http://www.cjr.org/ en Copyright 2009 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:06:02 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/friday_links_a_contrite_banker.php http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/friday_links_a_contrite_banker.php The Audit Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:06:02 -0500 Michael Specter and Chris Mooney agree that the United States is full of people who just don’t get science, and that this is a dangerous situation. In fact, they agree about a lot of things. They are the respective authors of the similarly titled Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives,... http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/unscientific_america_meets_den.php http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/unscientific_america_meets_den.php The Observatory Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:36:51 -0500 By now, members of the national press have descended on Fort Hood, Texas to tell the story of the worst soldier-on-soldier massacre in U.S. military history. Their job will be fraught with professional and emotional pitfalls. One of the biggest, and the one that poses the greatest potential danger at this point, concerns the “why” of the rampage that left... http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/the_dangers_of_disaster_report.php http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/the_dangers_of_disaster_report.php Behind the News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:57:35 -0500 Here’s another reason to be wary about jumping to conclusions about the shooting at Fort Hood: Bill Sparkman. Sparkman is the part-time Census employee whose body was found near a cemetery in rural southeastern Kentucky on Sept. 12, a rope tied around his neck and the word “Fed” scrawled on his chest. Coming in the wake of... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/another_reason_not_to_rush_to.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/another_reason_not_to_rush_to.php The Kicker Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:00:33 -0500 It’s been just over twenty-four hours since Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan opened fire on his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood—more than enough time, clearly, for our pundits to begin opining on what it all means. And though those interpretations are varied, there is one headline that could apply to nearly all of them: Tragic Massacre Vindicates My Pre-existing Political Convictions.... http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/jumping_to_confusion.php http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/jumping_to_confusion.php Campaign Desk Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:45:03 -0500 Earlier today, a gaggle of journos engaged in something that's become a right of passage for Fourth Estaters of the political-establishment variety: dining with President Obama. Today's inductees into the "Potluck With POTUS" club include, per Politico's Michael Calderone: CNN's David Gergen, Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, Newsweek's Jon Meacham and Howard Fineman, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Cynthia... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/beltway_eat_fresh.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/beltway_eat_fresh.php The Kicker Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:41:12 -0500 Dow Jones Newswires breaks an excellent story on Wells Fargo's efforts to delay its day of reckoning on billions and billions of more mortgage losses, these in ready-to-implode option-ARMs Wells inherited when it bought Wachovia, which inherited them when it bought Golden West, which pioneered the disastrous concept of the "Pick-A-Pay" mortgage. Now, Wells Fargo is giving... http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/dow_jones_on_the_paperitover_e.php http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/dow_jones_on_the_paperitover_e.php The Audit Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:22:01 -0500 In which Jon Stewart takes on Glenn Beck: The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cThe 11/3 Project http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/jon_stewart_glenn_beck_comedic.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/jon_stewart_glenn_beck_comedic.php The Kicker Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:40 -0500 In response to a Kicker post I wrote yesterday evening—which warned against making assumptions about the as-yet-unknown motivations of the Fort Hood gunman sheerly by virtue of his Muslim-sounding name—I received (in addition to reactions both thoughtful and non- in the post’s comments thread) the following e-mail: Megan, 'stories' such as yours clearly demonstrate why... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/the_state_of_democratic_discou.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/the_state_of_democratic_discou.php The Kicker Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:25:47 -0500 Henry Allen should not have punched Washington Post colleague Manuel Roig-Franzia in the face in the newsroom last week. That’s not constructive behavior. But I salute the man’s passion for accuracy. The Washington City Paper’s detailed report of the fisticuffs suggests Allen went after Roig-Franzia in part because of factual errors contained in a charticle produced by Roig-Franzia... http://www.cjr.org/regret_the_error/truth_or_consequences_1.php http://www.cjr.org/regret_the_error/truth_or_consequences_1.php Regret the Error Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:09:24 -0500 Journalism and curation—it’s becoming increasingly difficult to determine where the one ends and the other begins. The chicken/egg relationship between the two solidified into conventional wisdom during the aftermath of the Iranian election this summer, when journalists—mostly barred from shoe-leather reporting and other, more traditional methods of newsgathering—were forced to play the role of social-media editors. In the... http://www.cjr.org/the_news_frontier/fort_hood_a_first_test_for_twi.php http://www.cjr.org/the_news_frontier/fort_hood_a_first_test_for_twi.php The News Frontier Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:14:53 -0500 The Wall Street Journal follows up this morning on its report on CVS Caremark's business practices six months ago. The Federal Trade Commission is investigating the company's doings, which the Journal in May reported include blatantly anticompetitive stuff like raising co-pays for people who shop at non-CVS pharmacies. Caremark is a pharmacy-benefits manager that merged with CVS, the big... http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/wsj_spotlight_helps_get_result.php http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/wsj_spotlight_helps_get_result.php The Audit Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:45:30 -0500 There is a journalistic school of thought emerging, I fear, that holds that because you went to the trouble of investigating something you publish, whether you find anything worthwhile or not. This comes to mind after reading a piece by ProPublica on supposed waste in government stimulus spending. Stimulus for Cotton Candy, Tango and a Fish Orchestra?... http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/trivial_pursuit_at_pro_publica.php http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/trivial_pursuit_at_pro_publica.php The Audit Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:32:10 -0500 The Wall Street Journal reported a couple of days ago that Goldman Sachs (an Audit funder) is trying to buy tax credits from Fannie Mae to offset its profits. Take it from here, Floyd Norris: Goldman, you may recall, was saved with taxpayer money when the panic spread last year. A naïve person might think such a company... http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/thursday_links_goldies_gall_ch.php http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/thursday_links_goldies_gall_ch.php The Audit Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:33:17 -0500 What’s in a name? Very, very little—particularly when it comes to divining the motivations of the perpetrator of a violent crime. But that will not stop media analysts from reading into the fact that one of the shooters—and possibly the only shooter—at this afternoon’s massacre at Fort Hood was named...Nidal Malik Hasan. Take Shep Smith, the Fox News anchor oft... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/nidal_malik_hasan.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/nidal_malik_hasan.php The Kicker Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:15:01 -0500