your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you: you haven’t visited, in error, The Washington Post’s Web site. You’ve reached... More