Monthly Archive

December 2007

• The Audit

  Debits and Credits A valuable warning from the Times; Ben Stein's not all bad; The Economist malls it in

  By Anna Bahney

  December 31, 2007 05:09 AM Comments (1)

• The Research Report

  Who Hates the Press? From Watergate to the present, confidence in the media has been spiraling down

  By Michael Schudson & Danielle Haas

  December 28, 2007 09:00 AM

• Review

  Brief Encounters Short reviews of books: the AP, the I. Lewis Libby trial, White House communications, and abuses of civil liberties

  By James Boylan

  December 27, 2007 09:00 AM Comments (1)

• Darts and Laurels

  Laurel to The Principia Pilot Send tips and comments to dartsandlaurels@cjr.org

  By Clint Hendler

  December 26, 2007 09:00 AM

• Essay

  Rights and Wrongs The most common words in politics can be the most deceptive

  By Aryeh Neier

  December 24, 2007 09:00 AM

• Behind the News

  Happy Holidays Keep visiting us for magazine updates; daily coverage will return in '08

  By The Editors

  December 21, 2007 05:00 PM

• Campaign Desk

  What do the people know, anyway? While the public lists Iraq as their No. 1 concern, some in the press don't believe them

  By Paul McLeary

  December 21, 2007 12:50 PM Comments (1)

• Behind the News

  Best of 2007: Genes, Exoplanets, and a Cardboard Bridge Magazines diverge on the standout breakthroughs and discoveries of the year

  By Michele Wilson

  December 21, 2007 10:00 AM

• Behind the News

  A Consumer View on the FCC’s New Consolidation Rule Q&A: Mark Cooper on cross-ownership

  By Clint Hendler

  December 20, 2007 03:22 PM

• The Audit

  Letting Sleeping Watchdogs Lie The business press rediscovers regulators

  By Dean Starkman

  December 20, 2007 03:20 PM Comments (2)

• Campaign Desk

  The X Factor Q&A: Tim Townsend on Romney and religion

  By Megan Garber

  December 20, 2007 02:33 PM

• The Kicker

  Foreign Policy Tells You What You Don’t Know

  By Paul McLeary

  December 20, 2007 10:18 AM

• Campaign Desk

  No Such Thing as Dumb Questions? League of Conservation Voters says TV news overlooks climate

  By Curtis Brainard

  December 19, 2007 04:05 PM

• The Kicker

  Downie Overdoes It

  By Dean Starkman

  December 19, 2007 02:38 PM

• Behind the News

  PEJ Study Won’t End Partisan Bickering… But it does reinforce our belief that there isn't enough coverage of the troops in Iraq

  By Paul McLeary

  December 19, 2007 02:11 PM Comments (7)

• The Kicker

  We Have A Winner!

  By Clint Hendler

  December 19, 2007 11:07 AM

• Campaign Desk

  Deception in Des Moines The Register’s Media Watch might want to check the mirror

  By Trudy Lieberman

  December 19, 2007 09:58 AM

• The Kicker

  Le Blog du Temps

  By Megan Garber

  December 18, 2007 02:44 PM

• The Kicker

  Who’s Gonna Win Iowa?

  By Clint Hendler

  December 18, 2007 02:38 PM

• The Audit

  Think Globally, Read Locally Strong business reporting from around the nation

  By Elinore Longobardi

  December 18, 2007 10:22 AM

• Campaign Desk

  The Iowa Debates In defense of boring

  By Jules Witcover

  December 18, 2007 10:00 AM

• Essay

  Orwell Abuse Orwell: muse, not model

  By David Rieff

  December 18, 2007 09:00 AM

• The Kicker

  Howie’s Got This One Right

  By Clint Hendler

  December 17, 2007 12:55 PM

• The Kicker

  The Internets Win This Round

  By Paul McLeary

  December 17, 2007 12:12 PM Comments (1)

• The Audit

  Debits and Credits Journal can't get out of own way; Bloomberg blows up McClatchy; Kelly's conflicts, etc.

  By Anna Bahney

  December 17, 2007 11:29 AM

• Campaign Desk, Full Court Press

  Above the Fold: Ross, Kiriakou, and Waterboarding Charles Kaiser takes on ABC's torture coverage

  By Charles Kaiser

  December 17, 2007 10:41 AM

• Campaign Desk

  The Times Comes Clean Rumors are rumors, but not all are deflated

  By Paul McLeary

  December 14, 2007 10:19 AM

• Campaign Desk

  Dems Shun Fox News The great debate

  By Paul McLeary

  December 13, 2007 12:50 PM Comments (8)

• The Audit

  Speed Flattens Shorts It's not easy being short, but Bloomberg gets it right while Reuters trips

  By Elinore Longobardi

  December 13, 2007 11:20 AM

• Essay

  ‘Surge,’ Meet ‘Escalation’ The fight for clarity in language: a case study

  By Geoffrey Cowan

  December 13, 2007 09:00 AM Comments (4)

• Behind the News

  Harassed, Arrested, Gagged: A Report From Somalia Mogadishu's Independent Media Battle a Government Crackdown

  By David Axe

  December 13, 2007 08:32 AM

• Campaign Desk

  The Best Political Team On TV… ...Is in the "spin room" before debate even starts

  By Liz Cox Barrett

  December 12, 2007 03:24 PM Comments (1)

• Behind the News

  Watson’s Remarks Continue to Spur Argument In debate about intelligence and race, little talk of what I.Q. means

  By Russ Juskalian

  December 12, 2007 03:12 PM Comments (1)

• The Audit

  What He Said Wise words from the FT's Martin Wolf

  By Dean Starkman

  December 12, 2007 02:10 PM

• The Kicker

  America, Will You Accept This Rose?

