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Sunday Watch 11-02-08
In which the guesswork pageant flutters to an end
By Todd Gitlin Nov 3, 2008 at 08:45 AM
Halloween was over but revelers were still in costume Sunday morning. Pundits-in-chief appeared confident that they had served the American... More
Sunday Watch 10-26-08
In which weariness strikes
By Todd Gitlin Oct 27, 2008 at 08:53 AM
The campaign has lasted as long as a rhinoceros stays pregnant, but at the end, for both candidates, will come... More
Sunday Watch 10-19-08
In which Colin Powell is a statesman
By Todd Gitlin Oct 20, 2008 at 09:03 AM
My dictionary offers this definition of statesman: “a senior politician who is widely respected for integrity and impartial concern for... More
Sunday Watch 10-12-08
In which false equivalency struts its fraudulent stuff
By Todd Gitlin Oct 13, 2008 at 09:10 AM
Tom Brokaw is rapidly making up for lost air time by building premises on sand. Conventional wisdom piles atop conventional... More
Sunday Watch 10-5-08
In which Tom Brokaw goes foxy
By Todd Gitlin Oct 6, 2008 at 08:56 AM
Sometimes it’s hard to know when Tom Brokaw is actually gauche or playing gauche; actually ironic or ironizing his own... More
Sunday Watch 9-28-08
In which George Stephanopoulos shies away from moments of truth
By Todd Gitlin Sep 29, 2008 at 08:21 AM
In a democratic society, what is the point of questioning a candidate or any other powerful figure? When the network... More
Sunday Watch 9-21-08
In which a whole world view collapses with little notice
By Todd Gitlin Sep 22, 2008 at 08:50 AM
“It began,” Secretary of the Treasury Czar Hank Paulson told George Stephanopoulos, “with excesses in the system, irresponsible behavior and... More
Sunday Watch 9-14-08
In which Sarahmania subsides and the unmentionable is mentioned
By Todd Gitlin Sep 15, 2008 at 08:01 AM
The possibility that Sarah Palin may well find herself one proverbial heartbeat away from the presidency has flushed out a... More
Sunday Watch 9-7-08
In which the round table coos
By Todd Gitlin Sep 8, 2008 at 09:34 AM
If Sarah Palin’s nomination kindled a certain skepticism among the talking heads last week, this week’s rousing St. Paul speech... More
Sunday Watch 8-31-08
In which skepticism revives (but not for everyone)
By Todd Gitlin Sep 1, 2008 at 10:53 AM
The week served up an embarrassment of riches for the Sunday shows. There were, of course, Denver developments: the Clintons’... More
Sunday Watch 8-24-08
In which house dwellers throw stones
By Todd Gitlin Aug 25, 2008 at 09:27 AM
George Stephanopoulos tried to get chief Obama strategist David Axelrod to say something—anything—interesting about the Biden choice, but Axelrod was... More
Sunday Watch 8-17-08
On air kisses and free passes
By Todd Gitlin Aug 18, 2008 at 08:28 AM
Once again, ABC This Week’s roundtable tilted off-center, even without semi-regulars Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts to do the honors.... More
Sunday Watch 8-10-08
The question mark over the networks
By Todd Gitlin Aug 11, 2008 at 08:27 AM
On Meet the Press Sunday, David Gregory told his political round table: The big question…on the campaign trail is readiness... More
Sunday Watch 8-3-08
In which David Gergen collides with the Straight Talk Express and walks away from the wreck
By Todd Gitlin Aug 4, 2008 at 08:56 AM
ABC’s This Week began with the same montage that every other broadcast has featured this week: the clips of Britney... More
Sunday Watch 7-27-08
In which McCain is not greeted as a liberator
By Todd Gitlin Jul 28, 2008 at 09:02 AM
Several of McCain’s utterances in his first interview with George Stephanopoulos since April deserve, as they say, to “make news”—to... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
Rolling Stone remembers Michael Hastings, dead at 33
The bold journalist died in a car accident in Los Angeles
On the journalistic value of being “a dick”
Buzzfeed’s statement on the death of its reporter
The disappearance of ‘Sports of the Times’
CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage
On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
