The Kicker
Counting on a World Cup Memory Hole
By Clint Hendler Jul 12, 2010 at 02:14 PM
I’ve been enjoying the call-it-like-he-sees-it World Cup commentary of Ken Silverstein, Harper’s Washington editor. Silverstein, who once worked as a... More
“Driv[ing] Toward the News of the Day”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 12, 2010 at 09:47 AM
The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz again profiles the man half of a man-woman morning news duo --"unfailingly polite" Bill Hemmer,... More
E-readers: Quick with Apps, Slow for Brains
By Lauren Kirchner Jul 9, 2010 at 05:15 PM
A new study by Web usability researcher Jakob Nielsen, meant to compare reading comprehension across various media has found that... More
A New Direction for Patch?
By Lauren Kirchner Jul 9, 2010 at 10:55 AM
Patch.com, AOL’s golden child, is still expanding quickly, working hard to spend its parent company’s 50 million investment this year.... More
Picturing Kagan’s Future
By Joel Meares Jul 8, 2010 at 04:57 PM
We lamented the glut of coverage of the Kagan hearings in an earlier posting, so it may seem a tad... More
CNN’s Gutless Firing
By Clint Hendler Jul 8, 2010 at 12:46 PM
I’m really disturbed by CNN’s decision to fire Octavia Nasr, a senior editor for Middle East affairs at the network,... More
Lohan Sentenced To… OMG, Her Fingernail!?!
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 7, 2010 at 11:41 AM
Yesterday, the actress Lindsay Lohan was sentenced to 90 days in jail for probation violations (from a DUI conviction). Over... More
“Being Media Savvy Requires More Than Just Attention-Grabbing”?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 7, 2010 at 10:37 AM
Does it? From Mark Leibovich's profile of Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), "Darrell Issa Emerges as Obama's Annoyer-in-Chief" in today's New... More
Oil Spill Touches Texas (“What’s Going Where?”)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 6, 2010 at 11:59 AM
A milestone of sorts in the BP oil spill story, as reported by the AP: More than two months after... More
One of these things is not like the others
By Clint Hendler Jul 2, 2010 at 10:51 AM
This Morning’s Politico Playbook carries some interesting details about suitors for Newsweek. Worth a look, if that’s your bag. But... More
Dr. Parker: Obama Suffers From RTDD
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 30, 2010 at 01:46 PM
Kathleen Parker, Eliot Spitzer's co-host for CNN's much-anticipated Not Crossfire show, has a Washington Post column out today with the... More
Twitter + Diplomacy = Danger: Stray Voltage!
By Alexandra Fenwick Jun 30, 2010 at 11:30 AM
Two State Department staff members leading a delegation of Silicon Valley executives to Syria have learned that social media and... More
The Rap On From Kagan
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 29, 2010 at 05:06 PM
The Washington Post, having already brought us the definitive rap on Elena Kagan, today brings us a rap by Elena... More
Ineligible to work at the Washington Post?
By Clint Hendler Jun 29, 2010 at 12:04 PM
Oh no! Politico reports that a California television station recorded audio of reporters snarkily dissecting Sarah Palin's recent speech at... More
Right To Know in India
By Clint Hendler Jun 29, 2010 at 10:28 AM
The New York Times has an interesting summary today of the way that India's groundbreaking Right to Information law has... 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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