Tierney Dangles Bait, Blogosphere Bites Hook February 8, 2006 By Edward B. Colby It’s a sunny day here at CJR Daily World HQ, but the forecast is stormy in the blogosphere, where the New York Times‘ John Tierney is coming under eco-friendly fire for his latest column.
Iran, Presidential Power and a Hemorrhaging CIA February 7, 2006 By Edward B. Colby As a nuclear-armed Iran looms ever closer, Newsweek dives into the fray with a deeply-reported profile of the country’s fiery and fearsome president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Press Misses A Dramatic Election in Central America February 6, 2006 By Edward B. Colby Costa Rica’s presidential election, which holds major implications for global trade, is locked in a dead heat – yet you would be only dimly aware of that fact from reading our country’s major papers today.
A New Spying Story Ignites Blogorrhea February 6, 2006 By Edward B. Colby As congressional hearings on the Bush administration’s eavesdropping program get under way, bloggers react to a Washington Post article disclosing more details about it.
Bank Shells Out Bundle; Editors Get What They Pay For February 2, 2006 By Edward B. Colby On Tuesday, the vice chairman of Wachovia walked away from the job with more than $500 million in cash and stock – and the financial press mostly just shrugged.
Seven Newspapers Grapple With Bush’s Flip-Flop on Oil February 1, 2006 By Edward B. Colby How well did the press explain the context of the president’s unexpected and seemingly grandiose announcement about America’s dependence on oil?
The Crimson Whips the Big Boys January 30, 2006 By Edward B. Colby Harvard’s student newspaper gets the real story about the resignation of the school’s Dean of the Faculty – and beats the AP and Boston Globe.
Alastair Macdonald on Iraqi Journalists Finally Freed January 27, 2006 By Edward B. Colby Reuters’ Iraq bureau chief discusses the U.S. military’s months-long detention of three Iraqi journalists, and their release earlier this month.
AP Spots Another U.S. Politician in Europe! January 27, 2006 By Edward B. Colby Those pesky Associated Press correspondents who trail American politicians around Europe, eager for a non-scoop about the 2008 presidential race, are up to their old tricks.
Left Heaps Scorn on Times, Right Heaps Same on Stein January 26, 2006 By Edward B. Colby Bloggers mock the New York Times for calling for a filibuster of Samuel Alito and attack a Los Angeles Times columnist for writing that he doesn’t support the troops.
