Why Is Obama Leaking Now?
By Dylan Matthews - Nov 20th, 2008 at 5:12 pmThe Obama presidential campaign was incredibly, frustratingly closed. There was very little access to the press, and consequently few leaks.
So it’s puzzling to me…
Posts Tagged ‘journalism’
Really, New York Post?
By Saxon Baird - Nov 20th, 2008 at 12:27 pmThe Dow drops below the 8,000 mark, New York City Police are currently in a clash with the federal government over surveillance rules, Madonna and…
Exploring Blogospheric Ethics
By Jesse Singal - Nov 20th, 2008 at 11:25 amFeministe is a really good blog, but I disagree with something that Jill, one of the site’s primary bloggers, did yesterday:
My initial post here…
Replace Bill Kristol With Someone Reasonable
By Daniel Strauss - Nov 19th, 2008 at 10:25 amOh please let it happen, please let Bill Kristol’s contract expire soon. Word is that’s what’s going to happen. But wait! There’s more! Kristol’s column…
Nate Silver is a New-Media Superstar
By Matt Zeitlin - Nov 12th, 2008 at 12:29 pmWhat’s especially striking about the Nate Silver and FiveThirtyEight.com phenomenon is how indicative it is of the Internet Age. Before widespread readership of blogs, or…
The New York Times and ProPublica Want to Give You Access to Their Primary Sources
By Ned Resnikoff - Nov 4th, 2008 at 11:40 amVia Boing Boing, the New York Times and ProPublica have a really interesting idea.
The project, which is called DocumentCloud, would let news organizations upload…
Adventures on the Editorial Page
By L. Russell Allen - Oct 31st, 2008 at 10:29 amThe News-Leader is the hometown paper for the good people of Springfield, Missouri, population 150,000. Let’s all give its editors a big round of applause…
Slate Lets You Know
By Matt Zeitlin - Oct 29th, 2008 at 11:45 amSlate has a quadrennial tradition of its contributors, editors, reporters and interns all declaring who they are voting for in the upcoming election. The results are never…
The Second Coming of The Christian Science Monitor
By Daniel Strauss - Oct 28th, 2008 at 4:14 pmI wouldn’t say that I’m completely surprised, but I am a little stunned to hear that the Christian Science Monitor is cutting back from its…
If You Can’t Ask Tough Questions, You’re Not a Reporter
By Jesse Singal - Oct 28th, 2008 at 12:50 pmTPM highlights a truly remarkable piece in today’s Los Angeles Times , one that Times staff writer Maeve Reston wrote because she doesn’t want anyone…
Fox News Apparently Takes This Whole “Fair and Balanced” Thing Seriously
By Ned Resnikoff - Oct 28th, 2008 at 9:32 amIs the below video unintentionally hilarious or just sort of sad?
I don’t know, but I do know this: Megyn Kelly really, really, really wants…
Boys on the Bus: Apparently Not as Fun as You’d Think
By Ned Resnikoff - Oct 27th, 2008 at 10:40 amEzra Klein highlights what I think is the most interesting part of this fantastic GQ piece by former campaign reporter Michael Hastings (which Jesse also…
Michael Hastings’ Honesty Equals Our Entertainment
By Jesse Singal - Oct 23rd, 2008 at 1:35 pmMichael Hastings’ article in GQ about his time as a Newsweek campaign reporter this election season is an absolute, slam-dunk, once-in-every-few-months type of must-read. I…
Can We Please Talk About Something Other Than Tradespeople Named Joseph?
By Emily Rutherford - Oct 23rd, 2008 at 11:52 amI usually conceive of The New York Times as the sort of media outlet that doesn’t buy into idiotic memes, but yesterday’s sports section had…
You Wouldn’t Like Him When He’s Angry
By Ned Resnikoff - Oct 22nd, 2008 at 3:11 pmThis, if true, is intensely silly.
It was Tina Brown, formerly of Tatler and Vanity Fair, who brought [Seymour Hersh] to the New Yorker. ‘What’s-her-name……
