The Kicker
Unproductive Outrage
By Clint Hendler May 4, 2010 at 10:15 AM
This morning's Politico Playbook has some advance excerpts from Jonathan Alter's The Promise, our next big Obamabook. Here's one: When... More
“A Slow Moving Car Wreck of a Story…”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 4, 2010 at 09:49 AM
... is how NBC Nightly News's Brian Williams describes the oil spill off the coast of Louisiana, writes the AP's... More
A WHCD Explainer: Couric’s Twitpics
By Liz Cox Barrett May 3, 2010 at 02:18 PM
Wondering what this White House Correspondents' Dinner thing is all about? Don't have time to track down hard-to-come-by descriptions and... More
NYT Finds Your “Moment[s] in Time” Dull, Domestic
By Liz Cox Barrett May 3, 2010 at 09:51 AM
On Friday, the New York Times's photojournalism blog, Lens, announced an ambitious-sounding project called "Moment in Time," described as follows:... More
Oh goody, it’s Time for a list!
By Kathy Gilsinan Apr 29, 2010 at 01:27 PM
The TIME 100 is the magazine’s yearly compilation of the “people who most affect our world,” as determined by people... More
Crist “Confidantes,” “Associates,” “Backers”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 29, 2010 at 12:13 PM
As Clint noted, the political world awaits Florida Governor Charlie Crist's press conference later today in St. Petersburg -- or,... More
Three way
By Clint Hendler Apr 29, 2010 at 10:49 AM
The political world is awaiting Florida Governor Charlie Crist's press conference, slated for 5:30 today. (Why then? I'd guess to... More
Which One of These is Not Like the Others?
By Greg Marx Apr 28, 2010 at 02:58 PM
When, in the wake of John Paul Stevens’s announced retirement from the Supreme Court, press attention started to focus on... More
Hey, Jake Tapper: Read This!
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 28, 2010 at 11:24 AM
Some folks at ABC News might want to read (and even add to) this piece we ran last week by... More
Obama Press Office? Johnston Saw Trouble in ‘09
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 28, 2010 at 09:27 AM
Today, Politico has a long, much-Twittered-about piece detailing "why reporters are down on Obama," (for starters, named and unnamed reporters... More
What’s the Deal?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 27, 2010 at 01:47 PM
Naughty word in the news today. Reports cbsnews.com: Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) channeled his frustrations with Goldman Sachs witnesses at... More
The Law of Conservation of Mavericks
By Greg Marx Apr 27, 2010 at 01:19 PM
John McCain’s recent disavowal of the “maverick” brand has been a little embarrassing for the Arizona senator, because—well, because he’s... More
MSNBC: “Not The President…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 27, 2010 at 12:24 PM
Narrating a cable news live shot waiting for something to happen -- any minute now!-- isn't easy. One must remain... More
Unremarked
By Clint Hendler Apr 26, 2010 at 03:26 PM
Last Wednesday, General Jim Jones spoke before the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Just after thanking his hosts for... More
LAT’s Dwyre: “A Housewife Got The Real [Pat Tillman] Story”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 26, 2010 at 09:31 AM
After watching the soon-to-be-released documentary, The [Pat] Tillman Story, LA Times sports columnist Bill Dwyre felt "mortified" and "ashamed" of... 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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