“We will never have the media on our side…”
It’s one of the oldest tricks in the Republican playbook: In times of political crisis, blame the liberal mainstream media. Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum attacked the media and "smart…
Should journalists hold opinion on issues?
Should journalists be allowed to have opinions? If so, when and where — and how — should they be allowed to express them? Such questions have been a thorn in…
Journalism and fact-checking politics
When Mitt Romney’s pollster Neil Newhouse, said recently that "we're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers," it was clear that truth will be the greatest casualty…
The challenge of moderating 2012 presidential debates
Candy Crowley’s choice to moderate the 2012 presidential debates is a milestone considering that no woman journalist has been chosen for the role since 1992 when ABC's Carole Simpson was…
