archive
It's All Politics
Controversies Risk Starving Obama's Agenda Of Air
May 14, 2013 This was the critical moment, the brief time between his inaugural and when the nation's collective focus turns to whom his successor will be, when President Obama had to make real progress on his second-term agenda. Instead, controversies have intruded, eating up precious time.
The Two-Way
Associated Press: Feds Secretly Obtained Reporter Phone Logs
May 13, 2013 In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, the AP president says there can be 'no possible justification' for the breach of confidential communications.
The Two-Way
AP's Twitter Account Running Again Following Tuesday's Hack
April 24, 2013 One day after suspending its account because of a hacking, the wire service says it is back on Twitter.
The Two-Way
AP Twitter Account Hacked, Tweet About Obama Shakes Market
April 23, 2013 It quickly became clear that the "news" was not true. There had been no explosions at the White House and President Obama was fine. But a message on the wire service's Twitter account rattled investors.
The Two-Way
AP Apologizes For WWII-Era Firing Of Reporter
May 4, 2012 In 1945, the wire service's Edward Kennedy reported the news that Germany had surrendered. He defied military censors to do so. German authorities had reported the story and Kennedy saw no reason to wait. At the time, AP condemned his actions.
It's All Politics
For Some Gov't Workers, Blurry Line Where Work Ends, Campaign Begins
October 6, 2010 Election time means government workers become campaigners for their bosses which is legal so long as workers keep track and account for the time they spend campaigning and the time spent doing their government jobs.
NPR Ombudsman
Should NPR Have Run the Photo of a Dead Marine?
September 10, 2009 An American Marine was killed during a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan. An Associated Press photographer captured that moment. Should NPR and other news organizations have run photos of the dead Marine when his parents have specficially asked the AP...
