There will be all these TV journalists at the Olympics this summer in Beijing, but will they be able to set up their cameras?
Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 06.18.2008 | Media
Tim Russert was one of the few remaining reporters who adhered to the norms of adversarial journalism without resorting to partisan journalism.
The Daily Show | Posted 06.18.2008 | Media
On last night's Daily Show, Lara Logan, CBS's Chief Foreign Correspondent, spoke out against the coverage of the Iraq War by the American press. At a...
Douglas MacKinnon | Posted 06.18.2008 | Media
If Clinton were going to get credit for the good he has done over his political and private career, it would require many more pages than those dedicated by Vanity Fair to besmirch his name.
Sherman Yellen | Posted 06.17.2008 | Media
No man should die at the height of his powers at 58. Truly a sad event. Russert was at the top of his game when he died. And yet... and yet... something didn't smell right to me.
Dan Treul | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home
In another signal, perhaps, that the country is ready for change, newspapers across the Midwest showed either even-handedness or excitement for an issue that only years ago was considered taboo.
Stacie Krajchir | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics
Tim Russert made the political game accessible to the masses and made many of us want to be involved and participate in the process.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 06.15.2008 | Media
When we occasionally bumped into each other, Tim always had more than a minute for me. "Tell me, Ambassador, what's new in the world that I need to know?"
Sandra Fu | Posted 06.12.2008 | Media
Why are most of our journalists less like Edward R. Murrow and more like show ponies? What they really need to do is consider the journalists in other parts of the world where more than a salary is at stake -- they pay with their lives.
Laura Flanders | Posted 06.12.2008 | Media
After a year of nominations, the press has wracked up millions of miles, but looking ahead, will the coverage be any more enlightening? It could be, if 'Live From Main Street' has anything to do with it.
Peter Scheer | Posted 06.11.2008 | Media
When the biggest Vietnamese-language newspaper in the country, gave offense to its readers in an obscure but controversial article about a work of art, it triggered an explosion of protests among readers.
NewsTrust | Posted 06.07.2008 | Home
Together, we've broken several new records for NewsTrust -- thank you all! When we checked your stats the morning of June 6, the 'Off The Bus 10+ Reviews Club' had grown dramatically as well.
Mark Kleiman | Posted 06.02.2008 | Media
I'm glad the NYT public editor called out the op-ed editor on their "Obama is a Muslim apostate" nonsense. But there's a deeper pathology here, one that extends well beyond the opinion pages.
Leslie Griffith | Posted 06.02.2008 | Media
Rooting for the war is much easier for journalists than asking hard questions to reveal a conflict based on lies and a country led by liars.
Timothy Karr | Posted 05.30.2008 | Media
The root of the problem of journalistic complicity extends beyond the performance of individual reporters and to a news system that allows itself to be manipulated by a dishonest leadership.
Chez Pazienza | Posted 05.30.2008 | Media
What makes Jessica Yellin's "clarification" about her coverage of the run-up to the Iraq war so much fun is that you can almost see the gun being pointed at her head by CNN management as you read her words.
Lisa Dale Norton | Posted 05.30.2008 | Entertainment
The function of a memoir is to make a truth about a life lived that resonates in the bones of the writer and sends out shock waves of recognition to readers.
John McQuaid | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media
Papers have to protect and nourish two things they already have -- reporting and the newspaper "brand." Original voices and journalistic credibility are pretty much all papers have left.
Ari Melber | Posted 05.16.2008 | Media
In a speech at a Harvard conference on the future of the web, Josh Marshall said traditional reporters are "terrorized" by economic and competitive challenges, living with a mix of "denial and fatalism" about the future of their craft -- and their livelihoods.
Harry Shearer | Posted 05.08.2008 | Media
Maybe we're not surprised anymore when hidden motives paraded before us are ignored by the corporate media. Have we also moved beyond public radio being held to a higher standard?
Paige Donner | Posted 05.07.2008 | Media
The title of this piece, Hijackings of the 4th Estate, is purposefully provocative. For any journalist, Blogger or otherwise muckraker laboring in ser...
Carol Maric | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics
I Object! Or is that Subject? This was my first reaction to the common linguistic objectification of sentient beings which has become pervasive in America.
Julia Moulden | Posted 05.05.2008 | Entertainment
Ronnie Abrams appointment as special counsel for pro bono to one of New York's prestigious law firms (Davis Polk & Wardwell) is big enough news that i...
Sarah Schorno | Posted 05.01.2008 | Media
There has been constant and unfair criticism of sports bloggers. It's clear that the old school media guys are afraid of what they don't understand. And even worse, they don't try to.
Bob Edwards | Posted 04.24.2008 | Media
Whatever new medium comes along, here's hoping it finds an Edward R. Murrow -- who was born a hundred years ago today.
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
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Pardon the metaphor, but Obama is trying to put lipstick on the pig that is US...
President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden met in Philadelphia...
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
Last night, CNN's Campbell Brown criticized President-elect...
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Dear President-elect and Mrs. Obama: I know that the greening of the White House...
Monroe Price | Posted 06.19.2008 | Media