Newsonomics: What The Anonymous New York Times Op-Ed Shows Us About The Press Now

In 1954, at the moment history tells us that Sen. Joe McCarthy’s witch hunt had already lost some of its power, he still held a 35 percent approval rating among Americans, down only 10 points from four years earlier. Twenty years later, after the Senate Watergate Committee opened its hearings ...

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Merc: “It’s a Spectacular Time to Buy a Car”

So does the Merc's coverage cross a line? Well, it at least dances on it. In normal times, we wouldn't have paid that much attention. These, though, are not normal times. As newspaper standing wanes, its power to resist commercial pressures -- and I'm not saying any were exerted here -- will ...

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