Have you ever had the experiencing of reading an explosive headline only to click on the story and find that the actual context doesn’t back it up? I sure have. Let me give you an example. Perhaps you’ve heard that, at a news conference, Bernie Sanders said that Democrats would have a “contested convention.” Jonathan […]
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Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
What the $60 Billion Weight Loss Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know
Gina Kolata, a science writer for the New York Times, writes today about the results of research on the participants of the reality TV show “The Biggest Loser.” Kevin Hall, a scientist at a federal research center who admits to a weakness for reality TV, had the idea to follow the “Biggest Loser” contestants for […]
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
“Obama Out”
It has become cool to mock the elite gathering of journalists, politicians and entertainers that is known as the White House Correspondents Dinner. But to ignore it altogether is to miss the comedic talent we’ve witnessed on stage over the last 8 years. Here is what Seth Meyers had to say about that after Saturday […]
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
Will He Stay or Will He Go?
Congratulations, George Will: you’ve just been kicked out of the conservative movement. You just knew there was going to be a profoundly negative reaction from the wingnuts to his latest syndicated column advising conservatives and Republicans to vote for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton with an eye towards throwing her out of office in […]
Posted inGovernment, Magazine, November/December 2015
Confessions of a Paywall Journalist
Thanks to a booming trade press, lobbyists and other insiders know what’s happening in government. The rest of the country, not so much.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, November/December 2014
Laura of Arabia
When Yemen fell into chaos, most foreign correspondents were kept out. The only reliable news came from a few intrepid young Western freelancers who spoke the language, lived like locals, and managed to stay in the country.
Posted inJune/July/August 2014, Magazine
Can Listicles Fund the Baghdad Bureau?
How BuzzFeed and HuffPo manage to do real journalism. For now.
Posted inJune/July/August 2014, Magazine, Politics
The Last Interesting Centrist
Can Michael Smerconish save cable from the tyranny of partisanship?
Posted inBooks, Economy, Magazine, March/April/May 2014
Journalism and the CNBC Effect
Before 2007, the press failed to see the growing rot in the U.S. financial system and warn the public. Why?
Posted inMagazine, March/April/May 2014
The Limits of the Wonkosphere
Are we entering a golden age of policy journalism? Consider the evidence. Ezra Klein, founder of the Washington Post’s phenomenally successful online policy news site Wonkblog, recently left to form what he says will be an even more revolutionary digital venture in explanatory policy journalism. The Post says it will not only continue but beef […]
