The Columbia Journalism Review takes note that media critic Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post says the media are free to call Sarah Palin’s “death panel” comment just plain wrong.

Kurtz was asked about the comment Monday during his online Q&A:

Portland, Ore.: Is there a…

Rush Limbaugh’s challenge to MSNBC to ignore him for a month was answered by the cable network’s Keith Olbermann, who said he’d accept the challenge if Limbaugh went a month without talking about himself.

Limbaugh issued his challenge Tuesday on his radio…

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is one of just two among the top 25 Sunday papers to report a circulation increase in the latest period measured by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The Arizona Republic is the other.

Overall, the nation’s newspapers…

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An article by Associated Press national writer Jocelyn Noveck examines whether Washingtonian magazine was wrong to have a cover photo of President Barack Obama in swimming trunks — and whether it was wrong to alter the color of his swimsuit.

Here’s…

Drawing a parallel to the question of identifying crime suspects by race — an issue recently debated on our “A Conversation about Race” blog — the Miami Herald’s ombudsman examines whether it is right to reveal a suspect’s immigration status in…

The Pentagon has lifted a nearly two-decade-old ban on photographing flag-draped caskets of fallen U.S. soldiers. Here’s the Associated Press’ account of today’s news:

Caskets of war dead

WASHINGTON (AP) - News organizations will be allowed to photograph the homecomings of America’s…

Inspired poster

The very familiar “HOPE” poster of President Barack Obama and the photograph that inspired it are now the focus of a copyright battle headed to federal court.

According to a New York Times account: “In a pre-emptive strike, the street artist…

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In a bit of irony, the lead headline in today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch — “Obama wastes no time, sets tone of openness” — ran over a 4-column photograph protested by some news organizations because the White House supplied…

Israel has dropped plans to let foreign reporters into Gaza to cover the ongoing fighting, despite the wishes of journalist groups and the Israeli Supreme Court,  the Associated Press is reporting.

Journalists say Israel is trying to manage the news. Israel…

The election season culminating in Barack Obama’s victory was the top news story of 2008, according to U.S. editors and news directors voting in the Associated Press’ annual poll.

The massacre of 32 people at Virginia Tech University by a mentally…