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entitlement reform
EXTRA Unpacks the Media’s Medicare Coverage
Are journalists writing for doctors or for patients?
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 17, 2012 at 04:09 PM
I don’t know Amy Poe, a writer and Medicare consumer based in Little Rock, Arkansas. But I like a piece... 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
A Laurel to the AP
For its eye-opening story on Social Security
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 11, 2011 at 12:18 PM
The AP’s recent story on proposed changes in the derivation of Social Security’s cost of living (COLA) formula is the... 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
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
Santorum Goes After Social Security
The AP covers Rick’s empty rhetoric
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 9, 2012 at 12:29 PM
Noting the media’s trivial pursuit of rising star Rick Santorum, my colleague Erika Fry has called for more substantive reporting... More
Some Mistakes at MoneyWatch
A little more homework needed on Social Security, please
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 8, 2012 at 02:37 PM
A recent CBS MoneyWatch piece titled “Social Insecurity” was one of those breezy, glib stories that seemed to telegraph important... More
Switching Sides on Social Security
Look who’s getting rid of the payroll tax
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 29, 2011 at 11:55 AM
What to do about those FICA contributions, aka payroll taxes, now that the supercommittee has blown up? Last Christmas the... More
The Case of the Disappearing Benefits Statements
A good piece from the Los Angeles Times
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 2, 2012 at 11:46 AM
Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik deserves a shout-out for his strong piece on how the government is keeping Americans... More
The Human Faces behind the Social Security Rhetoric
Good work from CBS News
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 21, 2011 at 01:50 PM
Finally, a mainstream media outlet has broken through the dominant narrative about Social Security and showed what the program means... More
The Kind of Medicare Story We’d Rather Not See
SmartMoney runs a lackluster listicle
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 23, 2011 at 01:44 PM
Anyone reading SmartMoney’s take on Medicare would want to get granny off the program in New York minute. It was... More
The Murky Politics of the Payroll Tax
The media begin to step in the muck
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 6, 2011 at 04:21 PM
Each day the payroll tax saga gets more complicated, and the public no doubt gets more confused. Bloomberg reporter Brian... More
Words of Warning on the Payroll Tax
The media ponders the wisdom behind the tax holiday’s extension
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 20, 2012 at 01:41 PM
Last week, Congress voted to extend the payroll tax holiday through the end of 2012. Social Security supporters have argued... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
Stop with the Jew-ranking already!
“There are some lists that have helped Jews in the past, including, most notably, Schindler’s, but…”
Please continue pronouncing ‘gif’ any way you please
We are all correct
The New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
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.
