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Another Take on NPR’s “Liberal Bias”

Its reporting on Social Security is anything but

By Trudy Lieberman   Mar 16, 2011 at 04:48 PM

It was easy to understand why a story yesterday on NPR’s All Things Considered appeared to favor the Republican position... More

Japan’s Quake and Political Fallout

Notes on nuclear renaissance

By Joel Meares   Mar 16, 2011 at 01:01 PM

The ongoing struggle to bring four reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station under control has understandably shaken the... More

O’Keefe Teaches Media A Lesson (Again)

Edited NPR video shows why we need to slow down

By Joel Meares   Mar 15, 2011 at 03:19 PM

How quickly things seem to fall apart when James O’Keefe is the person who put them together. O’Keefe’s incriminating ACORN... More

Disaster in Japan

And thoughts on its national health system

By Trudy Lieberman   Mar 15, 2011 at 02:56 PM

Images of the devastation in northeastern Japan reminded me of the time I rode the Shinkansen—the bullet train that raced... More

Political Aftershocks

Reactions to a disaster abroad, at home

By Joel Meares   Mar 15, 2011 at 11:56 AM

The news cycle being what it is, it’s not surprising that we’ve taken to navel-gazing just days after the Japanese... More

A Down Under View On Public Broadcasting

CJR talks NPR and more with Jonathan Holmes, host of Australian TV’s Media Watch

By Joel Meares   Mar 14, 2011 at 04:53 PM

Last week saw NPR CEO Vivian Schiller resign after the organization’s chief fundraiser was caught in a hidden-video sting... More

UPDATED: Beck’s Blaze Comes To NPR’s Defense (Sort Of)

By Joel Meares   Mar 11, 2011 at 05:15 PM

I spoke on a media roundtable today on a San Francisco public radio station about the NPR/Schiller(s) controversy. Before we... More

Relax! IRS Rules Are “Lax”

WaPo has good news for anonymous political donors

By Liz Cox Barrett   Mar 11, 2011 at 04:09 PM

Are you a 501(c)(4) group that spent millions of anonymous dollars on attack ads during the midterm elections (or, perhaps,... More

Keeping an Eye on Hospital Safety, Part II

A shout-out to the Columbia Tribune

By Trudy Lieberman   Mar 10, 2011 at 04:14 PM

Slowly the public is coming to realize that hospitals are not always safe places. When the Institute of Medicine published... More

Stingers From Our Past

James O’Keefe’s predecessors, their stings, and their ethics

By Joel Meares   Mar 10, 2011 at 02:33 PM

With James O’Keefe’s latest video sting taking two scalps at NPR this week, we thought it timely to revisit some... More

Remembering David Broder

1929-2011

By Thomas Edsall   Mar 10, 2011 at 11:53 AM

Four people were key to the rise of The Washington Post as the premier site for political journalism in the... More

NPR Flubs Response to Schiller Controversy

Another “scandal,” another rash reaction

By Joel Meares   Mar 9, 2011 at 05:48 PM

NPR CEO Vivian Schiller has resigned following the controversial release of a video showing an NPR fundraiser describing the Tea... More

New Scandal: Approach With Caution (UPDATED)

NPR, Schiller, O’Keefe, and the benefits of a breather

By Joel Meares   Mar 8, 2011 at 03:39 PM

NPR took another hit today with the release of a video from James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas showing NPR Foundation... More

Romney on the Stump

Health care’s not my baby, he says

By Trudy Lieberman   Mar 8, 2011 at 02:04 PM

Mitt Romney has come out swinging against the health care plan he helped create, tackling the issue head on during... More

The Doctors vs. the Lawyers

Whose side is the Times on?

By Trudy Lieberman   Mar 7, 2011 at 10:46 AM

The New York Times came forth last week with an intriguing political story—but a puzzling piece of journalism. The story... More