Month: July 2013
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New at CJR: Rethinking fact-checking in Oz
My new column for CJR is an interview with Gay Alcorn, the editor of The Conversation’s Election FactCheck, an Australian news site that is taking a different approach to political fact-checking. Here’s an excerpt: One of the most interesting aspects of the site is the changes you have made to the standard fact-checking format used
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New at CJR: When “he said,” “she said” is dangerous
My new column at Columbia Journalism Review critiques the initial coverage of Jenny McCarthy’s views on vaccines in stories on her hiring at The View. Here’s how it begins: ABC’s announcement yesterday that actress/comedian Jenny McCarthy will become a co-host of The View brought forth a torrent of condemnation from doctors, science journalists, opinion writers,
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New at CJR: A cure for second-term doldrums?
My new column at CJR lauds The New Republic’s “Second Term Recovery Guide” as a welcome break from a mostly awful White House coverage we’ve seen from the press, including the latest outbreak of bully pulpit hype. Here’s how it begins: During second terms, the Washington press corps gets bored. There’s usually not much going