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Do You Know Why the U.S. Attorneys Were Canned?
The press needs to do a better job explaining what, exactly, happened.
By Gal Beckerman
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03:02 PM
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Test Article with Long Headline, Long Enough to Make it Wrap
This article is a test.
By Paul McLeary
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02:30 AM
Behind the News
(not) WANTED: Careerist Journalists for a New Epoch
A new PEJ study looks at the future of journalism.
By Tony Dokoupil
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02:16 PM
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Fri, 11 May 2007

Behind the News
A moment in the demise of "Nightline"
A "debate" over the existence of God reveals the sad state of the nightly news, as guided by the steady hand of Martin Bashir.
By Paul McLeary
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01:49 PM
Behind the News
Newspapers are killing cartoonists--another brilliant business move
Have editorial cartoons been silenced by "fearful editors" who want to, among other things, "appease conservatives?"
By Tony Dokoupil
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10:47 AM

Thu, 10 May 2007

Politics
Ooooooh, Web ads!
Wed ads are great, but the political battles will still be fought, for better or worse, in the old media.
By Paul McLeary
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03:17 PM
The Audit
What’s good for the Bancrofts is bad for the Journal
The Wall Street Journal's parent has been paying outsized cash dividends, to the primary benefit of the controlling Bancroft family, instead of reinvesting to keep the company independent of Murdoch and other predators.
By Dean Starkman
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02:44 PM
Profile magazine
The Shield Bearer
How a conservative congressman from Indiana became journalism’s best ally in the fight to protect anonymous sources.
By Bree Nordenson
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01:02 PM

Wed, 9 May 2007

Behind the News
Will Fort Dix plotters turn out to be the next ‘Seas of David’?
Not all terror plots are created equal, as we've found out over the last several years.
By Paul McLeary
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02:18 PM

Tue, 8 May 2007

The Audit
Steiger sat on what?!
Rupert Murdoch's "reassuring" email about a live offer for the Wall Street Journal's parent creates a journalistic fiasco. Thanks, Rupert. We feel better already.
By Dean Starkman
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04:49 PM
Politics
Look Who's Dining with the Queen
More mixing of reporters with politicians over a polite dinner shouldn't sit well with the public.
By Gal Beckerman
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04:12 PM
On the Job magazine
Unspoken
Foreign correspondents and sexual abuse.
By Judith Matloff
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08:30 AM
On the Job magazine
The Wiki Defense
What Floyd Landis taught the press about drug testing.
By Jennifer Hughes
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08:30 AM
Dispatch magazine
Style Over Substance
Despite India’s media boom, its journalism is shrinking.
By Basharat Peer
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08:30 AM
The News Business magazine
Superiority Complex
Why the Brits think they’re better
By Susan Hansen
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08:30 AM
Darts and Laurels magazine
Darts & Laurels
Darts and Laurels is written by Gloria Cooper, CJR's deputy executive editor. Nominations: gc15@columbia.edu; 212-854-1887
By Gloria Cooper
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08:30 AM
Review magazine
A Place at the Table
How did ethics become a staple of contemporary food writing?
By Cynthia Tucker
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08:30 AM
The Research Report magazine
When Does the White House Watchdog Bark?
How did ethics become a staple of contemporary food writing?
By Michael Schudson & Tony Dokoupil
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08:30 AM
Review magazine
Brief Encounters
Short reviews of books about press photography in Northern Ireland, fame in America and journalist Rose Wilder Lane
By James Boylan
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08:30 AM
Feature magazine
Soldiers’ Stories
What fires up the journalists at Military Times is the vulnerability of the community they cover
By Alia Malek
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08:30 AM
Feature magazine
The Curious Case
Why the Chilean government wants to keep a friendly newspaper shuttered.
By John Dinges
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08:30 AM
Second Read magazine
On the Rocks
Douglass McCollam on John McPhee's Annals of the Former World.
By Douglas McCollam
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08:30 AM
Editorial magazine
Calling Uncle Sam
How government can and should support a free press
By The Editors
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08:30 AM

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  • What’s good for the Bancrofts is bad for the Journal

    The Wall Street Journal's parent has been paying outsized cash dividends, to the primary benefit of the controlling Bancroft family, instead of reinvesting to keep the company independent of Murdoch and other predators.

  • Steiger sat on what?!

    Rupert Murdoch's "reassuring" email about a live offer for the Wall Street Journal's parent creates a journalistic fiasco. Thanks, Rupert. We feel better already.

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