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The enduring myth of the Greedy Geezer
The press too easily accepts the young vs. old frame on the Social Security debate
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 14, 2013 at 03:32 PM
A meme that has been bubbling up in the media for months goes something like this: The elderly have... More
Exchange Watch: half a story in Connecticut
On insurance affordability, the Hartford Courant falls short
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 8, 2013 at 02:58 PM
This is the second in a series we're calling Exchange Watch, which will keep an eye on the rollout of... More
Brill’s big breakthrough
A Time manifesto on healthcare costs smashes fences that have constricted this conversation for far too long
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 5, 2013 at 02:58 PM
Steven Brill's taboo-busting X-ray of the US medical system, "Bitter Pill," has a chance to reframe the way we... More
Healthcare costs: A moment of clarity
Steve Brill stands his ground on ABC
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 27, 2013 at 03:00 PM
Bravo for Steve Brill! His appearance on ABC's This Week was a rare example of a guest on a... More
Medicare Uncovered: What’s in a name?
The GOP puts some new lipstick on an old idea: vouchers
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 26, 2013 at 03:08 PM
National Journal's Margot Sanger-Katz picked up a juicy Washington tidbit worth passing on to healthcare reporters and interested readers.... More
The Big Boys: An affordability puzzle
Healthcare Insurers push a one-sided meme, and the press runs with it
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 25, 2013 at 03:00 PM
During the long debate over health reform, one issue barely discussed was whether the Americans who would be required... More
Exchange Watch: growing pains in Connecticut
Is the state’s model insurance plan unaffordable?
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 19, 2013 at 10:59 AM
On October 1, state health insurance exchanges throughout the country, called Health Insurance Marketplaces, will start enrolling people eligible... More
Medicare Uncovered: What the president said, and didn’t say
The search for hidden meanings in the reform rhetoric
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 14, 2013 at 10:59 AM
The president's State of the Union message may have sort of resolved the question: "Will he or won't he... More
What’s on the chopping block?
The great sequestration guessing game: What will Democrats surrender?
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 12, 2013 at 03:01 PM
The fiscal cliff negotiations belong to the Dark Ages, the inaugural address has come and gone, the State of... More
Medicare Uncovered: parsing Senator Corker’s big bill
A primer for reporters on a significant bill
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 5, 2013 at 02:50 PM
This is the third of a series of occasional "Medicare Uncovered" posts that will look at how the media are... More
Medicare Uncovered: Corker and his bill
The press needs to move out of its comfort zone
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 4, 2013 at 11:00 AM
This is the second of a series of occasional "Medicare Uncovered" posts that will look at how the media are... More
Incredible shrinking insurance co-ops
Congress gives a gift to the insurance companies. Time for the press to take note
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 29, 2013 at 11:02 AM
When negotiators wrapped up their fiscal cliff negotiations, among the quiet casualties were insurance co-ops, which had been hailed... More
The Big Boys: Aetna’s dubious rationale
for raising rates
Needed—a closer look at insurers’ sob stories
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 28, 2013 at 11:20 AM
This is the second of an occasional series of posts called "The Big Boys," which will examine how the media... More
A kids’ magazine takes on obesity
A laurel to ChopChop
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 23, 2013 at 03:15 PM
Every now and then a throwback to the legacy media comes along and reminds us that not all of... More
The Big Boys: hospitals and their pricing muscles
Three newspaper investigations show that consolidation leads to higher costs for patients
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 21, 2013 at 06:50 AM
This is the first of an occasional series of posts called "The Big Boys," which will examine how the media... More
The Frank Luntz script for Congressional Republicans
A guide to phrases journos should look for (and scrutinize)
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 16, 2013 at 03:00 PM
In advance of a House Republican retreat this week, wordsmith Frank Luntz again offered his recipe for GOP political success,... More
Healthcare and the profit motive—do they work well together?
Eduardo Porter asks a big question in the Times
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 14, 2013 at 02:51 PM
It was refreshing to see Eduardo Porter, in his Economic Scene column last week in The New York Times, call... More
The realities of long-term care in America
A Laurel to PBS’s Need To Know
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 10, 2013 at 03:00 PM
Last week’s fiscal cliff deal hammered the last nail in the coffin of the CLASS Act, a part of... More
Medicare Uncovered: the pain from ‘skin in the game’
A report puts a hole in the plan to make people pay more
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 8, 2013 at 10:58 AM
This is the first of a series of occasional "Medicare Uncovered" posts that will look at how the media are... More
Are the fiscal fights a bore?
Not to those who dig
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 4, 2013 at 10:55 AM
One of the more telling stories to emerge during the holidays was Politico’s candid take on coverage of the fiscal... 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.
