Topic: Media

What We're Talking About When We Talk About Politico

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Every few months, for reasons that only they can really know, Politico founders submit themselves to questioning from publications that not so secretly hate them.

By Max Fisher

Dec 4, 2009

The Case For Saving Endangered NYT Blogs

The Times is cutting blogs, and Gawker lists eight worth chopping. Should we keep them?

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By John Hudson

Dec 4, 2009

Should Stephanopoulos Turn Down Good Morning America?

Media professionals rush to weigh in on the drama

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By Heather Horn

Dec 2, 2009

Good Question!

Is Journalism Turning Protestant?

Alexander Howard thinks the media is "going through its own Reformation"

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By John Hudson

Dec 1, 2009

Spatwatch

Arianna Huffington vs. Rupert Murdoch

At a journalism conference, Huffington lashes out at Murdoch

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By John Hudson

Dec 1, 2009

Spatwatch

White House vs. Politico

Marc Ambinder uncovers a 'caustic' e-mail circulating among White House staffers

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By John Hudson

Nov 25, 2009

Pros and Cons of an iTunes for Magazines

Rival publishers Condé Nast and Time Inc. join forces to combat slipping sales

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By Heather Horn

Nov 25, 2009

Spatwatch

HuffPo's Sex Strategy Slammed

Calling out hypocrisy in the Huffington Post's stance on sexism

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By Heather Horn

Nov 22, 2009

Top 5 Sunday Columns

A roundup of the notable columns of the day

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By Carl Franzen

Nov 20, 2009

Spatwatch

Turkana Takes on Salon

The liberal blogger gives an epic takedown of Sarah Palin coverage

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By John Hudson

Nov 20, 2009

Breaking Ranks

Anchor Ditches Fox News for Fake News

Suzanne Sena makes her debut at The Onion

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By John Hudson

Nov 19, 2009

Lightning Rod

Fox News Footage Faux Pas Part Deux

The cable news network airs the wrong footage, again

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By Heather Horn

Nov 16, 2009

Screed

I Hate Christmas Commercials

Charlie Booker doesn't just hate washing machines

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By John Hudson

Nov 13, 2009

Would 'Lou Dobbs for President' Destroy the GOP?

If the ex-CNN host ran as a third-party candidate, it could be a nightmare for Republicans

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By John Hudson

Nov 12, 2009

6 Best Lou Dobbs Moments

A hit parade of the outgoing CNN host's memorable clips

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By Carl Franzen

Nov 12, 2009

Lightning Rod

Balloon Boy, the Last Act?

The parents plead guilty to charges following the hoax

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By John Hudson

Nov 12, 2009

Strange Bedfellows

Hannity and Stewart Unite: Hannity Flubbed it

The Fox host gives a mea culpa for airing "some incorrect video"

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By Mara Gay

Nov 12, 2009

Lou Dobbs's Next Act

Pundits wonder where the outgoing CNN host is headed next: Fox News, politics...Mexico?

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By John Hudson

Nov 10, 2009

Spatwatch

Glenn Beck vs. The Internet

The Fox host loses his crusade to bring down a satirical web site

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By John Hudson

Nov 9, 2009

Spatwatch

Ross Sorkin vs. His Colleagues

Did a star reporter crib notes?

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By Carl Franzen

Nov 9, 2009

What Lies Behind Murdoch's Move to Block Google?

Another shrewd business move, or has the cantankerous media mogul gone too far?

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By Heather Horn

Nov 6, 2009

Cliché Watch

Like a Battered Wife

Domestic abuse is the analogy of the moment, whether on foreign policy or Bob Dylan

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By Max Fisher

Nov 4, 2009

6 Funniest Take-Downs of Media's Election Coverage

These bloggers (and Jon Stewart) are mad as hell, and they're not going to take any more grand speculations

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By John Hudson

Nov 3, 2009

Spatwatch

Keith Olbermann vs. CNN

The cable news wars take a new twist

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By John Hudson

Nov 2, 2009

Lightning Rod

NYT Shells Out Millions to the Taliban?

A half-baked accusation lights up the blogosphere

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By Carl Franzen

Nov 2, 2009

Good Question!

