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December 20, 2015

Eavesdropping! Mean tweets! Teen drinking! The media鈥檚 ADD

There is a flattening effect, it seems to me, in which weighty and lighter stories are accorded the same attention in the mediasphere.

December 20, 2015

Sacking Sebelius? How she became the media鈥檚 pinata

The former Kansas governor is caught up in a Washington ritual, that when a scandal or debacle occurs, heads must roll.聽

December 20, 2015

Mocking ObamaCare: Jon Stewart leading the media charge

The press is now in piling-on mode, ripping not just the snafus but examining the basic competence and political sense of the White House.

December 20, 2015

Media hail Obama鈥檚 shutdown victory as he rips bloggers

The media consensus after a 16-day partial government shutdown that brought us to the brink of default is the president wins and a badly battered Republican Party loses big time.

December 20, 2015

Nate Silver, the shutdown, and calling out the media鈥檚 coverage

My view that the MSM are overstating the long-term damage to the GOP got a boost of sorts from Nate Silver.

December 20, 2015

Going Nuclear: Debate turns to default deniers

Washington is now a place where the unthinkable becomes thinkable.

December 20, 2015

The all-purpose media guide to government dysfunction

Sick of the shutdown yet? It seems like we鈥檙e inundated with the same talking points from each side as the government鈥檚 partial closure heads into its second week.

December 20, 2015

Not for attribution: Anonymous shutdown comments spark backlash

Such is the tinderbox atmosphere of Washington these days that even a couple of quotes in the newspaper can prove incendiary.

December 20, 2015

Capitol Shooting: Violence provides a reality check during surreal shutdown

Yesterday's security scare makes me reflect on the contrast between the manufactured crisis that forced the government shutdown and the real-life attack on government employees.

December 20, 2015

Spin Wars: Is the shutdown about blackmail or ObamaCare?

There were competing story lines as the media coped with day one of the shutdown.聽