Meanwhile, in Mosul... |
A breathless recounting of the invasion of Fallujah
COMMENTARY
Greg Mitchell, writing in Editor and Publisher, sees many newspapers once again failing to do hard, skeptical reporting in Iraq. "One step forward, two steps back," is how he describes it.
Why is this a non-story? |
If the FBI works to shut down independent journalism Web sites that are critical of U.S. policy, isn't that news?
COMMENTARY| October 288, 2004
Journalists' organizations outside the U.S. are up in arms, but there's been hardly a peep here.
Election coverage |
Presidential debates and the media effect
COMMENTARY
What the candidates say and how they appear are important, but perhaps not nearly as important as what the news media do afterward
Bad examples |
Making a mess, as seen by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
COMMENTARY
The liberal historian lays into the news media, calling them 'supine'. Does anybody think he's wrong?
Abdication to cable |
Rosenstiel laments the decline of broadcast TV
COMMENTARY
Media analyst Tom Rosenstiel says network TV is tossing away its prestige and influence, and that its owners act as though they don't even care.
Election 2004 |
A matter of stenography at The New York Times
COMMENTARY
After the election will The Times have to apologize for some of the reporting it's doing now?
Blogs |
Watching the watchdogs
COMMENTARY| June 182, 2004
Watchdogs on the Internet: Postrel takes up DeLong's challenge; Rosen worries about the White House press corps.
Bandwagon |
Ronald Reagan died June 5th. Anybody think the early coverage was a little distorted? A little overdone?
COMMENTARY| June 163, 2004
First-day stories reflected more myth than reality, leaving out or burying anything unpleasant. It's not as though editors didn't have time to prepare.