March/April 2002
Table of Contents
Articles
- Gimme an 'E'!
Blinded by Enron's star power, the business press forgot to ask questions. Scott Sherman uncovers the undercoverage. - Waiting for Gigot
James Klurfeld considers what's in store on The Wall Street Journal's opinion pages. - Latino Puzzle
How the heartland press is dealing with the biggest cultural shift in a hundred years. By Brent Cunningham - Anchor's Changing
Times
In an excerpt from a new book by Leonard Downie and Robert Kaiser, Rather, Brokaw and Jennings compare their nightly news — twenty years ago and now.
Perspectives on War
- Windows
Seeing the same story in different ways. By Neil Hickey - Inside Al Jazeera
Rick Zednik finds out where "all this noise" comes from. - The View from Britain
Tabloids think we're boring. By George Kennedy
Short Takes
- The Last Word on Talk
Reflections by Russ Baker - First Person
Inside the schools. By Christina Asquith - Q&A: Vanessa Leggett
The longest-jailed reporter in U.S. history, speaks out. - Role Model
Anthony Marro on Bob Greene's outsized influence. - Sex, Lies...
...and women's magazines. By Liza Featherstone - Opening Juvenile
Court
By Barbara White Stack - Book Notes
The Siren Song of Bjorn Lomborg. By Russ Baker - Stories That Haunt
Michael Shapiro explores a memory.
Currents
- In Review
Framing the Flag - Ownership
A Chill In Canada - Reporting
Greening of the White House - Ethics
Enron's Helpers
Voices
- Tom Franklin
Afterlife of The Photo - Mark Thompson
Pentagon Pool: R.I.P. - Geneva Overholser
Girls Interrupted - Andrew Kohut
Listen Up, Bias Mongers! - Lawrence K. Grossman
Shutter TV Marti - Donald Altschiller
A Librarian's Plea
Books
- Reaching for Glory:
Lyndon Johnson's Secret White House Tapes, 1964-1965
By Michael Beschloss. Reviewed by Gloria Cooper - Into the Buzzsaw
By Kristina Borjesson. Reviewed by Bruce Porter - Bias: A CBS Insider's
View
By Bernard Goldberg. Reviewed by Tom Goldstein - Book Reports
By James Boylan
