Behind the News

What Bradley told Adrian

Glenn Greenwald avoids the cut of Occam’s razor

By Clint Hendler   Jul 15, 2011 at 10:30 AM

On Wednesday Wired released an almost completely unredacted version of the May 2010 chat transcripts between Adrian Lamo and Bradley... More

Israel’s Chilling New Law

The U.S. should stand for free speech no matter who’s violating it

By Erika Fry   Jul 15, 2011 at 09:47 AM

“We could get in trouble for this,” begins a July 13 editorial titled “We Can’t Say This” from from The... More

George W. and the Texas Press

Is the honeymoon over?

By Justin Peters   Jul 12, 2011 at 11:50 AM

George W. Bush says he doesn't read newspapers. He does, however, apparently read Texas Monthly magazine. In fact, the president... More

Introducing the Grantland Corrections Desk

Deadspin picks up Bill Simmons’s slack

By Craig Silverman   Jul 8, 2011 at 12:45 PM

“Without looking it up, I can tell you the night the Toronto Blue Jays won their first World Series —... More

This Is How the World ends…

A cynical and fitting sacrifice for the News of The World

By Archie Bland   Jul 7, 2011 at 08:45 PM

Finally it died as it has lived: in an explosion of moral piety designed to disguise actions that, in truth,... More

And on the Fender Bass, President Abraham Lincoln!

A humorous correction earns AAA World some praise

By Craig Silverman   Jul 1, 2011 at 01:19 PM

It wasn’t too long after the July/August issue of the mid-Atlantic edition of AAA World magazine reached subscribers that Mike... More

Kling’s Warning

Q&A with outgoing Minnesota Public Radio CEO Bill Kling

By Joel Meares   Jun 30, 2011 at 10:06 AM

In 1967, in exchange for free grad-school tuition, Bill Kling agreed to help Minnesota’s St. John’s University start a radio... More

Confidence In TV News and Newspapers (Slightly) Up

What’s Weiner got to do with it?

By Joel Meares   Jun 28, 2011 at 01:11 PM

Some heartening news for those in the newspaper and TV News industries. Gallup’s annual poll of the public’s confidence... More

Misquotes That Refuse to Die

Things that David Plouffe, Captain Kirk, and others didn’t say

By Craig Silverman   Jun 24, 2011 at 11:47 AM

Back in 2009, Barack Obama’s presidential campaign manager, David Plouffe, said some rather kind words about Utah governor Jon Huntsman,... More

Q&A with FCC Report Head Writer Steve Waldman, Part Two

“Rather than doing it ‘once more with feeling,’ let’s try something new.”

By Joel Meares   Jun 21, 2011 at 09:45 AM

Two weeks ago, the FCC released its long-awaited, 365-page report, “The Information Needs of Communities.” The report’s chief writer, Steve... More

Q&A with FCC Report Head Writer Steve Waldman, Part One

“We actually have to pay attention to this and if we don’t, there are going to be severe consequences.”

By Joel Meares   Jun 20, 2011 at 05:43 PM

Two weeks ago, the FCC released its long-awaited, 365-page report, “The Information Needs of Communities.” The report’s chief writer,... More

The Backfire Effect

More on the press’s inability to debunk bad information

By Craig Silverman   Jun 17, 2011 at 11:44 AM

Which of these headlines strikes you as the most persuasive: “I am not a Muslim, Obama says.” “I am a... More

Gawker’s Rebound

By Felix Salmon   Jun 14, 2011 at 04:25 PM

It's been more than six months since sales chief Chris Batty left Gawker Media as Nick Denton decided he was... More

More Reactions to FCC Report

Critics split on whether government should do more or less

By Joel Meares   Jun 13, 2011 at 02:43 PM

The FCC released its staff report, “Information Needs of Communities,” last Thursday and industry and advocacy groups were quick to... More

Writing The War On Drugs

Why do so few American papers report on the trade in their backyard?

By Javier Garza Ramos   Jun 10, 2011 at 11:41 AM

What if American law enforcement agents arrested more than six hundred drug dealing suspects in more than twenty cities across... More