Behind the News

Pinning Down the “Jackass” Tale

A tweeted slip reveals a complicated arrangement

By Clint Hendler   Sep 18, 2009 at 04:20 PM

To be sure, the quote at hand does not address the world’s most pressing issue. But earlier this week, when... More

Seeds of Discontent

What does the ACORN story mean for the mainstream media?

By Greg Marx   Sep 18, 2009 at 03:31 PM

James O’Keefe, the pimp-playing provocateur who set out to target ACORN with a video camera, a cheesy costume, and a... More

“A Big Chance to Win Back the Public’s Faith”

MediaBugs’s Scott Rosenberg on error-correction in the digital age

By Craig Silverman   Sep 18, 2009 at 11:37 AM

Earlier this summer, Scott Rosenberg, co-founder of Salon.com and author of the new book Say Everything, received word that he... More

Rock Bottom

Get stoked: the MSM are acting less childish about pot

By David Downs   Sep 15, 2009 at 09:00 AM

The strain of “reefer madness” that's been infecting American newsrooms since at least 1911 appears to be abating amid some... More

Tea for Two…Million?

FreedomWorks, Twitter, and the evolution of an error

By Megan Garber   Sep 14, 2009 at 10:55 AM

On Saturday, a collection of citizens of the Republic, armed with handmade signs, Gadsden flags, and pent-up frustration, descended on... More

Q & A: Financial Times CEO John Ridding

How the Financial Times not only kept its readers, but even got them to pay

By Diana Dellamere   Sep 11, 2009 at 12:40 PM

While newspapers fight to stay afloat, the Financial Times is doing just fine. In fact, the paper has almost doubled... More

Michael Kinsley, Correctionaholic

Don’t believe a word of Kinsley’s recent WaPo column

By Craig Silverman   Sep 11, 2009 at 11:13 AM

Don’t believe a word of Michael Kinsley’s recent column for the Washington Post. The man would have you assume that... More

Barack Obama, Media Critic

On Obama’s remarks at the Cronkite memorial service

By Greg Marx   Sep 10, 2009 at 10:33 AM

Maybe, if this whole presidency thing doesn’t work out, Barack Obama can land a Nieman fellowship. As you’ve probably heard,... More

Mr. Wilson Goes to Washington

Dear news networks: ignore Joe Wilson. Please.

By Megan Garber   Sep 9, 2009 at 11:03 PM

The most memorable aspect of President Obama's health care address to Congress tonight was not its rhetoric, or its resonance,... More

Press Forward: Dialogues on the Future of News

A new series from CJR

By The Editors   Sep 8, 2009 at 10:40 AM

Somewhere along the way, we began talking about the future of news in terms of salvation. What will save us?... More

Common Knowledge

Communal news in a fragmented world

By Megan Garber   Sep 8, 2009 at 10:32 AM

The supermarket shelves have been rearranged. It happened one day without warning. There is agitation and panic in the aisles,... More

Something to Talk About

The Internet as a communications tool

By Justin Peters   Sep 8, 2009 at 10:31 AM

“The irony is that in all its various guises—commerce, research, and surfing—the Web is already so much a part of... More

Michael Kinsley vs. Factual Accuracy

WaPo columnist slams the Times’s “schoolmarmish” corrections column

By Lester Feder   Sep 4, 2009 at 02:14 PM

In an op-ed published in today's Washington Post criticizing The New York Times's published corrections, columnist Michael Kinsley officially went... More

Spoiling the Broth

When recipes get it wrong

By Craig Silverman   Sep 4, 2009 at 10:35 AM

Around this time last year, celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson was tucking into a big piece of humble pie. Worrall... More

Throwing Spitz Balls at The Post

By Alexandra Fenwick   Sep 3, 2009 at 07:03 PM

Congratulations to the New York Post. They’ve managed to pull three four days worth of cover stories out of a... More