Outside the Beltway

Contrasting the treatment of two DOJ stories is a case study in media bias.

Daniel Schorr’s journalism career ended far too early, lasting a mere eighty-one years.

A rare case of a headline underhyping the story: “Survey: Half of Journalists Think Their Offline Publications Will Eventually Fold.”

JournoList’s archives have been making headlines at The Daily Caller, but there doesn’t seem to be any substance to the allegations of scandal.

Conservatives have long complained about liberal media bias. But conservative media seems to be much worse.

Some principles transcend political borders.

Journalism and the New Media combined in a feeding frenzy yesterday and a woman lost her job. She probably shouldn’t have.

Andrew Sullivan is back from vacation and back obsessing over the birth of a two-year old kid in Alaska.

Journalists have been following Maxwell Scott’s advice since long before “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” was made.

Why I didn’t talk to Dave Weigel before writing about him.

It’s going to be much harder for reporters to get access to the military thanks to new rules announced last night by the Pentagon.

Did the American media cover up torture by the Bush Administration?

If one wants to be a US Senator, one is going to have to learn to talk to the press.

Magazines routinely run great pieces by highly biased writers. Why can’t newspapers do the same?

A roundup of some of the more intelligent commentary on the Big Picture issues in the brouhaha of the day.

Mike Penner, the transsexual sportswriter briefly known as “Christine Daniels” is dead.