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August 2005

August 11, 2005

Cesspool duty

I've spent much of this week cleaning up the online forums at the newspaper, a...

August 26, 2004

French literary criticism

The April Harper's published Bruno Latour's essay, "Why Has Critique Run Out of Steam?" --...

August 26, 2004

A dispute

Monday night's Daily Show had what I thought at the time was a very funny...

August 19, 2004

The inevitable mouthpiece

"We are inevitably the mouthpiece for whatever administration is in power," [reporter and former assistant...

August 12, 2004

Pilloried Post

Excuses, excuses. Howard Kurtz offers a long-but-shallow examination of The Washington Post's credulous prewar reporting...

August 12, 2004

Nedra’s Christmas Club

Associated Press writer Nedra Pickler does not understand how Social Security works. At all. Nor...

July 2004

July 23, 2004

What’s typical?

What's the best yardstick for measuring a typical American's income? Sifting through the online publications...

July 11, 2004

Acce$$ to Health Care

Our newspaper is trying to expand its health coverage. This might be a Good Thing...

February 2004

February 04, 2004

Star-crossed candidates

John Kerry, John Edwards and Wesley Clark have to be pleased tonight. Kerry's wins in...

January 2004

January 29, 2004

Bad habits

Two recent stories illustrate how some of journalism's conventions can result in distorting the truth....

January 24, 2004

It happens every winter (part 2)

In the previous post, I defend "soft" stories on winter weather as a comforting ritual....

January 24, 2004

It happens every winter (part 1)

Newspapers engage in an odd ritual whenever it snows or gets really cold. The weather...

January 18, 2004

This week’s model home

From the Sunday real estate section of The (Del.) News Journal: The prestigious neighborhood Merestone...

January 05, 2004

Contemporary with Fabulous Views

That's the headline for the featured article on the featured house in this week's Sunday...

January 02, 2004

Sick days and younger readers

Here is an interesting and conventionally well-executed business story on corporate sick time policies. This...

December 2003

December 30, 2003

A wealth of news

Between the holidays and a stack of papers I still haven't finished grading, I've missed...

December 22, 2003

Liars and honest fools

The word "alleged" is used far more frequently in newspapers that it is in most...

December 05, 2003

News cycles

Saturday, November 29: "Shoppers jump-start holidays: Retailers, analysts predict increased sales over last year" Friday,...

November 2003

November 14, 2003

“We” are not rich

I usually enjoy Slate's Moneybox column, written by Daniel Gross, but today Gross is guilty...

November 14, 2003

USelessA TODAY

Newspaper's lead story is a mean old lie. Here's the lead graf from today's front-page...

November 04, 2003

Whippersnappers

CNN has high hopes that its forum tonight, co-sponsored by Rock the Vote, will attract...

October 2003

October 07, 2003

Early Returns

As the networks cover returns from California, you can be sure they'll offer projections, even...

October 03, 2003

MSNBC runs free ads for Arnold

Right now, MSNBC is broadcasting -- LIVE COVERAGE -- "Maria Shriver addresses CA Women's Leadership...

October 03, 2003

Lying about polygraphs

During the Oct. 1 White House press briefing, Scott McClellan was asked about the possibility...

October 01, 2003

Mitch sticks to his message

Sen. Mitch McConnell demonstrated remarkable discipline -- well, remarkable something -- in an interview last...

September 2003

September 23, 2003

Carnac the Magnificent Business Journalist

Via Romenesko I came across this transcript of a discussion of one of my journalistic...

September 22, 2003

Misplaced Daily Priorities

The "Business" section is irrelevant. We need a "Work" section. "Labor is prior to, and...