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The Blade’s Last Cut
By Clint Hendler Nov 17, 2009 at 12:18 PM
Via @jackshafer, I came across this moving, photo-heavy blog post from the Washington City Paper recording the sudden and unexpected... More
Criticism of Gladwell Reaches Tipping Point
By Terry McDermott Nov 17, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Criticism of Malcolm Gladwell, the bestselling New Yorker writer, seems to be reaching – yes! – a tipping point. The... More
Maverick Rogue Fence Building Oil Drillers for 2012!
By Alexandra Fenwick Nov 17, 2009 at 10:56 AM
With Lou Dobbs and Sarah Palin both making the rounds in a post-take-this-job-and-shove-it media blitz (Dobbs left his gig as... More
Future of News Summit
By Megan Garber Nov 16, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Another day, another future-of-news conference. Today's is sponsored by Minnesota Public Radio, and is taking place now. Right now. Learn... More
Journalism’s Valhalla?
By Clint Hendler Nov 16, 2009 at 11:33 AM
The Chronicle of Higher Education has invited Michael Schudson and Leonard Downie to follow-up on one of the recommendations their... More
New Palin Polling Data from the Post
By Greg Marx Nov 16, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Apropos of my Friday piece on Sarah Palin, a new Washington Post poll finds her drawing somewhat stronger support among... More
Meacham’s Minds
By Clint Hendler Nov 16, 2009 at 09:50 AM
Today's otherwise wholly unremarkable New York Times write-up on Newsweek's editorial and financial health does contain the seeds of an... More
Eco Chamber
By Megan Garber Nov 16, 2009 at 08:55 AM
Der Spiegel has conducted an interview with Umberto Eco, the novelist, critic, semiotician, philosopher, and all-around Thinker of Things. They... More
Fact-checking Bra-Burning, and Related Thoughts
By Greg Marx Nov 15, 2009 at 11:53 AM
Kudos to Jessica Valenti for setting interviewer Deborah Solomon straight on a point of fact in a Q&A in this... More
Plimer, “Balance as Bias” Back in Climate Coverage
By Curtis Brainard Nov 13, 2009 at 04:49 PM
That old nuisance, “balance as bias,” cropped up in the press again on Thursday in an article in the Telegraph... More
Another Deficit
By Clint Hendler Nov 13, 2009 at 02:52 PM
A short note, coming off of Greg’s earlier post on some federal deficit confusion over at Politico. To summarize, the... More
It’s all about perspective…
By Clint Hendler Nov 13, 2009 at 12:02 PM
...and Sarah Palin has, inevitably, a unique take on her impossible-to-overhype-the-importance-of campaign interview with CBS's Katie Couric, as summarized by... More
Yale Conference: “Journalism & the New Media Ecology”
By Megan Garber Nov 13, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Taking place at Yale today and tomorrow is a conference: "Journalism & the New Media Ecology: Who Will Pay the... More
Government Programs Don’t Always Increase the Deficit
By Greg Marx Nov 13, 2009 at 11:50 AM
The federal budget deficit, it seems, is back on the White House’s agenda. David Brooks, in his column today, asserted... More
The Office vs. The Paywall
By Alexandra Fenwick Nov 13, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Last night on The Office, the gang heard a rumor that Dunder Mifflin was going bankrupt and upon investigation, came... 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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