Ward Harkavy referred to my 2005 article on the Israeli media in a July 24, 2008 blog post:
Haaretz is a lefty paper, but it is one of three major dailies in Israel. As Gal Beckerman noted in his fascinating inside look at Israeli journalism in the May 2005 Columbia Journalism Review:
Haaretz’s news and editorial pages [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Media Criticism’
July 24, 2008
A Mention in Village Voice Blog
March 5, 2008
Big Mo’ Is Tempting…
CJR.ORG — March 5, 2008
“It depends what your definition of ‘win’ is,” said Keith Olbermann on MSNBC last night as he watched the Ohio returns roll in. And, in a phrase, Olbermann delineated the journalistic quandary. How to reconcile what clearly looked like a win for Hillary Clinton—with the obligatory rain of confetti and triumphal [...]
March 3, 2008
Big Mo is Back
CJR.ORG — March 3, 2008
After the split decision in Iowa and New Hampshire, when it became abundantly clear that the race for the Democratic nomination would be tighter than any in recent memory, the pundits and news analysts begin doing a lot of math. The dominant conventional wisdom was that this contest was going [...]
February 28, 2008
President Bloomberg: RIP
CJR.ORG — February 28, 2008
“I am not — and will not be — a candidate for president.” Can we finally, finally, without any second thoughts, take Michael Bloomberg at his word? The man has been trying to get the press to understand for a long time that he is not running for president, but journalists [...]
February 26, 2008
Stengel’s Wrong About Endorsements
CJR.ORG — February 26, 2008
Every election cycle, it seems, someone emerges to criticize the fact that newspaper editorial boards endorse presidential candidates. This year’s critic is Richard Stengel, Time’s managing editor. In an editorial in this week’s issue, he laments the fact that in 2004, 418 newspapers ran endorsement (29 percent of all American papers) [...]
February 22, 2008
Follow the Money
CJR.ORG — February 22, 2008
While everyone is still busy poring over the other day’s New York Times pseudo-kinda-exposé of John McCain, I was fascinated this morning by another multi-bylined piece in my hometown paper. This one was about Hillary Clinton’s campaign-spending habits. And it was fairly damning. Highlights included the $25,000 for luxury hotel rooms [...]
February 20, 2008
A Man Made of Teflon and Rubber
CJR.ORG — February 20, 2008
Has the press been too easy on Barack Obama? With his increasingly impressive wins and the talk last night already turning to the general election and a presumed match-up between him and John McCain, it’s a question journalists are bound to ask themselves. But it’s also a question only journalists would [...]
February 18, 2008
“Not Voting With Their People”?
CJR.ORG — February 18, 2008
Yesterday’s story in the New York Times about how the hunt for superdelegates is proceeding on the Democratic side gave away the paper’s own position on a question that will be critical in the near future of the campaign. The piece focused on the three hundred or so undecided superdelegates and [...]
February 17, 2008
A Mention in The Washington Post
A mention of one of my posts from South Carolina in Jim Hoagland’s February 17, 2008 column in the Washington Post:
This began to register with me when I tuned in to Obama’s soaring, magnificent victory speech in South Carolina on Jan. 26. His mastery was impressive. And so was that of his image managers, [...]
February 13, 2008
Obama Sells His Narrative
CJR.ORG — February 13, 2008
The accolades for Obama couldn’t have scaled higher heights last night. At one point on CNN, Donna Brazile pronounced him “a metaphysical force in American politics.” Praise was heaped upon praise, and it’s no wonder. As the race has narrowed, it’s impossible not to be struck by the contrast between an [...]
