What Juan Williams Has In Common With Shirley Sherrod

NPR says it fired Juan Williams for remarks that were “inconsistent” with its editorial standards. In reality, it appears that Williams was the victim of the same convenient editing that cost Shirley Sherrod her job earlier this year.

NPR Fires Juan Williams

NPR has fired Juan Williams over controversial comments about Muslims.

Another TV Parent Passes: Tom Bosley, RIP

Actor Tom Bosley, best known for his role as Howard Cunningham on TV’s “Happy Days,” had died at 83.

Free Speech For Soldiers and Government Employees?

Should members of the Armed Forces and other public employees have the same rights under the 1st Amendment as the rest of us? Or should they be more like journalists?

NPR The Future Of News?

Craig Newmark thinks NPR’s membership model will overtake advertising-supported news over the next decade.

The High Cost of Immigration Enforcement

Both Congress and the Obama Administration have stepped up enforcement of immigration laws–at immense cost to both the budget and the courts.

Koran Burning And Media Navel Gazing

The media is now starting to look at it’s own role in the whole Koran burning story, but the truth is that there really wasn’t any way they could’ve ignored the story.

Pakistan Flood Dwarfs Recent Crises, No One Cares

Epic flooding in Pakistan is a humanitarian crisis which dwarfs the combined devastation of the 2004 Asian tsunami, the earthquake in Pakistan in 2005, and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Why aren’t we paying attention?

Former White House Correspondents President: Fox News Seating ‘A Travesty’

Should FOX News, which is obviously pro-Republican, have a front row seat in the White House press room? Of course.

The View from Tribeca

A small slice of what people at the epicenter of the Park51 controversy have to say.

Democrats More Extreme Than Republicans

Republicans are much closer to America’s political center than Democrats.

Daniel Schorr Dead at 93

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

JournoList: Conspiracy, Scandal, Or Locker Room Trash Talk ?

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.

Elites and Elitists

One can be an elite and not be elitist and vice versa.

NPR Shouldn’t Exist But I’m Glad It Does

Many of us who have philosophical objections to public radio nonetheless like the results.

Charlie Cook: “Hurricane GOP” Bearing Down On Democrats

The latest poll trends have pollster Charlie Cook thinking that the Democrats could be in for a very bad trouncing on Election Day.

Waterboarding and ‘Torture’ in the American Media

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

Kagan: Politics Separate From Judging

Elena Kagan is not telling the truth when she says her politics are “completely separate” from her judging.

LSU Facing Massive Cuts

LSU is facing some potential deep cuts in its budget.

Bringing Magazine Ethos to Newspapers

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

Al Gore Sex Scandal: Evidence Thin

Al Gore has been accused of sexually assaulting a “masseuse” in a Portland hotel room.

Pseudo Experts

Fixing CNN

Bush: Miss Me Yet?