Internet sites that allow commenting should do a better job of barring hate speech, writes Michael Gerson in the Washington Post.

“User-driven content on the Internet often consists of bullying, conspiracy theories and racial prejudice,” Gerson writes. “The absolute freedom of…

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Columnist Dana Milbank of the Washington Post — by virtue of being a columnist — is permitted to offer commentary in an article he wrote about Congress’ behavior during President Barack Obama’s speech last night.

Much of…

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…

Sarah Palin

As Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin prepares to leave office Sunday, a new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows her standing with the public is the worst its been since she entered the national limelight.

“A majority of Americans hold an unfavorable view…

The Washington Post reports today that it has “initiated internal reviews to ensure that its business practices do not compromise its journalistic ethics when the newspaper organizes conferences or private events funded by sponsors.

The planned “salons” have led to widespread criticism of the…

Post-Dispatch

Los Angeles Times

Was Michael Jackson’s death worth front-page display in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch? For editors yesterday, the answer was clearly yes.

But how much display was appropriate? News of his death arrived late afternoon. (Bob Rose will be posting a…

Is President Barack Obama still a smoker? Neither he nor his aides will give a straight answer.

As White House coverups go, the question hardly ranks among the most-pressing. But it came to mind yesterday when Obama signed into law sweeping…

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Media critic Jack Shafer has called out newspapers throughout the country — Bogus trend of the week: raising backyard chickens.

Shafer writes that newspapers keep reporting about an increasing number of people raising chickens in urban and suburban settings…

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…

The ombudsman — readers’ advocate — for the Washington Post has tackled that question a couple times in recent days. The question also was the focus of a study by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, which…