Journalism

Hillary Whines to the Refs

Cenk Uygur | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mainstream Media, Anti-Hillary Bias, Barack Obama, Media Bias, Hillary Clinton, Mary Mapes, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Political Journalism, Liberal Bias, Superdelegates, Clinton and Saturday Night Live, Chris Matthews and Hillary Clinton, Media, Superdelegates Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, Chris Matthews, Journalism, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

Why isn't the press reporting that Clinton can't possibly make a comeback in the remaining elections? Because they don't want to say it's over and have the wrath come down on their heads.

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Boxing Metaphors: Fancy Footwork?

Frank Mankiewicz | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sports, Boxing, Metaphors, 2008 Election, Political Journalism, Journalism, Politics News
Frank Mankiewicz

Why the reliance in political reporting on the language of boxing, a largely neglected -- if not despised -- sport?

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Samantha Power, Ethical Journalism and Truth: To Quote or Not to Quote?

Omid Memarian | Posted 03.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Samantha Power, Off the Record, Ethics in Journalism, Gerri Peev, Monster, Samantha Power Monster, The Scotsman, Journalism, Media News
Omid Memarian

The Scotsman's editors gave in to the temptation of gaining a huge amount of publicity by quoting Power's remark -- disregarding the basic ethical rules of journalism. Simple as that!

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Media Needs to Take More Responsibility With Regard to False Information

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mainstream Media, Social Security, Iraq War, Media, Credit Crunch, Accountability, Media Bias, Housing Crisis, Housing Bubble, Journalists, Herd Mentality, Journalism Accaountability, Political Journalism, Journalists Accountability, Journalism, Herd Mentality Journalism, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

A herd mentality often prevails: journalists know that they will almost never get in trouble for reporting something that is wrong when everyone else is also saying it.

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Bush at Gridiron Dinner -- No Jokes About Missing WMD This Time!

Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Politics, Warwire, Wmd, War, Reporters, Iraq, Media, Journalism, President, Bush, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

The tone of the annual dinners in Washington, where the president exchanges some good-natured ribbing with the press, began to change four years ago, when Bush joked about missing WMDs.

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UPDATED: Some Pulitzer Finalists Leaked

Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.07.2008 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Washington Post, Media, Journalism, Pulitzer, Award, Pulitzer Finalists, Pulitzer Prize, Media News
Greg Mitchell

The jurors finished their work at Columbia U on Wednesday and usually by now we have our near-complete list. But the gag rule has worked better than usual.

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Celebrating I.F. Stone's Birthday

Dan Froomkin | Posted 03.06.2008 | Media

Read More: I.F. Stone, Journalism, I.F. Stone Birthday, I.F. Stone Media, Media, Media News
Dan Froomkin

Our industry right now is suffering from a grave lack of independence, manifested in self-censorship and timidity. The pressures are clear.

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Who Wears the Pants in This Media Outlet?

Jessica Wakeman | Posted 03.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Women and Media, Feminist, Fox News Pantsuits, Fox News Wear the Pants, Fox News, Fox, Pants, Media, Feminism, Journalism, Ainsley Earhardt, Media News
Jessica Wakeman

Is a FoxNews anchor's implication that being feminine -- being a female -- means not wearing "the pants"?

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Nearly 70 Percent Of Americans Believe Media Is Out Of Touch

Reuters | Posted 02.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Zogby Poll, Journalism, Msm, Media, Media News

Nearly 70 percent of Americans believe traditional journalism is out of touch, and nearly half are turning to the Internet to get their news, accordin...

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Dear Anchor Woman in the Bikini

Leslie Griffith | Posted 02.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Anchor Woman, Sexism, Sexy News Anchors, Objectification of Women, Feminism, Objectification, Journalism, Anchor Woman Bikini, Courtney Friel Website, Courtney Friel Bikini Pics, Courtney Friel Bikini Photos, Courtney Friel Bikini, Courtney Friel Bikini Shots, Courtney Friel Bikini Pictures, Courtney Friel, Fox News, Courtney Friel Fox News, Fox News Channel, Media News
Leslie Griffith

Objectification is not the same as admiration. It is just a sad attempt for anatomical standing ovations. You are an anchor woman for goodness sake.

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The Perils Of Change Lite

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Leadership, Social Security, Economy, Political Journalism, 2008 Presidential Race, Lead Paint Toys, Change, Iraq, Health Care, 2008 Election, Journalism, Politics News
Kathleen Reardon

I'm sick of hearing from journalists. Where are the historians, political scientists, economists, sociologists, communication experts and objective political analysts?

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A Broad View of Journalism

Scott Gant | Posted 02.20.2008 | Media

Read More: New Hampshire Journalists, Bloggers, Journalism, Media News
Scott Gant

The lines distinguishing "professional" journalists from other people who disseminate information to a wide audience have been blurred, perhaps beyond recognition.

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How to Cover a Hijacking: What They Didn't Teach Me in J-School

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 02.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Hezbollah, Hijacking, Imad Mughnieh, Kuwait, Journalism, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

The suspense was nerve-wracking and the seconds felt like years. Lives were at stake and the world was watching and hanging on our (reporters') every word.