  By Liz Cox Barrett

  December 12, 2007 12:35 PM

• Campaign Desk

  Climate Goes Prime-Time with Couric CBS candidate interviews lack substance, but the time slot’s hard to beat

  By Curtis Brainard

  December 12, 2007 12:28 PM Comments (1)

• Campaign Desk

  Huckabee on Health How about some details, Mike?

  By Trudy Lieberman

  December 12, 2007 09:58 AM Comments (5)

• Campaign Desk

  Iowa Hog Farms and Presidential Politics MSNBC.com delivers unique report on local campaign issue

  By Curtis Brainard

  December 11, 2007 03:32 PM

• Campaign Desk

  The Dowd Watch All eyes on the most recent ex-political strategist to join journalism-land

  By Jules Witcover

  December 11, 2007 11:22 AM Comments (1)

• The Kicker

  Fake Terrorist Calls for Violence

  By Paul McLeary

  December 11, 2007 11:00 AM

• Campaign Desk

  Eight Questions Reporters Should Ask Huckabee Beyond (Wayne) Dumond

  By Todd Gitlin

  December 11, 2007 09:32 AM Comments (39)

• Review

  Parting Shot WFB shores up his place in the establishment

  By Victor Navasky

  December 11, 2007 09:00 AM Comments (1)

• The Audit

  Debits and Credits Fortune suspends disbelief with Cheney; WSJ and FT advance knowledge, etc.

  By Anna Bahney

  December 10, 2007 01:17 PM

• Behind the News

  Journal Plays a Broken Record Editorial board is clearly still bitter about Gore and climate

  By Curtis Brainard

  December 7, 2007 03:07 PM Comments (2)

• The Audit

  Murdoch and that Lying Thing Will be a problem for the Journal

  By Dean Starkman

  December 7, 2007 03:02 PM Comments (6)

• Behind the News

  NRO’s Editing Breakdown Seems to be a problem with "opinion" mags these days

  By Paul McLeary

  December 7, 2007 02:25 PM Comments (2)

• Campaign Desk

  A Health Care Mirage How candidates (and reporters) misuse the word “universal”

  By Trudy Lieberman

  December 7, 2007 10:14 AM

• Campaign Desk

  Mitt Romney, Mormon Did you know they wear magical underwear?

  By Michael Meyer

  December 6, 2007 06:37 PM Comments (19)

• The Audit

  Incorrect A bad mistake yields an inadequate correction, and lessons for the Journal

  By Dean Starkman

  December 6, 2007 04:30 PM

• Short Takes

  The Big Picture Movie journalists get an image makeover

  By Megan Garber

  December 6, 2007 09:00 AM

• Editorial

  Iraq and the Cost of Coverage Serious stories, serious money

  By The Editors

  December 5, 2007 07:00 PM Comments (1)

• Campaign Desk

  Herd, Not Seen The biggest winner of NPR’s Democratic debate? Its format

  By Megan Garber

  December 5, 2007 04:38 PM

• Campaign Desk

  The WaPo Keeps on Giving But isn't making much sense

  By Paul McLeary

  December 5, 2007 01:20 PM Comments (1)

• The Kicker

  A Silver Lining at the Union-Tribune

  By Curtis Brainard

  December 5, 2007 10:41 AM Comments (1)

• The Kicker

  Staying Together for The Earth

  By Curtis Brainard

  December 5, 2007 09:38 AM

• Behind the News

  Fake Press Release Tricks the Morning News Bali climate talks provoke little excitement otherwise

  By Curtis Brainard

  December 4, 2007 02:46 PM Comments (1)

• Campaign Desk

  Conduct Unbecoming… A female presidential candidate (named Clinton)

  By Liz Cox Barrett

  December 4, 2007 02:38 PM

• Campaign Desk

  Another Free Ad on NYT’s Front Page Surprise! Howard Wolfson thinks Hillary-as-nominee is good for Congressional Dems

  By Paul McLeary

  December 4, 2007 01:12 PM Comments (1)

• Behind the News

  The Times’s Three-Year Silence on Pakistan’s Nukes What did the paper know? When did they know it? And why didn’t they tell us?

  By Clint Hendler

  December 4, 2007 11:32 AM

• The Kicker

  TNR and NRO, Together at Last!

  By Paul McLeary

  December 4, 2007 11:15 AM Comments (2)

• Behind the News

  NRO Joins TNR in Walk of Shame Another day, another reporter making stuff up

  By Paul McLeary

  December 4, 2007 09:50 AM Comments (3)

• Campaign Desk

  Play the Juggernaut Match Game! Kurtz reports on the tragicomedy that is covering Clinton

  By Megan Garber

  December 3, 2007 11:46 AM

• The Audit

  Debits and Credits Journal, Morgenson help navigate subprime torrent; Fortune walks into sandstone building, hurts nose

  By Anna Bahney

  December 3, 2007 11:12 AM

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