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“I Use It as Makeshift Kitty Litter!”
By Megan Garber Feb 6, 2009 at 03:31 PM
For those of you who, like us, firmly believe that the term "Weekender" is a). incredibly annoying, b). appropriate as... More
Newsweek’s “The District”—Like, That’s Hot.
By Sara Germano Feb 6, 2009 at 03:12 PM
It’s not easy to satirize President Obama. Without any significant blemishes on his young political career, nor even any distinctive... More
“We’ve been living like outrageous pigs in this country for a long time”
By Megan Garber Feb 6, 2009 at 11:54 AM
The New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert spoke at Yale on Wednesday--discussing issues of climate change and of our porcine lifestyles...but also... More
Anchors Away
By Megan Garber Feb 6, 2009 at 07:11 AM
Happy Friday, everyone. Below, The Daily Show on President Obam-ea Culpa's most recent media tour (worth watching all the way... More
Tweets of the Rich(ish) and Famous(like)
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 5, 2009 at 02:06 PM
I guess A-List Hollywood has not yet caught the Twitter bug. How else to explain the appearance of CNN's Rick... More
Late Filing
By Clint Hendler Feb 5, 2009 at 11:02 AM
There's something missing from the top of this New York Times story on how "competing ambitions" for "Washington's financial rewards"... More
Have Reporters Gone “Pong Slayer” On The Stimulus Bill?
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 5, 2009 at 10:56 AM
Whose In Defense of The Stimulus Bill, Which Republicans Have Given A Bad Name-themed op-ed today do you prefer: E.J.... More
Even Walter Isaacson…
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 5, 2009 at 10:10 AM
"...has quit subscribing to the New York Times, because if it doesn't see fit to charge for its content, I'd... More
President, “Spotlight Hog?”
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 4, 2009 at 01:40 PM
This morning, MSNBC asked (via chyron), whether President Obama is "Losing His Luster?" And if so, CNN -- via its... More
Presidential Interview “Lightening Rounds”
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 4, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Of the five TV interviews President Obama sat for yesterday, two involved, toward the end, what the anchors described as... More
AP: “The Audacity of Acknowledging Poor Judgment”
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 4, 2009 at 09:37 AM
The AP finds a similar refrain throughout President Obama's five TV interviews yesterday. Regarding his handling of the Daschle nomination:... More
Its, The Economy Stoopid
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 3, 2009 at 04:32 PM
Reports MSNBC: [W]hile blunders and bloopers have ever exasperated the spelling snobs and grammar grunions of the world, our recent... More
Daschle “Read NYT,” “Called The President”
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 3, 2009 at 11:30 AM
On MSNBC earlier this afternoon, Andrea Mitchell described her phone call with Tom Daschle today and how he came to... More
Iraqi Newspapers: Elections (And Egyptian Actresses)
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 3, 2009 at 10:38 AM
The New York Times's Baghdad Blog surveys Iraqi newspaper coverage of the provincial elections. While official election results are not... More
Career Change?
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 3, 2009 at 09:36 AM
From today's New York Times: An unusual number of journalists from prominent, mainstream organizations started new government jobs in January,... 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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Questions and exercises for journalism students.
