December 20, 2015 Jayson Blair’s fabrications, captured on film, after he disgraced the New York Times In journalism, it’s hard to stop a pathological liar.
December 20, 2015 Donald Sterling’s Racism: Why have the national media snoozed until now? Turns out that Donald Sterling’s lengthy history of racism was an open secret in the NBA and in Los Angeles.Â
December 20, 2015 TMZ slam-dunks Clippers owner: Gossip site exposed racist rant TMZ has struck again, and the rest of the mainstream media are in hot pursuit.
December 20, 2015 The Elizabeth Warren fantasy: Why the press insists she might run When it comes to Elizabeth Warren, the press won’t take no for an answer. She says she’s not jumping into the 2016 fray, and my colleagues don’t care. It doesn’t matter what she says. They’re going to push the idea anyway. A Hillary runaway is just too boring to contemplate.
December 20, 2015 Billionaire-bashing: Koch brothers facing competition on the left For the two parties slugging it out in the midterms, it’s become a battle of the billionaires.
December 20, 2015 New York Times to Nate Silver: You’re wrong! (About the midterms) Okay, it’s not exactly a smackdown. But make no mistake: The New York Times is declaring emphatically that it’s moved on from the Nate Silver era.
December 20, 2015 Jeb’s Payday Paradox: Can he afford to run for the presidency? The former Florida governor is making big bucks running what might be called Jeb Inc., and he’d have to walk away from that for the uncertainty of an arduous campaign.
December 20, 2015 Chelsea’s baby: Why the political pundits are thrilled for Hillary Chelsea Clinton is having a baby—a nice, non-controversial story, right?—but the media are treating this development with a studied seriousness that borders on parody. Â
December 20, 2015 Ed Snowden, Russian TV star, hands Putin a propaganda coup In a few moments, Snowden became part of a Soviet-style propaganda machine, even though he clearly views himself as a public-spirited crusader.
December 20, 2015 Snowden’s revenge: Journalists win Pulitzers for his NSA leaks Ed Snowden, the fugitive from justice now hiding out in Moscow, didn’t win a Pulitzer Prize today. But his handiwork was rewarded in dramatic fashion.