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Headline of the Day
By Megan Garber Oct 9, 2009 at 10:54 AM
This one comes courtesy of the good folks at Fark, who repurposed a just-the-facts-ma'am CNN headline announcing President Obama's Nobel... More
A Nation Turns Its Eyes to… Sarah Palin’s Facebook Page
By Greg Marx Oct 9, 2009 at 10:44 AM
It seemed peculiar the other day when Politico’s Ben Smith devoted a post on his widely-read blog to Sarah Palin’s... More
Celebrating the Paper Boy and By Extension - The Local Paper
By Alexandra Fenwick Oct 9, 2009 at 09:39 AM
Tomorrow is officially Newspaper Carrier Day, according to the Newspaper Association Managers, and the Suburban Newspaper Association is offering a... More
Non-Story of The Day
By Alexandra Fenwick Oct 8, 2009 at 03:40 PM
In today's non-story of the day, Politico CLICK sports the blaring headline, "Roman Polanski supporters gave $34K to Barack Obama,... More
Notes from A.Q. Khan
By Kathy Gilsinan Oct 8, 2009 at 12:25 PM
The Pakistani press is in a fascinating uproar about the Kerry-Lugar aid bill, which the Pakistani military contends violates Pakistan’s... More
Headline of the Day
By Megan Garber Oct 8, 2009 at 12:08 PM
This one comes courtesy of the meme-makers over at Politico: "SECOND LADY ENJOYS WINE, FRIES" Oh, indeed. The Ethos of... More
How to Exempt Torture From FOIA
By Clint Hendler Oct 8, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Say what you will about the wisdom of Joe Lieberman’s attempts to get Congress to pass a special law that... More
“Marines,” Plain and Simple
By Alexandra Fenwick Oct 8, 2009 at 09:43 AM
Today, the big, three-column, above-the-fold statement photo on the front page of every edition of the New York Times makes... More
Do or Die for the Shield Law?
By Clint Hendler Oct 7, 2009 at 06:04 PM
Shortly after 9:30 am tomorrow, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee will take their seats in room 226 of the... More
Building a Shrine to Tim Russert, Literally
By Alexandra Fenwick Oct 7, 2009 at 05:39 PM
Remember how your mother always warned you to wear clean underwear in case you're in an accident? Apparently, if you're... More
More Thoughts on McCaughey
By Greg Marx Oct 7, 2009 at 03:20 PM
For those interested in the Betsy McCaughey saga, Andrew Sullivan has a blog post up today, titled “McCaughey and Me,”... More
Another Brick in the Paywall: Economist Edition
By Megan Garber Oct 6, 2009 at 05:29 PM
A week from today, The Economist will begin experimenting with a new paywall system. The magazine's current wall--which provides non-subscribers... More
Washington, D.C., Reality TV Edition
By Alexandra Fenwick Oct 6, 2009 at 05:16 PM
In today's politics and pop culture file, former House Majority Whip Tom DeLay is expected to announce this evening that... More
How to Get on the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts’s Enemies List
By Clint Hendler Oct 6, 2009 at 03:53 PM
From Wired: When 22-year-old programmer Aaron Swartz decided last fall to help an open-government activist amass a public and free... More
Fact-checking Saturday Night Live
By Greg Marx Oct 6, 2009 at 03:48 PM
At Politico, Michael Calderone has some fun at the expense of CNN, which took the time to fact-check this week’s... 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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