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December 20, 2015

A Warning Shot for Hillary: Rand Paul plays the Lewinsky card

Is that tawdry episode really going to rear its ugly head 18 years after Clinton was impeached?

December 20, 2015

Obama’s speech: Big media buildup, little lasting impact

Quick: What did Barack Obama say in last year’s State of the Union? It’s not your fault if you can’t remember, and it’s not necessarily the president’s, either.

December 20, 2015

Republicans convicted by the media, but that doesn’t mean they’re crooks

There’s a difference between a court of law and the court of public opinion.

December 20, 2015

From Christie to Cuomo to McDonnell, the media’s selective standards

The wide disparities in how these three governors have been treated speaks volumes about how the media make judgments.

December 20, 2015

Facebook Folly: Why the social network can’t really forecast elections

Three researchers from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst insist that Mark Zuckerberg’s creation can forecast the future. 

December 20, 2015

Obama at length: Why he falls flat in an endless New Yorker interview

In the course of 17,000 words, Barack Obama had plenty of time to make his case.

December 20, 2015

Hollywood politics: Filmmakers target NRA, MLK and Mitt

Harvey Weinstein and Oliver Stone are trying to make very different kinds of movies.

December 20, 2015

Christie, CNN and the Media: Tale of the ‘investigation’ that wasn’t

Nearly everyone in the media jumped on a report that Christie is facing a second investigation for the possible misuse of Hurricane Sandy relief funds, which turned out to be old and overhyped.

December 20, 2015

NSA Surveillance and the Media: Why the spying scandal no longer resonates

The contrast—between the government’s vast surveillance powers and the meager limits it places on those powers—got me thinking about the media, scandal and public opinion. 

December 20, 2015

Chris Christie Dissing Democrats: Is scandal coverage out of control?

It’s clear in the wake of the George Washington Bridge fiasco that Chris Christie’s entire administration is coming under harsh journalistic scrutiny