United States Project
Are the fiscal fights a bore?
Not to those who dig
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 4, 2013 at 10:55 AM
One of the more telling stories to emerge during the holidays was Politico’s candid take on coverage of the fiscal... More
The money behind the fiscal cliff hardliners
Plan B opponents drew major support from outside groups. What does that mean?
By Sasha Chavkin Jan 3, 2013 at 03:00 PM
The fiscal cliff deal reached on Tuesday reflects a depressing new routine in Washington, DC: the federal government lurching from... More
Must-reads of 2012: politics
What you should have read (in case you didn’t)
By Liz Cox Barrett and Greg Marx Dec 26, 2012 at 06:50 AM
As 2012 draws to a close, CJR writers brainstormed the year's best reads in their beats. From New York magazine,... More
A political documentary that defies convention
How’s Your News? takes a skewed perspective on Campaign 2012
By Justin Peters Dec 24, 2012 at 06:50 AM
It’s the second-to-last day of the 2012 Republican National Convention, and the How’s Your News? news team has Michele... More
Faces Congress doesn’t see
The “chained CPI” debate needs to step out of wonkland
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 21, 2012 at 06:50 AM
This week The Washington Post reported results from its December poll with ABC, which took the public pulse on a... More
How to fix the media ownership debate
A modest proposal for harnessing mergers
to boost local reporting
By Steven Waldman Dec 20, 2012 at 02:53 PM
The debate over “who owns the media” is heating up again, and has already become stuck in a bit of... More
The least transparent Senators?
A counterintuitive campaign finance story doesn’t add up
By Sasha Chavkin Dec 20, 2012 at 02:50 PM
It seemed like a startling and politically powerful story. I was looking through campaign finance disclosures, and came upon a... More
Beware Green Lantern thinking in gun policy coverage
The president isn’t as powerful as you think
By Brendan Nyhan Dec 20, 2012 at 11:24 AM
In a riff inspired by the blogger Matthew Yglesias a few years ago, I proposed what I called the Green... More
Needed: Sherpas to guide us through fiscal cliff panic
No one wants to hike middle-class rates, so why does some coverage pretend they might rise?
By Walter Shapiro Dec 19, 2012 at 03:30 PM
The Tax Policy Center—a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution—has a lineage that in Washington think... More
Meet the Debt Fixers
A laurel to New York magazine
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 18, 2012 at 11:00 AM
For weeks on end the dominant financial story has been: (A) the consequences of falling off the fiscal cliff;... More
The media discover the ‘chained CPI’
And the more they dig, the rougher it looks
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 17, 2012 at 02:52 PM
Except for Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik, and a few stray media outlets here and there—The Providence Journal, The... More
Do super PACS have a right to lie?
In an unsettled legal environment, media’s role—and responsibilities—are central
By Sasha Chavkin Dec 17, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In a bitter campaign for the Florida State Senate this fall, incumbent Maria Sachs was pummeled with negative TV ads... More
A thin Post piece on the cliff’s consequences
Article on purported impact of tax shift favors assumptions and anecdotes over data
By David Cay Johnston Dec 13, 2012 at 03:13 PM
Since election day, the so-called “fiscal cliff” has moved to the top of the political news agenda, and CJR has... More
Addressing the asymmetry question
Factchecking is the wrong format
By Brendan Nyhan Dec 11, 2012 at 03:10 PM
Factchecking made great strides during the 2012 campaign, but were those advances compromised by the pressure to maintain partisan balance?... More
The making of a meme
Journos get on board the Let’s-Whack-Entitlements train
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 11, 2012 at 03:04 PM
Shortly after the election, the MSM quickly turned from the presidential horse race to the “fiscal cliff.” And soon, news... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
Things have always been getting worse
Yes, women’s magazines can do serious journalism
In fact, we’ve been doing it for a while
The people who run the American security apparatus are in the overwhelming majority diligent people with a deep concern for civil liberties. But their job is to find creative ways to collect information. And they work within an institution that, because of its secrecy, is fundamentally inimical to democracy and to a free society
Fast Company is hacking the newsroom
Here’s why
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
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