The Kicker

When and how should news organizations alert readers that changes have been made to a story after it has been published online? Is it ever ok not to? When does something like “Updated, Date/Time” at the bottom of a Web piece suffice? When do readers deserve to know more (like how the changes came to […]

The Project for Excellence in Journalism has published the index of talk radio’s content for the week of March 31 to April 6, 2008…and it’s a doozy: The data are staggering, especially when compared to the also-skewed (but not quite so egregiously) general-news index for the same week: 1. 2008 Campaign – 32% 2. U.S. […]

Bill, Bill, Bill. Shh…

Wow. So, last month, you’ll remember, Samantha Power resigned from her perch as an Obama foreign policy adviser shortly after telling a Scottish newspaper that she felt Hillary Clinton was “a monster—and that’s off the record.” The reporter thought otherwise, and published the remark. So, with all her new free time, Power has been continuing […]

Wondering what Mitt Romney is up to today? Oh, don’t lie. Sure you are! Paul Harvey, the 89-year-old radio host who just oozes heartland in his folksy, twice daily news and comment broadcasts, is taking a couple of weeks off for medical reasons. And Romney, the one-time actual presidential candidate, and sometimes mentioned potential vice-presidential […]