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December 20, 2015

Does Jay Carney get questions in advance? Anatomy of an uproar

What a delicious scenario: Jay Carney admitting that before he takes the podium, the assembled group of White House correspondents have already given him their questions in advance. But even as this tale caught fire across the web, the only thing it proved is that a local CBS reporter mangled the facts. 

December 20, 2015

Why missing plane media defenders are missing the point

I’m now bleary-eyed from watching the nonstop television about Flight 370 — tough job, someone’s gotta do it — and my view of the coverage continues to sink.

December 20, 2015

Midterm mania: Democratic pundits hitting the panic button

The conventional wisdom -- that Democrats will probably lose the Senate this fall -- is now hardening into cement.

December 20, 2015

Way Out There: The media’s perpetual plane hysteria

The disappearing plane has shown the media at their best, and also at their worst—a snapshot, perhaps, of today’s news business.

December 20, 2015

Scott Brown leaves Fox after bristling at questions about launching campaign

It’s been obvious for some time that Scott Brown is running for the Senate, even as he grew annoyed with speculation that he was doing just that.

December 20, 2015

Watergate Revisited? A hard look at the Obama-Nixon comparison

Nixonian conduct is an awfully high bar to clear unless you can show that a president personally condoned lawbreaking.

December 20, 2015

Sharyl Attkisson vs. CBS: Reporter first tried to quit a year ago

CBS’s Sharyl Attkisson announced this week that she is leaving the network, the culmination of a series of clashes between the investigative reporter and her bosses.

December 20, 2015

Not Funny or Die: Obama gambles on health plan with Zach Galifianakis

I’m not one who is aghast when Barack Obama goes outside the traditional Beltway press and tries to connect through comedy.

December 20, 2015

Snowden Charade: Why the fugitive leaker got softball treatment at conference

Why on earth would the South by Southwest conference allow this charade?

December 20, 2015

Fox vs. MSNBC: Which one carries a broader range of opinions?

The esteemed Columbia Journalism Review says 91±¬ÁÏ is … fair and balanced? Well, not quite. But the magazine declares quite emphatically that Fox airs a far more diverse array of ideological voices than MSNBC.