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Lipschtick and Pigs

Mary Lyon | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics


Mary Lyon

Amazing what a difference a week makes. Something has changed since Sarah Palin burst into the Republican Convention and started living it up by the...

Why Don't They Just Issue Swami Turbans at MSNBC?

Marty Kaplan | Posted 09.26.2008 | Media


Marty Kaplan

So this is what political journalism has come to -- evidence-free, unaccountable, redfaced, shouted, demagogic cocksure mindreading.

Historian: 2008 Press Corps Isn't The Worst Ever, Fox Is The Best

MarketWatch | Jon Friedman | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media


In 2006, Princeton University history professor Sean Wilentz wrote a cover story for Rolling Stone titled: "The Worst President in History?" The acco...

Jeremiah Wright, Star Newsmaker

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.14.2008 | Media


Congratulations, Jeremiah Wright! This week you are once again the man in and/or behind the headlines, according to the Project for Excellence in Jour...

Who Are You Calling a Tabloid?

Lara Cohen | Posted 05.13.2008 | Media


Lara Cohen

At Us Weekly we know that every celebrity breakup has two sides -- yet the news media failed to apply that same basic due diligence to the Wright story.

Cost-Cutting Papers No Longer Shadowing Candidates Full-Time On The Trail

New York Times | JACQUES STEINBERG | Posted 04.02.2008 | Media


As Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama debated in Cleveland on a snowy evening in late February, 650 journalists descended on the city to...

In Week Of Iraq War Anniversary, Obama's Race Speech Dominated Media Coverage

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.02.2008 | Media


Last week was a big one for news: On Monday, the markets opened to news that Bear Stearns had collapsed and was being bought out by JP Morgan; on Tues...

Do Journalists Allow Campaigns To Perpetuate Negative Storylines?

Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Memo to political reporters: Enough already. Is it really necessary to allow operatives from one campaign to attack another candidate without their n...

NYTimes Fails To Examine Mitt's Record

Zephyr Teachout | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Zephyr Teachout

If a citizen chose to use the New York Times as its source for learning about whether or not to support Governor Romney, she would be disappointed.