Death in Gaza: Some Counts More Controversial than Others
When it comes to the death toll in Gaza, the Washington Post and New York Times both work hard to muddy up the picture.
When Is Terrorism Not Terrorism?
Coverage of Las Vegas murders mostly failed to call the crimes “terrorism,” despite the alleged killers leaving behind a note that said “The revolution is beginning,”
The Media Didn’t Fail on Iraq; Iraq Just Showed We Have a Failed Media
The headline on a story by Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi is “On Iraq, Journalists Didn’t Fail. They Just Didn’t Succeed.” To make that case, though, he has to redefine “failure” so far down that it’s hardly possible to avoid failing.
WaPo Looks at NBC’s Noncoverage of GE
The Washington Post‘s Paul Farhi has a piece today (3/30/11) about NBC‘s non-coverage of the revelation that part-owner General Electric is making piles of money–and paying no federal taxes.I’m quoted in it. Farhi breaks it down, and gets an NBC response: It’s the kind of accountability journalism that makes readers raise an eyebrow, if it […]
