Category : Maynard Institute archives

Media Use Euphemisms in Ex-Senator’s Obituaries David S. Broder, the dean of Washington political reporters, said it in his Washington Post column when Sen. Jesse...

One Columnist Says Press Corps Acted as Enabler New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer said on Wednesday he would resign over the scandal in which he...

Veteran Michael Scott Had Exchange With Producer A veteran African American television anchor who has worked in Los Angeles, Denver, Dallas, Kansas City and Charlotte,...

Obama Says That Memories “Can’t Be Played With” Golfweek magazine dismissed its editor on Friday barely 24 hours after the news that its new cover...

Photographer Du Cille Shares Public Service Prize The Washington Post won six Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, including the prize for public service, “Awarded to The...

ESPN, Jemele Hill Issue Apologies Over Column ESPN.com columnist Jemele Hill was suspended Monday over a column that said, “Rooting for the Celtics is like...

South Florida’s 24-Hour News Operations Tested The news that Fidel Castro resigned the presidency of Cuba came to newspapers in a one-line Associated Press dispatch...

Columnist Defends Role in Wright Appearance; Says She’ll Ask Obama Campaign for Apology The Rev. Dr. Barbara A. Reynolds, a onetime USA Today editorial board...

There They Go Again: Blacks Hardly Exist as Media Retell Reagan Story (2004) Aides Still Campaigning; Media Won’t Use “R” Word It’s no surprise that...

Election Is Historic, but Not Press-Corps Diversity A front-page photo of Sen. Barack Obama in the New York Times last week showed the Democratic front-runner...

News Judgment Differs on Priest’s Remarks A visiting white Catholic priest who supports Sen. Barack Obama and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright denounces Sen. Hillary Clinton...

Next Leader Will Be Fourth in Less Than 3 Years “For the second time in 15 months, the editor of The Los Angeles Times has...