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Howard Kurtz

New McCain Ad: Obama Is “Dangerous”

The McCain campaign is out with a new ad calling Barack Obama “too dangerous for America”: The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz argues that McCain isn’t exactly telling the truth here: Analysis: This John McCain ad blatantly...

I'm going to catch that horse if I can ...

I did a short post on the VP debate for the Guardian on Friday; it's here. Speaking of which, the moderating, again, was lousy. Just look at this question from Gwen Ifill: "Let's move to Iran and Pakistan. I'm curious about...

Parker says her critics think she's jealous of Palin

CNN.com | washingtonpost.com Kathleen Parker has heard from about 11,000 readers since writing her column critical of Sarah Palin. "I think most of the comments were more along the lines of -- that I was jealous, that clearly I...

Effects of Wall Street crisis will be felt for years

ATLANTA -- People magazine's cover on Ben Affleck's struggle with alcoholism, Time's cover on Venus and Serena Williams, Business Week on the 'Wine War' -- is to realize how suddenly, dramatically, unalterably the world has...

No one knew the crash was coming except the people who knew

The press are beginning to notice that they didn’t notice the flames lapping at the financial nation’s ankles these past several years. This is something of a ritual; and a bit of a peculiar one at that, since newspapers have...

Why didn't business journalists see the Wall Street meltdown coming?

Washington Post "We all failed," says CNBC's Charles Gasparino. "What we didn't understand was that this was building up. We all bear responsibility to a certain extent." Washington Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli tells...

KEN SILVERSTEIN—Department of Irony: Congress, lobbyists, and reporters toast “financial reform”

On November 8, 1999, a few months before the NASDAQ index peaked at 5132.52, The American Banker ran several short items in its “Washington People” column. The lead piece reported that House Banking Committee Chairman Jim Leach...

We Didn't Mention the Impending Financial Crisis Because You're too Dumb to Understand

Or something akin to that is the narrative forming in Howard Kurtz's Washington Post column on the role journalists played in the financial collapse. The response from new WaPo chief Marcus Brauchli is but one gem of many, many...

Fox Business cracked 100,000-viewer mark last week

14 hrs ago

Steve Krakauer of TVNewser writes that Fox Business Network, which celebrates its one-year anniversary next week, hit the 100,000-viewer mark for the first time ever last week during a couple of shows. Krakauer writes,...

Obama Spot Is Heavy on Supposition

Friday, October 3, 2008; Page A08 John McCain: I can't wait to introduce her to the big spenders in Washington. Narrator: Big spenders . . . like John McCain. McCain's tax plan means another 3 trillion in debt. His plan to...

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