Howard Kurtz

The liberal news media
"If you weren't rah rah rah for the Bush administration, and the war, you were considered unpatriotic, even treasonous."
The Fix
Married people aren't having sex! Dictators aren't apologizing! Bangs are back! Plus: The real question raised by "Sex and the City."
Wall Street schmooze and spin
Media author Howard Kurtz says financial journalists are more powerful and morally bereft than Washington's political pundits.
Moneyman's gonna getcha
When your financial advisor is partying more than you are, you should start worrying. Plus: Kelly Preston gives Scientological birth to a girl named Bleu. Quel fromage.
Don't cry for me, Gray Lady
After 55 years, Abe Rosenthal exits the New York Times, unquietly.
Hip, hip and away I go!
There's no need to fear, Al is here! When the going gets tough, the Gores get literal. Plus: Out of the ring into the ring? More on the great WWF migration. And, Scully and Mulder smooch.
Did Little John make Robin Hood's quiver shiver?
Professor says "merrie men" were making merry, but not making Maid Marian.
Turkey Shoot 1998
The worst books of 1998
A cry against the swine
Pete Hamill, pitchfork in hand, will be waiting in hell for the ignorant publishers and egocentric, lazy reporters who have desecrated the noble profession of newspapering
Stalemate
Salon Media Circus: Howard Kurtz's 'Spin Cycle' paints a damning portrait of the sterile battle between Clinton's PR team and the terminally cynical White House media.

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