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Still More on Sotomayor
By Greg Marx Jul 17, 2009 at 04:37 PM
I know from anecdotal experience that my views about the value of the Senate hearings on Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court... More
Cost Control, Back in the News
By Greg Marx Jul 17, 2009 at 02:59 PM
In the wake of Atul Gawande’s much-discussed article in the June 1 New Yorker—in which he argued that a key... More
Buggin’ Out in Baltimore
By Justin Peters Jul 17, 2009 at 12:46 PM
I have a longstanding fascination with mattresses, bedbugs, night terrors, and other such factors that can confer or deny a... More
The Huffington Post as Moral Compass?
By Diana Dellamere Jul 17, 2009 at 12:17 PM
The Huffington Post is-thus far-a success story for the hybrid news model of voluntary contribution mixed with professional journalism. Well,... More
Lobbyists Slimy; No One Too Surprised
By Greg Marx Jul 17, 2009 at 12:11 PM
Two weeks after Mike Allen broke the story of The Washington Post’s planned “salons,” he’s back today with another tale... More
Obama, Hard Truths, and the Media
By Greg Marx Jul 17, 2009 at 11:12 AM
There’s an interesting contrast in coverage of President Barack Obama’s address to the NAACP in The New York Times and... More
Do Reader Comments on Web Articles “Devalue” Journalism?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 16, 2009 at 07:15 AM
Douglas Bailey, president and founder of DBMediaStrategies Inc., thinks so. (What is DBMedia Strategies? The company's web site says that... More
Q: Since 2001, how many media leak investigations have the FBI conducted?
By Clint Hendler Jul 15, 2009 at 04:33 PM
A: Over 100. That's according to an exchange flagged by Steven Aftergood, the invaluable government secrecy maven, in written responses... More
GlobalPost Reporter On His Weeks in Iran’s Evin Prison
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 15, 2009 at 03:10 PM
GlobalPost correspondent Iason Athanasiadis, while reporting on the demonstrations in Tehran, was arrested and held in Evin jail for three... More
CNN’s Rick Sanchez “Take[s] the Conversation Outside the Beltway…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 15, 2009 at 03:04 PM
... to the South Florida kitchen of his mom's house to, "with some trepidation," ask his mom, Adela Fernanndez, "the... More
Washington’s Newest “Escort Service”
By Clint Hendler Jul 15, 2009 at 01:40 PM
Add another page to the saga of the salons. Ken Silverstein has a post pointing out two events Politico has... More
“For She’s a Jolly Good Journalist”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 15, 2009 at 11:57 AM
The Washington Post's Jacqueline L. Salmon today profiles Randall Terry, onetime head of Operation Rescue, who "is trying to build... More
Disagreement on Palin’s piece
By Greg Marx Jul 15, 2009 at 11:04 AM
The liberal blogosphere was pretty much unanimous in its derision for Sarah Palin’s op-ed on cap-and-trade in yesterday’s edition of... More
Obama to Costas: “Is This Hannity?”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 15, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Before President Obama threw out the first pitch at the MLB All-Star Game last night, MLB Network's Bob Costas got... More
More From The State: Tapper, Jenkins Woo Sanford
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 15, 2009 at 09:46 AM
How's the sausage made? More details today from The State: "Media jostled for access to Sanford:" The media e-mails also... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
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