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Why did Obama administration lawyers refuse to discount the possibility, even for First Amendment–protected speech?

Barack Obama

Why do journalists run interference for the 1 percent, when their job is to expose their schemes?

Postal service

It’s smart politics—the PO is popular, and could be a great community aid in the digital era.

The vilifying charges levelled at Russia's president by the American media could undermine rational U.S. policy-making.

Rupert Murdoch

British investigations reveal the shocking extent of his shady tactics. Can we really believe he hasn’t used the same methods here?

Anthony Shadid

Anthony Shadid was an exceedingly rare reporter in the thinning ranks of American journalism.
 

The Internet as a toy with a tin ear and a wooden tongue.

Hilary Rosen

Her firm, SKD Knickerbocker, sells its perceived access to the White House, while lobbying for corporate tax breaks and for-profit colleges.

Blogs

National Review claims Republicans were the party of civil rights while blogs and talk radio fan fears of black-on-white hate crimes. 

May 28, 2012

Once upon a time, CNN would be airing the hottest hearings of the day. Now it’s at the heart of one of them, as Lord Justice Leveson calls CNN anchor Piers Morgan to “explain himself” over comments he made relating to phone hacking.

May 24, 2012

Once upon a time t CNN would be airing the hottest hearings of the day. Now  they're at the heart of the story, as Lord Justice Leveson calls CNN anchor Piers Morgan to “explain himself” over comments he made relating to phone hacking.

May 24, 2012

Why are commentators comparing unrelated political attacks as though they were equivalent?

May 22, 2012

A new study shows that Fox viewers are even worse informed than those who consume no news at all.

May 21, 2012

Newark Mayor Cory Booker is the latest victim of the disease of false equivalence, which masks the true cause of dysfunction in our government. 

May 21, 2012

Chicago police have wasted no time in employing strong-arm tactics against activists and media gathered for this weekend’s summit.

May 18, 2012

230,000 long-term unemployed workers lost their benefits on Sunday and the system is about to get a whole lot worse.

May 18, 2012

Conservatives mocked “The Life of Julia,” but it is more advanced than Romney's Website. Does that matter?

May 13, 2012

Eric reviews the Beach Boys, and Reed assesses the media's reaction to Obama's same-sex marraige “evolution.”

May 10, 2012