December 20, 2015 Our Trumpified media: Bad dresser! Sneaky golfer! And he curses too! The media’s excavation of all things Donald has been something to behold. Forget for a moment bombing the S out of ISIS, tailgating Muslims and building a wall. The press has figured out what America really needs to know—to make America great again, of course.
December 20, 2015 Media escalate attacks over Trump stumbles, but he remains impervious It hasn’t been a great few days for Donald Trump. And it doesn’t seem to matter.
December 20, 2015 Over the line? A top Daily Beast editor urges boycott against 'racist' Trump A journalist took to Twitter to demand a boycott of Trump’s businesses. And he’s not just some columnist or commentator. He’s the executive editor of the Daily Beast.
December 20, 2015 Covering Syrian refugee debate: Lots of emotion, bursts of bias There is something about this debate on Syrian refugees that is tapping a deep emotional chord—and bursts of bias—among journalists.
December 20, 2015 The new Gawker: Mocking politics, stopping Trump and the Republicans Gawker, the website that devoted itself to gossip, sometimes of the mean-spirited variety, now plans to devote itself to politics.
December 20, 2015 Powerful Paris fallout: The media’s commander-in-chief test There comes a point in every presidential campaign where the media stop fooling around and impose the commander-in-chief test.
December 20, 2015 The media turn on Obama for low-key response to the massacre in Paris There is a new and darker mood in the media in the wake of the Paris attacks -- and a far greater willingness to take on President Obama for the lack of progress against the ISIS killers.
December 20, 2015 Trump’s attacks on Carson’s 'crap': Why he’s not backing down When a politician engages in inflammatory rhetoric, his aides often try to walk it back, tone it down, claim things were taken out of context, followed by a terse regret-if-anyone-was-offended statement.
December 20, 2015 Media pick Rubio as the probable nominee, but can he withstand the scrutiny? It was 5 a.m. in Milwaukee, after a late night of debating, when Marco Rubio walked into a hotel ballroom, impeccably dressed and betraying no sign of fatigue.
December 20, 2015 Milwaukee scorecard: Why Trump, Carson and Fox Business won the night Donald Trump didn’t dominate the Milwaukee debate. In fact, he disappeared for long stretches.