Why 'E&P' Went Along With Media Blackout on Kidnapping Remember: when Jill Carroll was kidnapped, the Christian Science Monitor only managed to keep it a secret over a weekend. She was then held for months. Daniel Pearl's kidnapping also emerged fairly quickly -- and we all know how that one ended.- June 23, 2009
Deadly Threats at the Holocaust Museum -- From the Very Beginning: A Firsthand Account My daughter, just out of college, worked at the museum during its start-up, in 1992, through its 1993 opening, and two years after that. She told me long ago, and again last night, about some of the scary threats she and others received just for working there, and the extraordinary security measures (little publicized) they had to take. - June 12, 2009
What the Media Missed in Museum Shooting: The Far-Right Reaction In all of the coverage of the murder at the Holocaust Museum today, much was made of the white supremacist writings of the alleged killer, James Von Brunn. But little appeared on the reaction to the tragic shooting within far-right circles. - June 10, 2009
'NYT' Issues Corrections on Botched Front-Page 'Gitmo' Story -- Then Public Editor Slams It A May 21 piece in The New York Times revealed that a not-yet-released Pentagon report declared that 1 in 7 prisoners released from Gitmo had returned to waging jihad. The paper ran a lengthy correction on Friday--and the public editor, Clark Hoyt (left), weighs in on Sunday.- June 06, 2009
One Year Later: How the Media Responded to Bill Clinton and the 'S' Word It wasn't the biggest scoop of the 2008 campaign, but it produced some rather barbed, funny and unusual commentary. Which news outlets, in this day and age, would quote an ex-president, even on the Web, using the word "scumbag"?- June 02, 2009
North Korea's Bomb -- And Those 'Hiroshima' Headlines It is almost impossible for us to work our will abroad on halting the spread of nuclear weapons given our long track record -- starting with Hiroshima. Yet how we are viewed usually is not reflected at all in comments by American pundits and politicos.- May 26, 2009
Killing of Comrades by 'Stressed Out' Soldier in Iraq: Inevitable? Some of us have warned about this kind of thing happening for years, but many in the media have either ignored the brutal and lasting effects of the war on our soldiers and veterans, or paid attention for just a short while and then moved along.- May 11, 2009
When the Watchdogs Are Asleep, We All Get Robbed In the wake of the financial collapse, I wonder if the remaining (if relatively low) public respect for the press is gone for good. Yes, the delivery platform of the future will change, but the content still has to be credible. And now it must be said: The media blew both of the major catastrophes of our time. - May 05, 2009
A 6th Anniversary Look Back at Media Coverage of 'Mission Accomplished' Chris Matthews on MSNBC called Bush a "hero" and boomed, "He won the war. He was an effective commander. Everybody recognizes that, I believe, except a few critics." PBS' Gwen Ifill said Bush was "part Tom Cruise, part Ronald Reagan." And here's how The New York Times covered it.- May 01, 2009
Part II: The Soldier Who Refused to Torture--And Killed Herself a Few Days Later They served in the same battalion in Iraq at the same time. Kayla Williams spoke with Alyssa Peterson about the young woman's troubles a week before she died. The press, which has rarely challenged the official version of Iraq fatalities, has not probed the incident, to this day.- April 25, 2009
Beyond Pew Survey: How Web Sparked Obama Win The new Pew survey shows that a majority of Americans got politically active, on the Web, last year -- but it doesn't do full justice to just how that really was crucial in pushing Obama into the White House. Here's a full assessment. - April 16, 2009
Tweet Nothings -- Or Valuable New News Source? Two weeks ago, I wrote a column here about my first few days on Twitter. I suggested that newspeople might find it surprisingly useful for scoops and in other ways. To give you a better idea, here are sample "tweets" from the past day. - April 14, 2009
My First Day on Twitter A surprisingly useful experience. The "dumbing down" factor can't be ignored, but I also came across numerous scoops that soon made their way to our main site or blogs. And don't miss the Chris Walken page.- March 25, 2009
Six Years Ago on Eve of Iraq War: Judy Miller vs. Paul Krugman One of them looked forward to finding those WMD. The other wrote: "Victory in Iraq won't end the world's distrust of the United States because the Bush administration has made it clear, over and over again, that it doesn't play by the rules ... nor, as we've just seen, is military power a substitute for trust."- March 19, 2009
Jon Stewart Wrecked Cramer -- Did He Elect Obama? Not exactly, but "The Daily Show" helped set the scene in its wickedly anti-Bush and anti-Cheney attitude and then mocking of McCain and Palin. Here is a gallery of some of the Campaign 2008 highlights.- March 14, 2009
'E&P' Turns 125: The Way We Were A look back at some headlines of yesteryear, as E&P turns 125 years young. So much has changed since "going on-line" meant catching the next streetcar.- February 25, 2009
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