Tag Archives: Howard Kurtz

New Media's Real Presidential Breakthrough

Posted on 02/10/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Calling it "something of a breakthrough" that, at his most recent press conference, Barack Obama took a question from Sam Stein of the Huffington Post, Steve Benen (Political Animal, 1/10/09) explains that Washington Post media writer Howard Kurtz isn't quite … Continue reading →

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Howard Kurtz and the 'Liberal' Weeklies

Posted on 01/20/2009 by Peter Hart

On Monday (1/19/09), Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz took a look at the health of Time and Newsweek, and almost immediately rendered a political judgment: The rival editors are turning out weeklies that are smaller, more serious, more opinionated … Continue reading →

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Kurtz: Maybe U.S. Reporters in Gaza Won't Be So 'Selective'

Posted on 01/06/2009 by Peter Hart

One of the facets of the Gaza crisis not getting enough media attention is the fact that Israel has barred reporters from entering the Gaza Strip to report on the war–despite an Israeli Supreme Court ruling that stated that foreign … Continue reading →

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Howard Kurtz Is Keeping Them Honest

Posted on 12/02/2008 by Peter Hart

Washington Post and CNN media critic Howard Kurtz has been sounding the alarm over pro-Obama bias in the media. On his Reliable Sources program on Sunday, he put this question about coverage of Obama's transition to one guest: Isn't there … Continue reading →

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Halperin and Kurtz Invent a Double Standard

Posted on 10/21/2008 by Peter Hart

On CNN's Reliable Sources (10/19/08), host Howard Kurtz and Time magazine's Mark Halperin had the following exchange: KURTZ: Mark Halperin, we learned this morning that Barack Obama in the month of September raised $150 million…. If a Republican had not … Continue reading →

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Howard Kurtz's Off-the-Cuff Criticism

Posted on 10/20/2008 by Jim Naureckas

Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz wrote in his column today: McCain is never going to draw the kind of attention for his mortgage bailout plan that he did for telling David Letterman he "screwed up" by canceling an earlier … Continue reading →

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Economics Reporting 101

Posted on 10/06/2008 by Gabriel Voiles

Fed up with "economic reporting [that] relies almost exclusively on experts who managed to overlook both the stock market bubble and the housing bubble," Beat the Press blogger Dean Baker (10/6/08) writes that the Washington Post's Howard Kurtz "still misses … Continue reading →

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