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NBC: Facts Check In, But They Don’t Check Out
By Zachary Roth Apr 7, 2004 at 12:59 PM
Yesterday, we gave a failing grade to NBC News' attempt to "fact check" political ads attacking President Bush. Last night,... More
Checking Out When It Comes to the Facts
By Zachary Roth Apr 6, 2004 at 01:14 PM
Last night, Campaign Desk was excited to see NBC announce a segment fact-checking the latest political ads. But the network's... More
Tax and Bend
By Zachary Roth Apr 5, 2004 at 04:11 PM
This piece by Pete Yost of the Associated Press must be music to President Bush's ears. After describing a speech... More
Anonymous Rears His Ugly Head
By Zachary Roth Apr 5, 2004 at 12:00 PM
In a Newsweek Web-exclusive column, Richard Wolffe attempts to make the case that John Kerry's campaign has reacted skillfully to... More
Rove Calls, CNN Salutes, We Grow Weary
By Zachary Roth Apr 2, 2004 at 04:36 PM
We really, truly, honestly, all kidding aside, did not declare this "Pound On CNN Week" here at Campaign Desk. But... More
Inside Baseball
By Zachary Roth Apr 1, 2004 at 03:15 PM
Who'da thunk it? Campaign Desk tips its hat to a story from the sports section. The piece, by Jon Sawyer... More
CNN Cracks Down - on CNN
By Zachary Roth Mar 31, 2004 at 11:10 AM
There was one bright spot to come out of the recent Karen Ryan video news release tumult. A week ago,... More
Missing the Forest for the Trees
By Zachary Roth Mar 29, 2004 at 04:30 PM
Gladdening the hearts of Democrats everywhere, the Associated Press reported today that John Kerry and Ralph Nader will meet next... More
Where They Stand
By Zachary Roth Mar 28, 2004 at 03:32 PM
By Zachary Roth By this stage in the campaign, we know that President Bush views Sen. Kerry as a "flip-flopper",... More
CNN: Spinning PR Into News
By Zachary Roth Mar 22, 2004 at 11:13 AM
By Zachary Roth Last week, as everyone knows by now, The New York Times reported that numerous local television stations... More
Raising McCain
By Zachary Roth Mar 19, 2004 at 11:00 AM
Ryan Lizza, writing on his New Republic blog, highlights comments made yesterday by Sen. John McCain, which, as Lizza puts... More
Karen Ryan: “I Feel Like Political Roadkill”
By Zachary Roth Mar 18, 2004 at 04:54 PM
There's been a little confusion lately in both journalism and politics over the burning question: Who the hell IS Karen... More
Time to Check your “Checks and Balances”
By Zachary Roth Mar 18, 2004 at 12:28 PM
This whole video-press-release-disguised-as news-clip issue isn't going away. As we noted yesterday, a number of small-market local stations have been... More
Ad Nauseam
By Zachary Roth Mar 18, 2004 at 11:31 AM
Andrew Sullivan thinks MoveOn's new ad attacking Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is "not entirely fair, since "Rumsfeld never said that... More
Troops, Lies and Videotape
By Zachary Roth Mar 17, 2004 at 11:11 AM
Tim Graham, writing on National Review's The Corner, criticizes John Harris of the Washington Post for this line in his... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
The New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
Jay Carney press briefing blues
“Reporters are increasingly skeptical about Carney’s demeanor and the veracity of some answers”
Jaron Lanier wants to build a new middle class on micropayments
A future where writers can gain wealth through a “freelance economy”
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.
