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Excluded Voices
An interview with British health official Andrew Dillon
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 18, 2009 at 09:01 AM
This past year’s health discussion has been remarkable for the narrow range of ideas and opinions that have floated down... More
Reality Check for the White House
Axelrod’s e-mail raises more questions
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 17, 2009 at 08:30 AM
Last Thursday, in an attempt to counter the health reform misinformation being propagated by President Obama’s ideological opponents, presidential adviser... More
Straight Talk, Part I
The end-of-life myth and the real long-term care stories to be told
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 13, 2009 at 12:08 PM
With charges, countercharges, information, disinformation, flat-out lies, and half truths being disseminated on all sides of the health reform debates,... More
Who Will Be at the Table? Part XIII
United Healthcare has a mighty big seat
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 11, 2009 at 02:30 PM
During the campaign, Barack Obama promised his cheering crowds that, when he rolled up his sleeves to work on health... More
Health Reform and Obama’s Consumer Protections
Good for consumers, or good for insurers?
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 10, 2009 at 11:38 AM
Last Wednesday, The Washington Post told us the obvious: that “the fight over health-care legislation is saturating the summer airwaves,... More
Straight Talk Archive
Links to every entry in Trudy Lieberman’s series
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 6, 2009 at 11:20 AM
Below, you will find links to every entry in Trudy Lieberman’s “Straight Talk” series, in descending order. 08/13/09: Straight Talk,... More
Health Reform Lessons from Massachusetts, Part V
Finding affordable health insurance
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 5, 2009 at 02:30 PM
Three years ago, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enacted a far-reaching health reform law that politicians and the media hailed as... More
Health Care Homework for the LA Times
How does the Canadian medical system actually work?
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 4, 2009 at 01:42 PM
By now, it’s pretty clear that the U.S. is not going to adopt health reform that in any way resembles... More
Detailing the Details
A few bright spots in the media’s health reform coverage
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 3, 2009 at 08:30 AM
Media coverage of health reform lately has centered on the legislative horse race, as we knew it would. The press... More
Pelosi, Prevention, and PBS
Is Madame Speaker misinformed?
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 31, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Preventative care saves money? C’est impossible, Madame Speaker! For weeks, we on Campaign Desk have been pointing out this fallacy,... More
Shades of Richard Nixon
Is Obama playing defense or offense?
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 30, 2009 at 08:00 AM
Those of us of a certain generation remember Richard Nixon and all the gory Watergate details that oozed out and... More
Health Reform Too Boring for Broadcast?
Not at KQED
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 28, 2009 at 03:56 PM
Over the weekend, Politico published one of those juicy, inside-the-industry stories that media execs love to read. The story trashed... More
Baucus Watch, Part XII
The mother’s milk of politics and more
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 27, 2009 at 01:23 PM
As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Max Baucus holds the keys to health care reform; any health care... More
All the President’s Words, Part II
Slogans for change, or a movement for change?
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 24, 2009 at 11:15 AM
What case did the president make for reform Wednesday night? Not a very persuasive one, in my view. For me,... More
Who Will Be at the Table? Part XII
Did the AMA snooker the press?
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 22, 2009 at 05:20 PM
During the campaign, Barack Obama promised his cheering crowds that, when he rolled up his sleeves to work on health... More
Sen. Schumer, Meet Louise Russell
What’s this about preventative care saving money?
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 22, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Reporters from the New York media, take note! It’s time to tell your state’s senior senator (and the people he... More
Health Reform Lessons from Massachusetts, Part IV
The new math, or maybe it’s the old
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 21, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Three years ago, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enacted a far-reaching health reform law that politicians and the media hailed as... More
Gregory A+; Sebelius D-
NBC’s David Gregory bores down on Madame Secretary
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 20, 2009 at 11:26 AM
Last week, Campaign Desk urged reporters to start asking Obama tough questions on health care, so we could learn what... More
Who Will Be at the Table? Part XI
Center for Medicine in the Public Interest fights against a public plan
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 17, 2009 at 03:01 PM
During the campaign, Barack Obama promised his cheering crowds that, when he rolled up his sleeves to work on health... More
All the President’s Words
Still, when it comes to health reform, what does he stand for?
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 15, 2009 at 08:00 AM
On Monday, the media went gaga reporting on President Obama’s fancy health reform rhetoric that flowed alongside his introduction of... 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.
