Outside the Beltway

The President’s constant attacks on the news media are meant for a single purpose, to undermine even accurate reporting about wrongdoing in his Administration.

Michael Cohen once threatened The Onion because it published a satirical article about Donald Trump.

For decades, it was the preeminent brand in American journalism. Now its pieces are being sold at bargain rates.

The inventor of New Journalism has died of unknown causes.

The White House isn’t apologizing for an aide who made a joke about John McCain’s most likely terminal illness. That shouldn’t be surprising.

General (Retired) Michael Hayden has some harsh, and concerning, criticisms of the Trump administration.

As has often been the case, the White House Correspondent’s Dinner is arousing some degree of controversy, mostly because of the comedy or lack thereof.

A longtime “Hillary Beat” reporter ruminates on what she and her candidate could have done differently in 2016.

Ring Lardner said he would “rather write for the New Yorker at five cents a word than for Cosmopolitan at one dollar a word.” A century later, he’d be lucky to get those rates.

The Marvel superhero film passed ‘Titanic’ in US ticket sales. Unless we adjust for inflation. Which we absolutely should.

Argumentation without the intent to persuade is masturbation, not journalism.

President Trump won’t attend nerd prom again this year. That’s a good thing.

Old-fashioned notions of journalistic neutrality are chafing young reporters in the Age of Trump.

News anchors at dozens of local stations owned by conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group were recently required to read a script mandated by corporate headquarters, and it’s leading to some bad media coverage for Sinclair.

A well-meaning journalist brushes off critiques by experts in the field. He owes it to his readers to keep learning.

To nobody’s surprise, Vladimir Putin has won re-election to another term as Russia’s President.

Two seemingly contradictory essays out today highlight the exhausting political conversation environment.

Two Republicans spoke out today against the President’s war on the news media, but don’t expect their colleagues to follow suit.

Donald Trump spends an inordinate amount of time watching television and regurgitating what he sees on Twitter. That’s not healthy.

The Washington Post exposes another James O’Keefe fraud.

Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against The New York Times suffers a significant setback.

President Trump continues his war on one of the most important guardians of American democracy.

The Daily Caller crosses a line and doesn’t seem to regret it.

Donald Trump’s golf courses are displaying something that literally is fake news.

Instead of attending the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, Donald Trump spent his Saturday attacking the press and the First Amendment.

This year’s White House Correspondents Association Dinner will be missing one high-profile guest.

After a year long experiment, Playboy is bringing nudity back.

A Federal Jury orders Rolling Stone to pay up.

Distinguishing between anti-elite populism and coded anti-Semitism is next to impossible.

Journalistic malpractice has real consequences.

Political Science research suggests that the election is, in basic ways, about what we would expect.

The creator of some of the most popular television programming of the 1970s has passed away at the age of 81.

A man who survived great horrors to become a tireless witness for truth and advocate for human rights has passed away.

A true legend in legal journalism is moving on.

A journalistic legend has passed away just days after his retirement was officially announced.

The business of the media is business. Business is not good.

A treasure trove of documents from a law firm in Panama could prove problematic for a large group of international leaders.

Donald Trump’s plan to exclude Muslims from the United States is provoking condemnation, and confusion, around the world.

Yesterday, cable news networks, and most especially MSNBC, showed their profession at its most pathetic.

Rolling Stone faces yet another legal headache over last year’s story about a campus rape that never took place.

Donald Trump was on Saturday Night Live last night. It wasn’t even remotely funny.

To the surprise of few, Bill Simmons’ site didn’t long survive his departure.

The worst-moderated debate thus far may have reordered the field.

Paul Ryan has yet to say if he will run for Speaker of the House, but that hasn’t stopped the opposition on the hard right from forming already.

From now on, you’ll just have to read it for the articles.

A front page cover on yesterday’s murders in Virginia crosses the line from reporting to exploitation.