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December 20, 2015

Media pounce on Hillary’s jobs gaffe, float Jeb’s trial balloon

The media are guaranteed to pounce on any mistake that feeds Hillary’s image as an establishment figure who is struggling to be more like Liz.

December 20, 2015

The highly sophisticated hacking of Sharyl Attkisson's computers

From the moment that Sharyl Attkisson met a shadowy source I’ll call Big Mac, she was plunged into a nightmare involving mysterious surveillance of her computers.

December 20, 2015

White House Shakeup? Why the media love to hype staff changes

The rumblings are growing louder: What Barack Obama needs to salvage his presidency is that tried-and-true Beltway prescription, the shakeup.

December 20, 2015

GOP Takeover Panic: Why the left fears ‘insane’ Republicans running the Senate

For the GOP to control both houses of Congress for the last two years of the Obama presidency would indeed be kind of a big deal, but not as earth-shattering as some prognosticators believe.

December 20, 2015

Watergate Lessons: Bob Woodward and Ben Bradlee on the pressures of investigative reporting

A conversation with Bob Woodward yesterday reminded me of what a slog the actual reporting was, and how much the business has changed.

December 20, 2015

Monica’s Mission: Can the humiliated Lewinsky lead the charge against online harassment?

Just as former felons take up prison reform and former drug addicts crusade about addiction, maybe Monica Lewinsky's very notoriety is the ingredient that generates attention..

December 20, 2015

The Ben Bradlee I Knew: Courageous, quirky and flawed

Ben Bradlee will always be remembered as one of the heroes of Watergate, steering his paper with the panache of a Jason Robards, but there was much more to the man.

December 20, 2015

The Ebola Election: How the virus story is giving GOP candidates a boost

At the very least, the nonstop media coverage is drowning out any other message that either party wants to deliver.

December 20, 2015

Ebola czar to the rescue? Why the White House may soon retreat on a travel ban

There are a growing number of media voices calling for a ban on travel from West Africa, and I believe they'll soon get their wish.

December 20, 2015

Ebola’s Newest Victim: How the CDC chief became a media pinata

This seems to me to be the classic media response to a crisis, reducing it to a question of which heads should roll.