Joan Walsh - Media

  • Light blogging through the holidays

    But even on vacation, I couldn't miss the story of the Iraqi who threw his shoes at President Bush.
  • George Carlin dies at 71

    Read Heather Havrilesky's last great interview with Carlin, in which he talks about cocaine, being a fallen idealist and the "exciting" Obama story, even though he didn't plan to vote.
  • Integrity and slime, in old media and new

    Time could learn from the New York Times about how to handle questions from critics. Of course, bloggers screw up too.
  • Stop the New York Times Op-Ed food fight!

    Krugman and Herbert are right, Reagan used race when he visited Philadelphia, Miss. But if the Times isn't sure, why not assign a reporter to the story?
  • Richard Corliss: Rush didn't threaten me

    The mystery continues: Which journalist did Limbaugh intimidate into giving him better coverage? Anyone?
  • Limbaugh's latest: Let's bully journalists!

    Paul Steiger's investigative reporting project is making Rush very angry about people who dig up "dirt."
  • The week so far

    Rather was right, Lieberman is (still) wrong, and when will Clinton's rivals go after her?
  • Silencing "Opus," again

    This week, only Salon has the original version of Berkeley Breathed's controversial cartoon.
  • Silencing "Opus"

    The Washington Post and two dozen other papers declined to run two comic strips that could maybe, possibly, perhaps somehow offend some Muslims, somewhere, perhaps.
  • Keith Olbermann tells Bush and Cheney: "Resign."

    The MSNBC anchor goes where no television newsman has gone before.
  • The hullabaloo over Digby

    Does it matter that she's a woman? With opinion writing still dominated by men, the answer is a loud yes.
  • "The Pulitzers are history, thank you"

    What I saw at the Webby Awards. Plus: Lynne Cheney for Senate?
  • Is Oprah the new Imus?

    At Howard University she noted that while her grandmother worked for white people, now white people work for her. And some white guys are mad!
  • Wait, how did I miss Rush Limbaugh?

    Yet another dumb right-wing Virginia Tech excuse: Cho was a liberal!
  • How little we know about Cho

    Newt Gingrich blames liberalism, the Sunday Times of London blames "a feminised society." So many opinions, so little enlightenment about the Virginia Tech tragedy.
  • Kos gets a pass this week

    Let's forgive his tin-eared post dismissing online misogyny because he just had a baby girl -- and nothing educates men about sexism quite like having a daughter.
  • Black rappers made him do it!

    Joe Scarborough and John Ridley peddle the dumbest Imus excuse of all: He learned his racist misogyny from hip-hop!
  • Firing Imus was the right thing

    Years of racist, sexist and anti-Semitic jokes took their toll, and MSNBC finally saw the light.
  • Michelle Malkin plays the victim card

    The conservative blogger wants to know why I wrote about threats to Kathy Sierra, and not her. Here's my answer.
  • Bloggers, Don Imus and free speech

    Our treasured right to self-expression will survive even if blog operators delete nasty comments and a clueless radio host loses his over job racist remarks.
  • Letters on "Men Who Hate Women on the Web"

    Thanks to readers for their smart, thoughtful ideas about whether online sexism is rampant, and if so, the best ways to fight it.
  • On the trail of "legislate, don't investigate!"

    With help from readers, a look at how Republican talking points spread through the media.
  • Welcome to the neighborhood, Politico!

    The new Web publishing venture has gotten pummeled this week for mistakes as well as political bias. Should Salon be throwing stones?
  • Setting Democrats up for failure

    A new media myth is born: Focusing on investigation over legislation will bring political "peril."
  • Howling at Al Gore's enemies

    Bob Somerby's done a great service by outing Gore's media haters -- but I'm not one of them!
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