July 2: Ed Schultz got left for dead–as Josh Marshall mooned about Sanford
July 1: After all these years, the Times explores the merits of Canadian health care
June 30: Ceci and Dana are both in the news. The pair go way, way back
June 29: At the Times, they love to hunt those legions of red-state hypocrites

June 27: We’re big fans of Jamison Foser. We augment his recent time-line
June 26: Ezra Klein obeyed a great rule. Froomkin never did
June 25: If we let them name the LIARS, they’ll name Big Dems every time
June 24: Ceci has always been the best when it comes to misleading us rubes
June 23: Everyone on earth knows this. Except our progressive leaders
June 22: Jay Rosen explained the press under Bush. Can he be for real?

June 19: The ladies Dormady know about rationing. At the Times, Leonhardt does not
June 18: Our spirits soared when Leonhardt said he’d tackle that “rationing rhetoric”
June 17: The ladies Dormady have heard from the right. From our side, not so much
June 16: Zeno couldn’t cross a room. And we can’t achieve full coverage
June 15: Krugman’s column made us recall what happened to Rush way back when

June 12: Our guess: The new Miss Cal isn’t pretty enough to make Keith Olbermann mad
June 11: Yesterday’s killing made us think about what happened the last time
June 10: The analysts chuckled as the coven found a new standard of probity
June 9: Pierce’s book arrived in the stores. Greedily, we fell upon it
June 8: Is Sonia Sotomayor a “lightweight?” A flyweight newspaper asked

June 5: Our journalistic gods are nuts. Krugman almost said so
June 4: Charles and Tucker showed how a cult works–and the long, broken trail we’ve been on
June 3: A thought popped into Taylor’s head. No one bothered to fact-check
June 2: George Stephanopoulos spent his day correcting his panel’s failed facts
June 1: David Gregory tried to analyze Sotomayor’s now-famous statement

May 30: We’ve learned to push back at nuts like Liddy. It’s time to push back at a Cult
May 29: It’s sad to review the ongoing yelling about Sotomayor’s nomination
May 28: A cult is trumpeting 32 words. How should smart people respond?
May 27: We were struck by the sorry, crabbed way the Post profiled Sotomayor
May 26: Krugman’s column was essential, as always–except for that one small remark

May 23: Have we been too hard on our cable shows? Consider what Turley said
May 22: We Americans can choose between Fab and Tide–and between two lines of blather
May 21: When big journos play with dolls, they get to dream up what was said
May 20: Robert Draper’s a bit Ceci-esque in his report about Rummy
May 19: Why is progressive cable so light? We sometimes think the answer may lie in the world of Bill Wolff
May 18: Wilkerson bungled his facts–again. But progressives seem to love his fine tales

May 16: The Times and the Post misstated baldly about their new target, Pelosi
May 15: The rubber met the road with Spitzer. First, though, the church of Saint Powell
May 14: Professor Turley had a small cow while KO stalked a brassiere
May 13: Why did KO run that segment? Long ago, Wolff clued us in
May 12: Schieffer was outraged by what Souter said. But does that “quotation” exist?
May 11: Relying on uncertain facts, Schieffer told Cheney to stuff it

May 9: Colin Powell is now a “war hero”–on progressive cable, that is
May 8: Giant events are under way in your world. So Keith limned Joe the Plumber
May 7: Jeffrey Rosen spread a plague. But so did several others
May 6: Why did we say that Dowd was unfair? Several sharp readers asked
May 5: The Post and the Times offered dueling spins. What makes them see things as they do?
May 4: Even Dowd made a decent point about Rice. Why can’t our new best friend see it?

May 1: This week’s striking test results deserve to be seen for themselves
April 30: We liberals never discuss urban schools. Today’s question: People! Why is that?
April 29: Important new test scores were released. So the Post and the Times started spinning
April 28: The Post did a top-notch report on the schools. On cable, we still haven’t heard
April 27: Why did he let that report proceed? Someone forgot to ask

April 25: The chancellor said he doesn’t know if New York’s tests have gotten easier
April 24: Walter Isaacson can’t explain Einstein. Or what occurs in fourth grade
April 23: As Big Dogs warbled a new hit song, Goldstein voiced an objection
April 22: Quoting Kopp and praising the Finns, Tom Friedman has some hot data
April 21: Naomi Klein mocked Larry Summers—and a question popped into our heads
April 20: Clan members have always believed this way. It’s the essence of life in the clan

April 17: I see myself in others, he says. Maddow and Olbermann won’t
April 16: KO’s report may have been the dumbest thing we’ve ever seen on cable
April 15: Maddow was emoting hard—and handing us rubes half a story
April 14: They say Somalia is a failed state. Then too, there’s progressive cable
April 13: CEOs got smoked by Parade. Journalists? Not even one

April 11: Diane Ravitch asked good questions. Reporters should chase down the answers
April 10: Something’s wrong with a big cable host. Let’s start with Anderson Cooper
April 9: Nancy Pelosi knows several things. Progressives should know these things too
April 8: Digby saw two CNN stars display Millionaire Pundit Values
April 7: We were wrong—and Glod was right! But then, so is Juliet Eilperin
April 6: Disinformation rules your discourse. This weekend, the fixers spoke