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Ole to Media Cultural Diversity!

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 02.17.2008 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Journalism, Unesco, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

I like to equate journalists with emergency room doctors in hospitals. They are needed to treat and save patients, they work on tight deadlines, they can't afford to make mistakes.

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Putin's Broken Promise

Nina Ognianova | Posted 02.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Ivan Safronov, Russian Media, Vladimir Putin, Committee to Protect Journalists, Media, Putin, Andrei Piontkovsky, Anna Politkovskaya, Journalism, Paul Klebnikov, Media News
Nina Ognianova

Putin may not be personally responsible for his government's hostility toward the press, but one thing is certain: he has not lived up to his pledge to protect journalists.

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Why Are So Many Bigshot Political Reporters Apologizing Now?

Eric Deggans | Posted 02.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Elections, Barack Obama, Chris Matthews, Media, Apology, Mark Halperin, Diversity, Journalism, Hillary Clinton, David Shuster, Cable News, Ed Rendell and Race, David Shuster Chelsea Clinton, Mark Halperin Pussy, Ed Rendell Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama Race, David Shuster Pimp, Ed Rendell, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Ed Rendell and Obama, Chris Matthews and Hillary Clinton, Chris Matthews Apology, Media News
Eric Deggans

The presence of a black man and woman as important presidential candidates is forcing these guys to rethink how they talk about politics. And some of them are failing miserably.

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Guerrilla Bloggers and the Old Elite

Erik Ringmar | Posted 02.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Blogosphere, CNN Chez Pazienza, First Amendment, Citizen Journalism, Bloggers, Chez Pazienza, Democracy, Media, Capitalism, Journalism, Freedom of Speech, Media Elite, In Support of Erik Ringmar, Cnn, London School of Economics, Blogger Fired, Erik Ringmar, Blogging, Media News
Erik Ringmar

Last Tuesday, CNN fired a producer for American Morning for maintaining a blog. Yes, that's right. CNN, a leading news channel, sacked one of its journalists for exercising his First Amendment rights.

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Alessandra Stanley: No Credibility

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 02.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Gawker, Msnbc, Alessandra Stanley Errors, Alessandra Stanley, Alessandra Stanley Corrections, Alex Pareene, Wolf Blitzer, Credibility, Cnn, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Media, Journalism, Media News

Stanley's error -- attributing the slogan "the best political team on television" to MSNBC and not CNN -- is so egregious, and leaps off the page at the reader who is even remotely familiar with this stuff.

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Watch: Inside The Idaho Caucus

University Of Washington's SeattlePoliticore | Posted 02.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Caucus, Students for a Democratic Society, Edwards, Buell, Kootenai County, Clinton, Obama, Idaho, Journalism, Offthebus, Home News
University Of Washington's SeattlePoliticore

SEATTLE, WA- With channel upon channel of commentators and experts talking about exit poles, coverage was immense for Super Tuesday. CNN even ran cove...

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Everyman On The Street

Conor Friedersdorf | Posted 01.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Greg Packer, Journalism, Ann Coulter, Media News
Conor Friedersdorf

America's most oft-quoted man on the street, Greg Packer, arrived outside a New York City Barnes and Noble at 3 a.m. on a recent morning, squatted on ...

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Amid Heath Ledger Fallout, Has Media Ignored Young Male Stars in Crisis?

Eric Deggans | Posted 01.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Gossip, Britney Spears, Heath Ledger, Celebrity, Media, Anna Nicole Smith, Journalism, Heath Ledger Dies, Kiefer Sutherland Jail, Mental Illness, Heath Ledger Pills, Kiefer Sutherland, Heath Ledger Died, Heath LEdger Dead, Heath Ledger Death, Kiefer Sutherland Drunk Driving, Celebrities, Media News
Eric Deggans

The hysteria over Ledger's death and the imbalance of coverage for women highlights an important need -- not for less journalism about troubled celebrities, but better journalism.

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China Faces "Reign of Sand" in Inner Mongolia

J. Carl Ganter | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Drought, Beijing Olympics, Dust, Water, Inner Mongolia, Environment, Water Crisis, China, Journalism, Politics News
J. Carl Ganter

INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA - Sand from a dry lake bed streams through the hands of a nomadic herder in Inner Mongolia. Arxiaot Lake first went dry in 200...

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The Wire's Faulty Diagnosis

John McQuaid | Posted 01.14.2008 | Media

Read More: The Wire, Newspapers, Baltimore Sun, Times-Picayune, Journalism, David Simon, Baltimore, Media News
John McQuaid

In contrast to The Wire's amazingly cool, disciplined eye for every other aspect of urban society, this plotline has so far been the worst possible thing for a drama, both preachy and sentimental.

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Can We Not Call It 'New Media'?

Pauline Millard | Posted 01.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Web, Blogs, Internet, New Media, Media, Web Journalism, Journalism, Media News
Pauline Millard

It's 2008: Anyone still calling it New Media probably still has AOL e-mail and a Geocites homepage.

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A Lover's Quarrel With the World

Leslie Griffith | Posted 01.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Robert Frost, Journalism, Media News
Leslie Griffith

I envy Robert Frost his ability to quarrel with the world and love it still.

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