Starting Thoughts
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September 1, 2010 05:16 PM
Opening Shot
An introduction to our annual books issue
"The president didn’t send me over here to seek a graceful exit.” So said General David Petraeus in one of many interviews during a press blitz as the summer of 2010 moved toward fall. He was just weeks into running a war that is nearly nine years old, trying to make the case that the pieces necessary for success...
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January 14, 2010 04:23 PM
Administration says Open Gov Directive on track
With about a week to go before their first deadline, the Obama administration is saying that the Open Government Directive, the keystone effort to increase online access to government data, is on schedule.
In a public webcast on Thursday morning, Aneesh Chopra, the administration’s chief technology officer, said that officials were meeting weekly to keep progress on track....
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April 10, 2009 11:45 AM
No Fear Factor
Bill O'Reilly's intimidation tactics won't scare me away from blogging
Last month, I had one of the most chilling experiences of my career as a reporter-blogger. I had planned on taking a day off from writing on ThinkProgress.org and going on a short vacation to a small town in Virginia. Instead, I ended up being followed from my apartment and ambushed by O’Reilly Factor producer Jesse Watters and his cameraman....
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February 10, 2009 03:09 PM
Open the Floodgates
And let the audience in
From the newsroom at CBS, where I have spent the majority of my days since I took a desk assistant job here in November, I have an abundance of time to think about why I find the job so mind-numbing. Surrounded by the metal devices that take in and transmit satellite data, I gaze longingly at the leftmost in a...
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January 14, 2009 02:18 PM
Once Burned, But Not Shy
For this young journalist, the search for justice is here to stay. The rest is just details.
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell will be named Sen. Barack Obama’s vice presidential running mate, a high-ranking source in the administration told the Patriot-News.
That was my lede after being tricked into believing Rendell was Obama's No. 2 man by a famed newsroom of top-flight state government correspondents in the Harrisburg state capital.
This isn't the story of the Pennsylvania governor...
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Desks
The Audit Business
- The private-equity problem with Romney and GS Technologies Loading up a company with debt to ensure Bain’s own profits
- Sorkin’s Glass-Steagall straw man Of course its repeal contributed, directly and indirectly, to the financial crisis
The Observatory Science
- Evolved for exhibitionism? Wired column makes weak claims about human behavior, psychology
- Reparative journalism Reporter sinks a controversial paper on “ex-gay” therapy
Campaign Desk Politics & Policy
- Herald’s Caputo dives deep on diverging polls Do other news organizations undermine their credibility when they don’t do the same?
- Many stations don’t factcheck super PAC ads: survey Conference highlights difference in attitudes between industry, watchdog groups
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- David Simon, creator of The Wire and Treme, on the Times-Picayune cuts
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- Broadcasters sue to keep political ad buy data offline
- The Pulitzer Prize luncheon, storified
- A game of telephone fools the Times
