Newsweek Launches Savage Attack on … Newsweek! March 6, 2006 By Steve Lovelady What’s behind the widespread public confusion concerning the findings of the Women’s Health Initiative? Writers at Newsweek have found the culprit – in a word, themselves!
Super Bowl Nausea February 9, 2006 By Steve Lovelady It’s early in the year, but we think we’ve found a finalist for the Best Correction of the Year 2006.
Cloaks and Daggers at the New York Times February 2, 2006 By Steve Lovelady A brief piece buried inside the paper today notes that the FBI has phoned two Times reporters asking about contacts they had with sources in 2003. So what’s going on?
Down the Rabbit Hole January 9, 2006 By Steve Lovelady For the most part the story of the West Virginia mining tragedy is not a political one, so comments about press performance are, for once, not filtered through a political prism. What results is a revelation.
New York Times Discovers Another Trend – Far, Far Away, and Seven Years Too Late December 30, 2005 By Steve Lovelady The Times tells us housing is cheap – until you read deeper into the article, where it becomes apparent housing is actually getting more expensive.
In Dowd World, Only the Babes Shall Prevail December 10, 2005 By Steve Lovelady Apparently, in Dowd World, it’s more than okay for a multi-million dollar newscaster to be a babe, but not so good at all to be a pretty-boy or a hunk.
The Pitfalls and Perils of Dancing to Wall Street’s Tune December 5, 2005 By Steve Lovelady Finally, a backlash against all of the one-trick ponies occupying executive suites at media companies has begun to emerge.
A Prophet of Doom Cherry-Picks the Numbers November 28, 2005 By Steve Lovelady Gretchen Morgenson, a New York Times Wall Street reporter with a Pulitzer under her belt, is one of the shrewder financial minds in the business press, so it’s always surprising to see her stumble.
