Turning the Lens Around

The IFC Media Project: exploring, criticizing, and prodding the press

By Megan Garber   Nov 18, 2008 at 04:22 PM

There's an old saying out there that journalism is a craft and not a science. And if that's actually the... More

Clinton: “I’m very happy there is so much press attention and interest in transit”

By Megan Garber   Nov 14, 2008 at 05:13 PM

Hillary Clinton: Soon to be Madame Secretary? The speculation--following Andrea Mitchell's breaking of the Obama's-considering-Clinton news yesterday--has been rampant. The... More

Dear Robin Givhan…

By Megan Garber   Nov 14, 2008 at 01:15 PM

...and, for that matter, any other fashion critics looking for another angle on The Obamas' Clothing Choices and What They... More

“Joe the Forum,” “Joe the Blogger,” “Joe the Shopper”

By Megan Garber   Nov 14, 2008 at 12:58 PM

Joe the Plumber's latest small business? Apparently: himself. JTP's deeply researched, carefully edited, thoughtful, and not at all hastily-put-together-to-capitalize-on-his-media-celebrity-before-it-expires treatise... More

The Price of History (Hint: $9.95, Plus Shipping and Handling!)

By Megan Garber   Nov 14, 2008 at 10:19 AM

Okay, so thanks to Pew, we know that only 23 percent of Americans plan to keep their hot-ticket November 5... More

Coffee Talk

By Megan Garber   Nov 14, 2008 at 08:48 AM

This is why we love Michael Kinsley. More

Slow Claps for Shep

By Megan Garber   Nov 14, 2008 at 08:35 AM

Shep Smith, calling allegations of liberal bias in the presidential campaign "preposterous," declares: "To blame the media is a cop-out... More

Puppy Love

By Megan Garber   Nov 14, 2008 at 08:28 AM

Quote of the day: "The number one thing internally we've come to is that they're cute." This comes from Chris... More

Best…Send-Ups…In the Woooorld…!

By Megan Garber   Nov 14, 2008 at 08:19 AM

If mockery is the sincerest form of flattery, then Keith Olbermann should be feeling pretty good about himself right about... More

O’Reilly on The Daily Show: “I’m an Anarchist. Power to the People!”

By Megan Garber   Nov 14, 2008 at 08:17 AM

Bill O'Reilly guested on The Daily Show last night. And the Clash of the Talking Titans--two guys who consider themselves... More

Obama Wears Jeans! And Other Observations That Are Totally Worth Analyzing!

By Megan Garber   Nov 14, 2008 at 08:10 AM

Every once in a while, there emerges a news story that finds itself in the awkward and unenviable position of... More

Cosby, Part II

“Huxtable” is not an “effect”

By Megan Garber   Nov 12, 2008 at 02:00 PM

So we kind of knew it was coming. We had suggestions of it a while ago (hmm, the Obamas seem... More

Talking Shop: Nate Silver

FiveThirtyEight’s founder on polling, politics, and the consolidation of the blogosphere

By Megan Garber   Nov 11, 2008 at 12:01 PM

Nate Silver is the founder of FiveThirtyEight.com, which predicted the presidential election's popular vote outcome to within tenths of a... More

Barack Obama Collects Comic Books! And 50 Other Things You Might Not Know About the President-Elect!

By Megan Garber   Nov 10, 2008 at 03:03 PM

The U.K. Telegraph compiles the "Fifty things you might not know about Barack Obama." The list includes such tidibits as:... More

Like a Record, Baby, Right Round, Round, Round…

By Megan Garber   Nov 10, 2008 at 12:02 PM

Compare the NYT's op-ed pages from yesterday and today, and you'll have a case study worthy of Harvard Business School.... More