Why Print Letters To The Editor?

Save space, money and sanity by keeping "uninformed angry rants" online

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By Mara Gay

Oct 30, 2009

Americans See Fox News as 'Most Ideological Network'

A Pew poll finds that the public sees Fox News as 'mostly conservative'

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By Heather Horn

Oct 30, 2009

Breaking Ranks

Democrat Defends Fox

Julia Piscitelli says Democrats shouldn't boycott the network

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By John Hudson

Oct 28, 2009

Spatwatch

O'Reilly On Klein: "Coward"

Two mainstream pundits scuffle over Fox News

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By Max Fisher

Oct 28, 2009

Who Won the White House-Fox News War?

The best cases for the White House, for Fox News, and for neither

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By Carl Franzen

Oct 27, 2009

7 Things That Are Killing CNN

As CNN's primetime ratings plummet, commentators speculate on who or what deserves the most blame

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By Mara Gay

Oct 25, 2009

5 Best Sunday Columns

Frank Rich on balloon boy's dad, George Will on Michelle Bachmann, and more

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By Heather Horn

Oct 22, 2009

New York Times Earnings Interrupt Debate Over Journalism's Future

The Gray Lady lost less than expected in a week full of squabbles over how to prop up the industry

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By John Hudson

Oct 21, 2009

Good Question!

Can Vice Save Journalism?

Maureen Dowd mulls over a new way to save newspapers

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By Mara Gay

Oct 21, 2009

In Defense of Fox News

Journalists explain why the White House should stand down

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By John Hudson

Oct 20, 2009

Strange Bedfellows

Jake Tapper Defends FOX News

In an animated exchange, an ABC reporter slams the White House for targeting FOX

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By Carl Franzen

Oct 20, 2009

Lightning Rod

Washington Post Editor Back on the Hot Seat

Did Marcus Brauchli lie about the "salon dinner scandal"?

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

Oct 19, 2009

Who Won the Day?

Jacob Weisberg on Fox News

Slate's editor-in-chief goes back to journalistic basics

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By John Hudson

Oct 19, 2009

Good Question!

Do Beck and Limbaugh Believe What They Say?

David Frum ponders the strength of conservative pundits' convictions

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

Oct 19, 2009

Is the White House Taking Out Its Aggression on Fox?

David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel escalate the administration's attacks against the news network

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By John Hudson

Oct 18, 2009

Ted Turner's Quixotic Quest to Retake CNN

The former media magnate wants back in the game. Is he out of his mind?

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By Carl Franzen

Oct 17, 2009

5 Meanings of Balloon Boy

What does the balloon boy story really represent? If you believe these commentators, everything.

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By Anup Kaphle

Oct 16, 2009

Breaking Ranks

"The Undeserving New Republic"

The New Republic's senior editor says the magazine's National Magazine Award was a pathetic joke

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By Carl Franzen

Oct 15, 2009

Where in the World Is Balloon Boy?

After a harrowing flight, a balloon reportedly carrying a child lands only for rescuers to discover that nobody is inside

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By Heather Horn

Oct 13, 2009

Lightning Rod

Blowing Up Limbaugh's Head

Chris Matthews fantasizes about killing the talk radio host

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By Heather Horn

Oct 8, 2009

Spatwatch

Right Wing Media War

Conor Friedersdorf and Andrew Breitbart face off over political bias

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By Mara Gay

Oct 5, 2009

Screed

McKinsey Consultants Can Eat Dirt and Die

A "recovering print journalist" lays into the consultants who cut her job at Time before they struck at Conde Nast

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By John Hudson

Oct 5, 2009

Spatwatch

Sarah Palin's Guilt by Association

Rachel Maddow and Mike Murphy clash twice on Meet the Press

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By Mara Gay

Oct 2, 2009

3 Print Columnists Pen Laments for the Decline of Old Media

Why are a handful of conservative columnists reviving complaints about talk radio and the coarsening of discourse?

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By Joshua Green

Oct 2, 2009

David Letterman Reveals Extortion Attempt, Sexual Affairs

The "Late Night" host was targeted by an extortionist for sleeping with staffers. The blogosphere reacts.

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