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Another Curious Omission
The Fiscal Times and Social Security
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 10, 2010 at 10:09 AM
Edmund Andrews, a senior writer for The Fiscal Times, has given us an interesting story about the 800-pound gorilla of... More
Some Curious Omissions
The New Yorker and Social Security
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 8, 2010 at 09:51 AM
A recent New Yorker piece tells us a lot about the behind-the-scenes politics and ideology driving much of the public... More
Keeping an Eye on Hospital Safety
A Laurel to the Las Vegas Sun
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 2, 2010 at 03:52 PM
Slowly the public is coming to realize that hospitals are not always safe places. When the Institute of Medicine published... More
Hospital Safety Series
An archive of Trudy Lieberman’s recurring series on hospital safety
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 2, 2010 at 03:36 PM
Here are the links to every entry in Trudy Lieberman's "Keeping an Eye on Hospital Safety" series, presented in descending... More
Social Security in the Heartland: Ronald Eaker
What Social Security means to real people
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 1, 2010 at 10:07 AM
Before the year ends, the president’s deficit commission will bring forth a plan for cutting the deficit. While commission co-chairs... More
Alan Simpson Does it Again
This time the press pays attention—sort of
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 26, 2010 at 02:22 PM
Alan Simpson, the co-chair of the president’s deficit commission, came up with another doozy Monday when he told Ashley Carson,... More
CJR Holds a Missouri Town Hall Meeting
Not many are wild about health reform
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 25, 2010 at 11:09 AM
Last August I visited the college town of Columbia, Missouri, and did man-on-the street interviews with small business owners, college... More
Those Social Security Code Words Again
The meaning behind the tweaks, privatization, and modest changes
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 19, 2010 at 01:11 PM
The Hill yesterday set the standard for coverage of the president’s remarks in a Columbus, Ohio, backyard town hall meeting.... More
More Codes in the Social Security War
WaPo unravels one and misses another
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 17, 2010 at 01:28 PM
The Washington Post, which at times has acted like the head media cheerleader for the president’s deficit commission, appeared to... More
Social Security in the Heartland: Lonnie Judy
What Social Security means to real people
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 16, 2010 at 11:19 AM
Before the year ends, the president’s fiscal commission will bring forth a plan for cutting the deficit. While commission co-chairs... More
Food Stamps and Health
Let’s not forget the connection between the two
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 11, 2010 at 03:52 PM
It’s hardly surprising that the nation’s news media haven’t sent forth a flood of stories about how Congress has cut... More
The Medicare Sales Job Moves Along
More media skepticism needed
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 9, 2010 at 03:25 PM
In his radio message this weekend, the president focused on Medicare, trying as hard as he might to convince skeptical... More
Consumer Advice for Retirement Savings
What was the Times trying to tell us?
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 6, 2010 at 10:20 AM
“Social Security Jitters? Better Prepare Now,” read the headline of a money story in the New York Times last Saturday.... More
Social Security in the Heartland Archive
A complete archive of Trudy Lieberman’s “Social Security in the Heartland” articles
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 3, 2010 at 11:05 AM
This is a complete archive of Trudy Lieberman's "Social Security in the Heartland" articles, listed in descending order. 12/22/10: Social... More
Social Security in the Heartland: Jennifer Tayabji
What Social Security means to real people
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 3, 2010 at 10:38 AM
Before the year ends, the president’s fiscal commission will bring forth a plan for cutting the deficit. While commission co-chairs... More
Hurray for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
For puncturing the secrecy around doctors’ mistakes
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 2, 2010 at 04:05 PM
It’s not often that editors let their reporters detail the steps they took to report a story, but a wonderfully... More
Sebelius Watch, Part IV
The press falls for the bait
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 30, 2010 at 10:28 AM
A few days ago, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius came forth with one more goodie from the new reform law: the... More
Kudos to The New York Times
For revealing the contradictions in health and financial reform
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 28, 2010 at 10:16 AM
There’s been way, way too much follow-the-newsmaker reporting in recent weeks, with Obama’s acolytes trailing the procession to the promised... More
Paying Attention to Social Security
Two takes from the MSM
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 23, 2010 at 10:35 AM
Slowly, ever so slowly, the mainstream media is discovering the Social Security story. So it’s worth noting two pieces in... More
The Other Liz
Liz Fowler and the WellPoint connection
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 21, 2010 at 11:44 AM
The press has been abuzz lately about the possible appointment of Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren to head the Federal... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
