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December 20, 2015

Twitter and Campaigns: When noise becomes the news

In my view, Twitter has become shorthand for the crazy, noisy, rough, raunchy, speed-of-light, stuck-on-steroids nature of politics and journalism today.

December 20, 2015

John McCain’s Media Moment: Beltway’s top Syria crusader

After a rocky relationship with the man who beat him five years ago, McCain emerged from an hour-long meeting at the White House on Labor Day saying he would back Barack Obama for limited airstrikes against Syria under certain conditions. 

December 20, 2015

Split on Syria: A conservative magazine’s internal battle

The prospect of war with Syria has sparked something of a civil war at National Review. A number of the magazine’s leading figures have balked at an editorial endorsing U.S. air strikes against the Assad regime.

December 20, 2015

Kerry lacks firepower in Sunday morning blitz

It’s no surprise the Sunday anchors were skeptical of a cabinet officer who by all appearances was having to squelch his disagreement with the commander-in-chief.

December 20, 2015

Fed Faceoff: Website runs anonymous attack on Larry Summers

The surprisingly public horse race for chairman of the Federal Reserve is capturing the media's attention amid controversy over Syria. 

December 20, 2015

From the Emmys to the Super Bowl, Twitter wants your TV chatter (and network cash)

Twitter and television are about to get hitched, and as in any good marriage, each side brings something to the table.

December 20, 2015

Split Screen: Media torn between Syria strategy and King celebration

An exercise in nostalgia and symbolism hearkening back to 1963 had to compete with a plan to rain Tomahawk cruise missiles on a Middle Eastern country in 2013.

December 20, 2015

Media drawing their own red line on Syria

As the administration weighs air strikes against Syria over its use of chemical weapons, even many liberal publications and commentators are invoking the president’s warning a year ago that such weapons were a line that the Assad regime must not cross.

December 20, 2015

Ben Bradlee’s daughter-in-law reveals (almost) all on Facebook

Ben Bradlee, one of the great men of American journalism, celebrated his 92nd birthday yesterday, and his daughter-in-law paid tribute by posting a photo of them and saying "it is a dream to be part of his family." That, however, is only one of the photos that Pari Bradlee has been putting on Facebook. 

December 20, 2015

Why the media are gorging on Miley Cyrus’ MTV gyrations

It's been amusing to watch all the hyperventilating about Miley Cyrus. What she did at the VMAs was terrible, horrible, gross and downright nauseating, the pundits say. And hey, let's look at it again.