April 4: This morning’s Post is sadly instructive–and Countdown gives us a treat
April 3: We liberals can be happy at last—as a big net keeps dumbing us down
April 2: Ohhh jeeez! We’d had our fill of this channel’s dishonesty maybe like ten years go
April 1: You might not mind their mugging and clowning—if their reporting was good
March 31: We’re going to discuss that “in depth,” the host said. That’s where the humor began
March 30: A former sports guy—and a former Rhodes Scholar—continue to dumb liberals down

March 27: We think our liberal shows are a wreck. But how can we best explain that?
March 26: Ten years ago, it would have seemed like a dream—two nightly liberal programs
March 25: Hannity pounded at weakling Obama–but so did a second big host
March 24: Like his colleague, Nicholas Kristof believes in high-minded reform
March 23: Understandably, Brooks believe in the experts. Too bad they’re constantly wrong

March 21: Countdown keeps getting dumber and dumber, right before our eyes
March 20: Nancy Pelosi was setting a trap, an Official Dem Guest told the man
March 19: Brooks believes in higher standards—for ten-year children, that is
March 18: David Brooks believes in tests. But how much does he know about schools?
March 17: David Brooks believes in Obama’s agenda. And he believes in the experts
March 16: Foser’s tape recalled the time when Norah O’Donnell pushed back

March 14: Olbermann, he of the hot monkey love, may now be the world’s dumbest person
March 13: Those higher state standards could help some kids. But they can badly harm others
March 12: Obama embraced a ridiculous claim. The New York Times rushed to endorse it
March 11: Obama misstates about the schools. The Washington Post doesn’t notice
March 10: Jim Glassman doesn’t regret that prediction. But then, he’s too big to fail
March 9: Broder typed a standard script–a script which is highly high-minded

March 7: A foolish cartoon in this morning’s Post triggered a jarring query
March 6: It’s easy to write outraged columns on earmarks. Just memorize five easy terms
March 5: The loud dumb fellow got it wrong. His pals were too timid to tell him
March 4: What was Brooks’ major complaint? You aren’t allowed to know that
March 3: News reports help us ponder bullroar’s supply–and demand
March 2: Did Jindal embroider? We’re not sure. But three big liberal stars did

February 27: Keith the Plumber helps us enter the world of the pseudo-lib tribe
February 26: No one doctors quotes, Keith said. Then, he doctored Obama
February 25: It’s hard to run a gang of rubes more briskly than Olbermann did
February 24: Uh-oh! Maureen Dowd’s zombie intellectual culture is now taking root on the web
February 23: Do we know how to fix low-income schools? In the Post, a guest gets it right

February 21: Ceci Connolly shows you why we just keep asking that question
February 20: We thought we’d probably heard it all. Then we heard Chris, Wednesday night
February 19: Keeping it classy, KeithO and Flanders helped show that little has changed
February 18: The GOP made a rather weak claim. But Dan Eggen bungled again
February 17: Sunday’s guest lists favored Dems—except at a rube-running web site
February 16: We’re going to spend another day making our work more polite

February 13: How much pork is in that bill? “Some,” the Post has now said
February 12: It’s hard to learn even the most basic facts about the “compromise” package
February 11: David Denby, like Clark Hoyt before him, seems to be getting results
February 10: Dionne and Herbert construct a Dear Leader. Is this really good for our side?
February 9: How bad is the work of the Times’ “liberal” pundits? A commenter nailed a dear child

February 6: Dana can tell who the Goofuses are. He doesn’t waste time on the merits
February 5: McWhorter described a miracle cure. At one school, it hasn’t happened
February 4: Obama’s slight problem began way back when, in that Cordelia campaign
February 3: McWhorter made a remarkable claim–and TNR put it in print
February 2: McWhorter snorted about public schools. But then, so did Nick Gillespie

January 30: David Denby talks straight about Dowd and Gore. Why won’t our Kewl Kids do likewise?
January 29: Broder’s cohort luvved Ken Starr. Today, they luv somebody else
January 28: As an ice storm bollixed the region, we visited Bill Gates–and Walden
January 27: Ryan Grim said it didn’t exist. Then, he linked you to it
January 26: Colbert King’s column was a disgrace. It captured a 16-year era

January 23: David Broder failed to recall one source of past partisan warfare
January 22: Uh-oh! A famous film-maker—and a famous professor—wasted time about low-income ed
January 21: The career liberal world refused to fight back. Does Steve Clemons’ post show us why?
January 20: Today is a special occasion. But still, you should read Clemons' post
January 19: Jay Rosen defines the sphere of deviance–and leaves some key things out

January 16: Our scribes applaud high standards—for kids. For themselves and Ed Secs, not so much
January 15: On Monday, Bush made a joke. Gail Collins knew just where to take it
January 14: Spellings’ factual claims are correct. But there’s a key flaw in her logic
January 13: Margaret Spellings makes three key claims in today's "Dear Arne" letter
January 12: Margaret Carlson had a feeling last week. On Sunday, a Post pundit did too

January 9: Journalists love those feel-good tales–when they come from our low-income schools
January 8: The facts can undermine pleasing tales. Consider Kristof’s column
January 7: A farm-state pol was seen without socks! To Brokaw, this was a key detail
January 6: The latest scamming-of-Oprah event helps display broken press culture
January 5: Even after all these years, Krugman’s commenters don’t seem to know the way the discourse works