Views of the News

The Media and George Zimmerman

Oren Dorell, USA Today: "Zimmerman lawyers dropping case siting lack of contact"

Meenal Vamburkar, Mediaite: "Sean Hannity Confirms He Spoke to George Zimmerman, Agreed Not to Report on Conversation"

Negative Ads: Is Local Different from National?

Mike Martin, The Columbia Heart Beat: "Hoppe-Tillotson Campaign: Council race heats up over negative ad"

George Kennedy, Columbia Missourian: "Sixth Ward council race turns ugly with Tillotson accusations"

Rush, Maher, Moral Equivalence & Money

David Serchuk, Forbes: "Congratulations!  You Just Made Rush Limbaugh Sympathetic!"

Climate Documents: The Local Angle

Paul Basken, The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Researchers' Payments From Group Backed by Climate Skeptics Are Questioned"

Greenpeace letter to UM President Tim Wolfe

Racial Slur or Honest Mistake?

Greg McNeal, Forbes: "ESPN Uses "Chink in the Armor" Line Twice"

British Bribery, U.S. Consequences?

Richard Littlejohn, London Daily Mail: "Scotland Yard Stasi and this sinister assault on a free Press"

Newt's Love/Hate Relationship with the Media

John Ellis, Buzzfeed: "Big Media Is About To Pull The Plug On Newt Gingrich"

State of the (Twitter-fied) Union + Debate Sandwich

The Expectations Game

Brian Stelter, The New York Times: "With a Fast and Anticipated Result, TV Analysts Shift Focus to South Carolina"

Neil King, Jr. and Gerald F. Seib, TheWall Street Journal: "Chances to Slow GOP Leader Dwindle"

Iowa: Too white, too evangelical, too rural?

Stephen G. Bloom, The Atlantic: "Observations From 20 Years of Iowa Life"

Media Decisions Questioned in Sex Abuse Cases