NYT Gives a (Very Reluctant) Kudos to Al Jazeera

By Ron Howell   Apr 13, 2012 at 08:42 AM

And the award for coverage of the Haitian cholera epidemic goes to . . . No, not The New York... More

WaPo’s New Opinion Tabs Miss the Mark

A flawed way to quantify ideological diversity

By Ben Adler   Mar 17, 2011 at 01:41 PM

The Washington Post, as part of its ongoing web redesign, unveiled an addition to its online opinions section on Monday.... More

A Beat Memo on Medicare

Is the Ryan plan really so novel?

By Trudy Lieberman   May 25, 2011 at 12:54 PM

Perhaps no other health issue is as important to so many Americans now and in the future as Medicare. In... More

A Glimpse into WaPo’s Editing Practices

By Joel Meares   Mar 15, 2011 at 11:39 AM

Gawker’s Hamilton Nolan reports that earlier today The Washington Post published a story online by The Courier-Journal’s Laura Ungar that... More

A Good Payroll Tax Piece from the Post

Finally, some balance from WaPo

By Trudy Lieberman   Jan 4, 2012 at 12:46 PM

At last The Washington Post, which shaped much of the media coverage of the defcit and entitlement discussion last year,... More

Bad Omens for Health Care

Mixed coverage of the latest premium hikes

By Trudy Lieberman   Oct 3, 2011 at 12:38 PM

The big news in health care last week was, of course, that average annual premiums for family coverage through employers... More

Covering the Cain Campaign

Herman Cain’s probably not a serious candidate. That doesn’t mean the press shouldn’t cover him.

By Greg Marx   May 31, 2011 at 04:08 PM

If you headed out early for the Memorial Day weekend, you probably missed an interesting bit of blogosphere back-and-forth about... More

Covering the Chained CPI

Let me count the ways it can be done

By Trudy Lieberman   Jul 26, 2011 at 02:42 PM

There are five ways to cover the Chained CPI, a proposed new method for determining the cost-of-living (COLA) adjustments that... 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

Health Care in the Real World

A lesson for the fuzzy-headed bureaucrats—and for the press

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 13, 2011 at 07:11 AM

Steve Luxenberg, an associate editor at The Washington Post, gives a different twist on covering high-deductible health plans, that new... More

Health Reform and the Supreme Court: Day Three

The press reads the tea leaves

By Trudy Lieberman   Mar 29, 2012 at 03:06 PM

As the Supreme Court ended oral arguments on the Affordable Care Act, addressing whether the law can stand alone without... More

How the Media Has Shaped the Social Security Debate

The press plays a dubious role

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 18, 2012 at 11:55 AM

Shortly after the 2010 midterm elections, Washington Post budget correspondent Lori Montgomery reported that, while a debate raged around... More

Loneliness at the Foreign ‘Bureau’

News organizations exaggerate the size of their overseas newsrooms

By Justin D. Martin   Apr 23, 2012 at 02:18 PM

The Washington Post has 16 foreign “bureaus,” and 12 of them consist of just a single reporter, according to the... More

Report Card on Social Security Trust Fund Coverage

An F for the headlines; a C- for the stories

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 27, 2012 at 02:17 PM

This week, Social Security trustees issued their annual report on the program’s financial health. The news was expected: Social Security... More

Would a Populist Washington Post Be Popular?

Ombudsman’s stirring plan relies on readers who may not be there.

By Greg Marx   Aug 9, 2011 at 01:39 PM

In his latest column, Washington Post ombudsman Patrick Pexton offers a paradigmatic version of the earnest media critic’s exhortation. Being... More