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How to Dodge Debate Dodges
CNN debate demanded one simple phrase
By Clint Hendler Jun 14, 2011 at 12:42 AM
Last night’s CNN debate drew the respect and attention that the first debate, hosted in early May by Fox News,... More
“What To Watch For” at GOP Prez Debate
Questions, moderator “matter,” WaPo (alone?) notes
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 13, 2011 at 04:47 PM
Folks who wish to be told “what to look for” during tonight’s Republican presidential debate are in luck: pretty much... More
A Broken Lede
The government isn’t “broke.” Reporters should stop saying it is.
By Greg Marx Jun 13, 2011 at 03:46 PM
The Associated Press has an important story today about the fairly horrifying condition of many state budgets. On its site,... More
Hawkery—and Hackery—from Hiatt
Post column misleads on health care reform
By Greg Marx Jun 13, 2011 at 02:17 PM
In his latest column, which chides President Obama for choosing “easier politics over harder truths” when dealing with America’s fiscal... More
On the Health Policy Beat
With the Boston Globe’s Kay Lazar
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 13, 2011 at 12:12 PM
As we head into a new presidential campaign with health care likely to be one of the defining issues, Campaign... More
Pawlenty’s Economic Fantasy
A mixed showing from the press as the GOP contender sets out his plan
By Greg Marx Jun 9, 2011 at 02:24 PM
In his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty has tried to cast himself as a... More
Jon Huntsman’s Vision for the Future of Medicare
Whose moral obligation is it?
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 9, 2011 at 12:49 PM
Potential presidential candidate Jon Huntsman’s recent Wall Street Journal op-ed was thoroughly predictable, containing lots of the acceptable phrases for... More
“Cad.” “Creep.” Campaign Finance Lawbreaker?
A roundup of coverage of John Edwards’s indictment
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 8, 2011 at 03:21 PM
On Friday, former presidential contender John Edwards was indicted on six felony charges, including the charge that he solicited and... More
The Man Who Cried Scandal
Weinergate and thoughts from Breitbart on the media
By Joel Meares Jun 7, 2011 at 10:34 AM
It was the pre-game show to one of the most excruciating political confession-apologies in recent memory. Andrew Breitbart, attending... More
Nobody Loves Rick
Skeptical coverage for Santorum’s entry to the presidential race
By Greg Marx Jun 6, 2011 at 02:01 PM
Say this much for Rick Santorum: As a former senator who’s been hard at work cultivating support in the early... More
Memo to Joe Nocera
Getting the facts right on Medicare
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 6, 2011 at 12:11 PM
Dear Joe: It was good to see your column on Medicare in The New York Times the other day. I... More
Cause For Pause on Weinergate (UPDATED)
Jack Shafer on the sensational congressman
By Joel Meares Jun 6, 2011 at 11:56 AM
Slate’s Jack Shafer had a thoughtful column up on Friday regarding last week’s Weinergate shenanigans. In it, Shafer makes a... More
The Intense Health Reform Drama in the Maine Legislature
What are its implications for the rest of the nation?
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 3, 2011 at 10:43 AM
If the old political adage “as goes Maine, so goes the nation” has any currency these days, health insurers may... More
Bachmann and Pawlenty: Where’s the Policy in this Grudge Match?
Politico misses an opportunity
By Joel Meares Jun 3, 2011 at 08:56 AM
My colleague Greg Marx on Thursday gave something of a laurel to the Wall Street Journal’s Jonathan Weisman for a... More
On Monetary Policy and Presidential Politics
The next election may depend on the economy. So where are the efforts to fix it?
By Greg Marx Jun 2, 2011 at 04:04 PM
In today’s New York Times, Binyamin Appelbaum notes what is thus far one of the most salient facts of the... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
Things have always been getting worse
Yes, women’s magazines can do serious journalism
In fact, we’ve been doing it for a while
The people who run the American security apparatus are in the overwhelming majority diligent people with a deep concern for civil liberties. But their job is to find creative ways to collect information. And they work within an institution that, because of its secrecy, is fundamentally inimical to democracy and to a free society
Fast Company is hacking the newsroom
Here’s why
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
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.
