Newsweek Editor: Woo Hoo! Our Magazine Circulation Is Being Cut in Hal

"Hey Dad! Great news! My report card grades are half of what they were last term!"And just before my father would have smacked me upside my head for being so absurd, I would have quickly pointed out that the editor of Newsweek, Jon Meacham, is celebrating the fact that his magazine's circulation is being cut in half. Of course, back when I was a kid Newsweek at least made an attempt to be…
P.J. Gladnick
 

WaPo Highlights D.C. Graduation Speaker Denouncing 'Snarl of Hatred' o

Tim Graham
 

WaPo Website Merges Photos of Gays With Mormon Church Fire Story

A 60-year-old Mormon Church in Massachusetts burned to the ground on Sunday. A story about the incident appeared on the Washington Post website last night. It's an AP entry discussing the fire that chased worshippers out of the building in a panic on Sunday. But it is accompanied by a rather odd choice of images. Is it a photo of the fire-damaged church? Perhaps it is a snap of frightened…
Warner Todd Huston
 

NYT Finally Admits It Spiked Obama/ACORN Corruption Story

Matthew Vadum
 

Networks Lead the Cheer for Obama's Notre Dame Address

On abortion, he talked a good game, and that was enough for reporters.
Colleen Raezler
 

NYT's Maureen Dowd Caught Plagiarizing Left-wing Blogger

UPDATE at end of post: Dowd's employing the famous "I heard it from a friend" defense.On a regular basis, NewsBusters has warned readers of the infiltration into traditional media outlets content written by left-wing bloggers.On Sunday, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd was accused of plagiarizing a piece posted a few days prior by Josh Marshall of the liberal website Talking Points Memo.Dowd…
Noel Sheppard
 

WaPo's Robin Givhan Sees Racism, Sexism in Criticism of Wanda Sykes' N

Tim Graham
 

Liz Cheney Schools WaPo's Robinson on Interrogation Techniques

Dick Cheney's daughter Liz was a guest on Tuesday's "Morning Joe," and she took the opportunity to wipe the floor with the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson.Earlier that day, Robinson had published a column at the Post harshly critical of the former Vice President:Can't we send Dick Cheney back to Wyoming? Shouldn't we chip in and buy him a home where the buffalo roam and there's always room for…
Noel Sheppard
 

CNN's Whitfield Hails as 'Courageous' Obama's Notre Dame Speech

Brent Baker
 

Shocking Headline: 'Some on Left Souring on Obama

Here's a headline you'd never expect to see at a left-of-center website so soon in the new President's first term:Some on Left Souring on Obama Maybe even more shocking was the content in Josh Gerstein's Politico piece that was so prominently placed as the feature story on the site's front page Sunday:
Noel Sheppard
 

Politico's Revealing Coverage Double Standard on Challenges to House L

Those who believe that Politico is a hangout for former establishment media journalists who want to recreate a combination of the New York Times and Washington Post on the web -- complete with the insufferable biases of those two publications -- can look to the disparate treatment of two challenges to party congressional leaders as affirmative evidence. In a search on "Cindy Sheehan" at Politico…
Tom Blumer
 

Open Thread

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: you tell us.
NB Staff
 

SF Chronicle Reporter: Pelosi 'Torture Woes' Politically Motivated

So how does the Washington correspondent for Nancy Pelosi's hometown newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle, explain away Nancy Pelosi's disastrous news conference on Thursday in which she accused the CIA of lying? Simple. Blame it all on the evil Republicans and portray the House Speaker as the victim of political gamesmanship. Such was the laughable premise of Carolyn Lochhead in her Chronicle…
P.J. Gladnick
 

PBS Planning to Kick Out Stations That Broadcast 'Sectarian' Religious

Tim Graham