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Journalism and its discontents
Ninety years after Walter Lippmann first railed against the complicity of the media in wartime propaganda, we're back at ground zero.
By Sidney Blumenthal Oct 25, 2007
I'm working for a cokehead at a free arts magazine
She promised a raise and didn't deliver, and acts like I should be grateful!
By Cary Tennis Sep 27, 2007
Don't sell my company to Rupert Murdoch
It's not just bad journalism, it's bad business to let Murdoch take control of Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal.
By Steven Yount Jul 22, 2007
Molly lives
Like Mark Twain, Molly Ivins treated us to the sound of America in her prose and style. She was the rare, gifted journalist whose work transcended the news that inspired it.
By Joe Conason Feb 2, 2007
The New York Times pets the furry heads of bloggers everywhere
Who knew? Page views count. Doom of journalism: Part 37.
Andrew Leonard Jan 16, 2007
A portrait of the blogger as a young plagiarist
As a college student Ben Domenech lifted arts criticism; as a GOP henchman, he was accused of fabricating a Tim Russert quote. What was the Washington Post thinking?
By Joe Conason Mar 24, 2006
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
It's easy to dislike Mitch Albom and easy to jump on him for his ethical sin. But who among us has never cut a corner?
Apr 12, 2005
The power of a publisher
Some consider the Cleveland Plain Dealer's decision to endorse no one for president a victory -- the paper almost gave the nod to Bush.
By Lisa Chamberlain Oct 27, 2004
War? What war?
Until the recent flare-up in Najaf, Iraq had faded from the front pages -- despite continued carnage and chaos. Team Bush couldn't be happier.
By Eric Boehlert Aug 12, 2004
Reality check
The media are finally showing the war in its full horror. What took them so long?
By Eric Boehlert May 6, 2004
Orange agents
During a week of war fever, the news media gave rein to hysteria -- and, critics say, let color-coded terror alerts serve the White House agenda.
By Eric Boehlert Feb 15, 2003
Troubled Times
Missteps by Howell Raines, the New York Times' imperious top editor, have left the nation's best newspaper vulnerable to attacks by the right.
By Eric Boehlert Dec 18, 2002
Gerson Borrero, freestyle ranter
Politicians, get in line -- the fire-breathing editor of New York's oldest Spanish language newspaper will happily tear you a new one.
By Rachel Scheier Oct 31, 2001
The amazing disappearing book review section
Enthralled by marketing surveys, the newspaper industry's managerial caste has decreed that readers want more space devoted to the Backstreet Boys than to books.
By Kevin Berger Jul 19, 2001
"Double Fold" by Nicholson Baker
A crusading novelist indicts America's libraries for destroying precious archives of newspapers and books -- and puts his own savings on the line to rescue them.
By Stephanie Zacharek Apr 27, 2001
The San Francisco Examiner, 1887-2000
Underfunded and outmanned, the scrappy afternoon paper could sometimes prevail over the competition -- but couldn't survive its own mismanagement.
By Scott Rosenberg Mar 21, 2000
Should journalists and IPOs mix?
A San Jose Mercury News columnist's suspension reveals less about ethics than about the newsroom's changing balance of power.
By Scott Rosenberg Jul 27, 1999
Media Circus: The scoop on newsroom salaries
Newspaper people stay off the record about what they make -- but they're sure they should be making more.
By Lori Leibovich Oct 28, 1997
Media Circus: goodbye, sc3
The departure of wishy-washy editor Shelby Coffey III completes a top-down housecleaning at the Los Angeles Times.
By Catherine Seipp Oct 17, 1997
Beating the paper of record
The nimble Wall Street Journal consistently scoops the New York Times -- and it has the figures to prove it.
By Mark Lasswell Jul 24, 1997
Media Circus - Russian tanks invade Tokyo! See page C-32
American media are running less and less foreign news.
By Martha Ann Overland Jul 1, 1997
Media Circus - Information, please!
Our addiction to information is ruining our ability to think.
By David Futrelle Jun 27, 1997
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