The Magazine
November / December 2007
Articles
- Essay
- Rights and Wrongs
- The most common words in politics can be the most deceptive
- By Aryeh Neier
- Essay
- Orwell Abuse
- Orwell: muse, not model
- By David Rieff
- Essay
- 'Surge,' Meet 'Escalation'
- The fight for clarity in language: a case study
- By Geoffrey Cowan
- Feature
- If You Build It...
- The Journal-Constitution gambles on a digitally driven makeover
- By Julia M. Klein
- Essay
- The Limits of Clear Language
- Orwell worried about polluted language, but polluted information is more toxic
- By Nicholas Lemann
- Feature
- Musharraf's Monster
- In Pakistan, independent TV is young, powerful, and biting the hand that fed it
- By Shahan Mufti
- Essay
- The Rhetoric Beat
- Why journalism needs one
- By Brent Cunningham
- Essay
- Rights and Wrongs
- The most common words in politics can be the most deceptive
- By Aryeh Neier
Ideas + Reviews
- The Research Report
- Who Hates the Press?
- From Watergate to the present, confidence in the media has been spiraling down
- By Michael Schudson & Danielle Haas
- Review
- Brief Encounters
- Short reviews of books: the AP, the I. Lewis Libby trial, White House communications, and abuses of civil liberties
- By James Boylan
- Review
- Parting Shot
- WFB shores up his place in the establishment
- By Victor Navasky
- Review
- Cowboys and Damsels
- Susan Faludi oversimplifies post-9/11 America
- By Bree Nordenson
- Q and A
- The New Health-Care Debate
- 1992 echoes loudly, but today's story isn't just back to the future
- By Trudy Lieberman
- Second Read
- The Unvanquished
- Marshall Frady and the dime-store rascals of southern politics
- By Scott Sherman
- Review
- Brief Encounters
- Short reviews of books about the AP, the I. Lewis Libby trial, White House communications, and abuses of civil liberties
- By James Boylan
Departments
- Darts and Laurels
- Laurel to The Principia Pilot
- Send tips and comments to [email protected]
- By Clint Hendler
- Short Takes
- The Big Picture
- Movie journalists get an image makeover
- By Megan Garber
- Editorial
- Iraq and the Cost of Coverage
- Serious stories, serious money
- By The Editors
- On the Contrary
- The War Expert
- Wrong, wrong, wrong again. But the media still want Ken Pollack
- By Michael Massing
- The Research Report
- Who Hates the Press?
- From Watergate to the present, confidence in the media has been spiraling down
- By Michael Schudson and Danielle Haas
- Darts and Laurels
- Laurel to The Principia Pilot
- Send tips and comments to [email protected]
- By Clint Hendler