Political Journalism

How Political Journalists Wreck Politics

Jeremy McCarter | Posted 08.17.2009 | Media


Jeremy McCarter

Henry Fairlie witnessed -- and diagnosed with remarkable acuity -- the birth of a kind of media/political complex inside the Beltway.

Journalist Uma Singh, 24, Murdered In Nepal

GroundReport | Posted 02.12.2009 | World


GroundReport

Originally published on GroundReport.com, the citizen journalism platform that covers world news at the local level. by Mukunda Nepal Unidentified ...

Must-Read About Alhurra TV

Nancy Snow | Posted 01.14.2009 | Media


Nancy Snow

Technorati Profile Correction: The University of Missouri has received a grant to train Alhurra TV journalists. It may be for $50,000, but I'm wait...

Foreign Media Use Professional Journos To Blog

Jillian York | Posted 10.17.2008 | Home


Jillian York

Blogging projects created by established publications that use trained foreign journalists lend a certain credibility to blogging the elections.

Every Country Gets the Media it Wants

Peggy Drexler | Posted 09.25.2008 | Media


Peggy Drexler

How can we blame "the media" for stepping out of bounds, when the lines have been washed away like sidewalk chalk in a rainstorm?

Time to Honor Our Fallen Heroes

Sen. Frank Lautenberg | Posted 08.09.2008 | Home


Sen. Frank Lautenberg

We have had a long tradition of coming together as a nation to memorialize our fallen heroes--the men and women whose lives were lost on the battlefie...

All the World's a Photo Op

Kiku Adatto | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics


Kiku Adatto

When anyone with a cell phone is a potential member of the paparazzi, and anyone with a laptop a potential blogger, the contest for the control of images has never been more intense.

Genetically Modified Mouthpieces

Leslie Griffith | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media


Leslie Griffith

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.

McClellan and the "Enablers"

Timothy Karr | Posted 06.07.2008 | Media


Timothy Karr

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.

Jessica Yellin 180°

Chez Pazienza | Posted 06.07.2008 | Media


Chez Pazienza

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.

Edwards' Rise Baffles Mainstream Media

Working Life | Jonathan Tasini | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


John Edwards is making his closing argument with the voters of Iowa--and the media elites are having a hard time trying to understand why he is now dr...

My Favorite Mistake: Helen Thomas Talks About The Mistakes She Could Never Make

Seema Kalia | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Seema Kalia

"My Favorite Mistake" is a new biweekly series in which writer Seema Kalia interviews various luminaries about the one mistake that taught them the mo...

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.