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Blog Report
Couric, Graner and the People’s Choice Awards
January 17, 2005 01:09 PMIn a post titled, "Can't They Find One Person For The Job Who Doesn't Hate Republicans?" Lorie Byrd at PoliPundit writes, "If CBS is seriously considering Katie Couric for their top anchor job, they are even more clueless about... Continue reading
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Politics
“Shut Up - and Thank You!”
January 14, 2005 04:21 PMWe're a little late on this one, but it epitomizes a common problem with cable news coverage of the Social Security issue so we thought we'd share. This past Wednesday morning on "CNN Daybreak," Kelly Wallace conducted an interview with... Continue reading
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Politics
Showing the Big Boys How It’s Done
January 13, 2005 11:19 AMCBS MarketWatch Washington bureau chief Rex Nutting wrote a first-rate article yesterday on President Bush's town hall meeting on Social Security held the day before. Unlike his competitors at larger outlets such as the New York Times... Continue reading
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Politics
Lion Eats Daniel
January 12, 2005 01:06 PMStraying from her regular beat -- always a dangerous practice -- New York Times White House reporter Elisabeth Bumiller this morning tackled a piece on the administration's proposal to overhaul Social Security. It didn't turn out well. Let's start... Continue reading
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Magazine Report
Untrained Soldiers, Diet and DNA - and Happiness
January 11, 2005 12:25 PMDan Baum, writing in The New Yorker, offers a sobering and somewhat frightening examination of the evolution of the U.S. military -- specifically, the use of the Internet to disseminate guidance to inadequately trained troops. In sum, "shortly before... Continue reading
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Behind the News
The Vampire Rises Again
January 7, 2005 03:13 PMNearly a year ago CJR Daily helped expose Karen Ryan -- a public relations professional paid by the government to anchor fake news stories promoting the then-new Medicare law and its supposed benefits. The video news releases (VNR) were... Continue reading
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Politics
That “Other” Humanitarian Crisis
January 6, 2005 05:49 PMThis past year, the genocide in Sudan had to compete with the heated presidential campaign for the media's attention. And now with that over, the continuing slaughter has become an afterthought to the horrific tsunami crisis in Southeast Asia. Still,... Continue reading
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Politics
But It Shouldn’t Be
January 4, 2005 03:32 PMAs Brad DeLong hinted last night, today's Washington Post article about Social Security privatization glosses over a serious issue at stake in the debate -- that the potential benefits of private accounts are tied to potential risks, whereas... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Leaving Evansville Isn�t Easy - or Is It?
December 28, 2004 02:32 PMDid you spend chunks of your Christmas vacation staring at the airport's departure screen only to see your flight's delay grow by the hour? Or perhaps you made it to your destination on time, but your luggage was 72 hours... Continue reading
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The Water Cooler
Edmund Andrews on Social Security Lobbyists and Smoke and Mirrors
December 24, 2004 10:44 AMEdmund Andrews (CourtesyNew York Times) Edmund L. Andrews writes about economic policy for the New York Times. Based in Washington, D.C., he covers the Federal Reserve, monetary... Continue reading
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Blog Report
Bowled Over
December 23, 2004 01:43 PMThe pressure of talk radio often brings words before thought. And the format of talk radio leaves little room for host or guest to reach back to the same audience that was listening hours or even minutes before to inform... Continue reading
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Blog Report
Random Musings
December 22, 2004 12:07 PMFor all those still trying to figure why John Kerry lost or how George Bush won, Mystery Pollster Mark Blumenthal has summarized yesterday's release of the National Annenberg Election Survey's (NEAS) look at Hispanic voter preference in 2004.... Continue reading
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Politics
Keeping an Eye on the Social Security Shell Game
December 21, 2004 03:42 PMSocial Security debate has dominated the news over the past few weeks as the Bush administration has begun its campaign to partially privatize the program. At the center of the Bush administration's campaign is a projection of Social Security's unfunded... Continue reading
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Blog Report
Rumsfeld, Frank Capra, Tucker Carlson and The Rock
December 20, 2004 01:16 PMWith only five days to go until Christmas, Pandagon's Ezra Klein has already unwrapped one of his presents -- Maureen Dowd's column in yesterday's New York Times which casts Rumsfeld as Jimmy Stewart in "It' a Wonderful Life."... Continue reading
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Politics
Dumbing Down on Darfur
December 16, 2004 04:07 PMToday Reuters reports on the deaths of two British aid workers in Sudan's western Darfur region. To provide context about the conflict for readers, the wire service gives us two paragraphs: After years of conflict over scarce resources, rebels... Continue reading
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Politics
Ceremonial Coverage
December 15, 2004 04:59 PMYesterday, President Bush awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to three officials integral to the war in Iraq. On the surface, this appears to be a story about a president rewarding three public servants for hard work during hard times.... Continue reading
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Politics
Out of Whole Cloth …
December 13, 2004 01:56 PMThis morning, Sen. Joseph Lieberman's home state newspaper, the Hartford Courant, speculates about the Democrat's prospects of winning a place at the table in the second Bush administration. David Lightman's offering neatly captures the rumors around Washington --... Continue reading
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Politics
Resurrecting the Fact Check
December 8, 2004 05:16 PMBy Thomas Lang The first installment of Campaign Desk's six-part report card on Campaign 2004 took a look back at the evolution of fact-check pieces done by the media. In the early days of the Democratic primary such... Continue reading
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Politics
Canadian Bacon
November 30, 2004 06:29 PMEarlier today President Bush traveled to Ottawa to meet with Canada Prime Minister Paul Martin. This afternoon's account from the Associated Press led: President Bush Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin sought on Tuesday to mend fences after four years... Continue reading
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The Water Cooler
Jonathan E. Kaplan on Tom DeLay, Baseball, and Advice to Freshmen
November 24, 2004 05:04 PMJonathan E. Kaplan Jonathan E. Kaplan is a reporter for The Hill, a newspaper that covers Congress. Kaplan's primary beat is the House Republican leadership and... Continue reading
Desks
The Audit Business
- Reuters’s OKC gusher Its outstanding Chesapeake Energy investigation turns toward the gas driller SandRidge
- Audit Notes: insider trading versus CDO fraud, 401(k)s, lead and crime Rough treatment for inside-trading suspects contrasts with CDO probes
The Observatory Science
- Environment coverage TBD The Times says it’s committed, but only time will tell
- Call in the math club Science reporters can help ward off a “Big Data bubble”
United States Project Politics & Policy
- The Frank Luntz script for Congressional Republicans A guide to phrases journos should look for (and scrutinize)
- Hey readers: They’re bluffing! (maybe) The need to put political bargaining positions in context
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- Gun permit data wasn’t maximized The choice that faced the Journal News was not simply whether to map gun permit holders’ addresses, but how
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