After Lou Dobbs‘ surprising resignation from CNN Wednesday, what’s next in his professional career?
The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz quotes a Fox News spokesman as saying the network hasn’t had discussions with Dobbs. The Los Angeles Times’ political blog Top of the…
A number of us at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wish we had a do-over with the Van Jones story. The first story we published about the controversy was on Saturday Sept. 5, a six-paragraph Associated Press report about Jones apologizing…
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…
The networks are feeling pressured by the White House to televise presidential press conferences live, reports media writer Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post. Maybe that’s because they are being pressured, Kurtz suggests in a column titled “The Prez, The Press, The…
Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz says accusations of liberal media bias are sure to be fueled by a Brigham Young University professor’s survey of 200 journalists.
Kurtz quotes from the survey:
“Most journalists were aware of influential blogs on both sides of…
Has the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s coverage of the swine flu story been responsible? Would you characterize it as thorough, excessive or lacking?
The topic seems inescapable. Nationally, swine flu has been the top story on TV and radio news, and has…
The media was tougher in its questioning of President Barack Obama at Tuesday night’s press conference than it was at his first, according to the scorecard of media columnist Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post.
Kurtz noted that Obama hasn’t taken…
The Washington Post on Sunday noted the demise of the Rocky Mountain News and used the occasion to offer its readers a primer on the sad state of the newspaper industry.
In an article titled “Under Weight of Its Mistakes, Newspaper…
A post today on our new blog — A Conversation about Race — considers that question. Columnist Jeff Jacoby of the Boston Globe has answered a column by the Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz. Jacoby says it doesn’t matter. Kurtz earlier this…
Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post writes that some journalists are prematurely looking to the expectations of a Barack Obama presidency, without waiting for voters to have their say Tuesday.
In his Media Notes column today on washingtonpost.com — titled “Journalists…
