Tags
-
May 24, 2011 12:17 PM
Times’s Bruni Becomes Paper’s First Openly Gay Columnist
In March we asked our readers whom they thought The New York Times should hire to replace op-ed writers Bob Herbert and Frank Rich. Names that came up included Salon’s Glenn Greenwald and outgoing NPR ombudswoman Alicia Shepard; there were also several noms for the “PunditMom.” It turns out Times opinion page editor Andrew Rosenthal wasn’t reading cjr.org that day....
Continue reading -
November 16, 2012 06:50 AM
The media’s woman blaming
Most coverage wrongly blames Paula Broadwell for leading Gen. David Petraeus astray
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. Frank Bruni gets it. The New York Times columnist wrote a smart, sensitive piece this week about the Petraeus mess, calling out all those in media who heaped more blame on Paula Broadwell for the affair than they did on Gen. David Petraeus. What...
Continue reading
—advertisement—
Desks
The Audit Business
- Audit Notes: pyramid people, Disney and ABC, no USA Today paywall Roddy Boyd digs into a diet-shake pyramid scheme
- Hot air Rises Above on CNBC An anchor pins a minor dip in stocks on the TV appearance of a minor politician
The Observatory Science
- Dull news from Doha UN climate summit a ho-hum affair for the press
- Highway to the danger zone Following Sandy, HuffPo and NYT dig into the folly of coastal development
Campaign Desk Politics & Policy
- NBC News sets good example for Medicare reporting People perspective leads to clear explanation of impact of proposed changes
- In Pennsylvania, a niche site with wide reach PoliticsPA drives political conversation in Keystone State
Behind the News The Media
Blog
The Kicker last updated: Fri 3:00 PM
- Must-reads of the week
- The media news cycle is bananas
- Pass the #popcorn
- Must-reads of the week
- Tom Rosenstiel leaving Pew
The Future of Media
News Startups Guide last updated: Thu 10:24 AM
- TRVL A free iPad travel magazine
- TheDigitel A small chain of local news sites/ aggregators in South Carolina