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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
Big data, in the dark
Lack of transparency around campaigns’ use of data creates challenges for reporters
By Sam Petulla Dec 10, 2012 at 06:50 AM
This fall, two compelling stories about politics and “big data” are playing out in the media. The first one you’ve... More
Cracking open Congress
We need better insider reporting about the “fiscal cliff”
By Brendan Nyhan Dec 7, 2012 at 11:00 AM
We've just finished an election in which quantitative analysis provided far more accurate predictions than pundits and reporters, who frequently... More
Healthcare expert for sale
The Guardian follows the saga of Liz Fowler, healthcare lobbyist extraordinaire
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 6, 2012 at 02:50 PM
Leave it to the Brits to tell us Americans about our healthcare system. In this case the telling is done... More
The rush to handicap 2016: let’s not
“Dr. Politics” advice—avoid horse-race journalism, but bring on the well-reported profiles
By Walter Shapiro Dec 5, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Dear Dr. Politics, I am writing about a problem that has become as annoying as stores playing Christmas carols while... 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”
In one tweet
Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
And it drives young journalists crazy
It’s official: We never need to worry about the future of journalism again!
The NYT shows us why
Why does Florida produce so much weird news? Experts explain
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
