Recently laid off media columnist for Slate.com Jack Shafer talks to Howard Kurtz on CNN about the role of media critics. In Web Exclusive he talks about why he likes partisan media.
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The Dirty Dozen Excuses Offered by Plagiarists NPR's On the Media, March 19, 2010
Challenging Convention (Why cover the political conventions?) NPR's On the Media, Aug. 22, 2008
Why Doesn’t Anyone Trust the Media? Harper's Magazine, November, 2025 Magazine Work
Trump's Honest Graft Washington Post, July 7, 2025 Magazine Work
Let the Chips Fall Where they May Washington Post, March 18, 2025 Magazine Work
Milking the System Washington Post, January 28, 2025 Magazine Work
The Collapse of the News Industry Is Taking Its Soul Down With It Politico Magazine, May 6, 2024 Magazine Work
The Presidents vs. The Press New York Times Book Review, August 25, 2020 Book Reviews
In a White Room Washington City Paper, April 5, 2018 Magazine Work
Ben Bradlee's Charisma Trick Washingtonian, December 2017 Magazine Work
Democracy's Detectives: The Economics of Investigative Reporting, Reason, April 2017 Book Reviews
The Voyeur's Motel New York Times Book Review, July 11, 2016 Book Reviews
Bernie Sanders vs. The Press Politico Magazine, October 11, 2015 Magazine Work
The Pulitzer Scam Politico Magazine, April 20, 2015
Magazine Work
Diaries: George Orwell Sept/Oct/Nov 2012
Book Reviews
The Trial of Stephen Glass Dec. 11, 2011
Magazine Work
Who gets to be anonymous? Nov. 9, 2011
Columns
Unoccupy Google Reader Nov. 3, 2011
Columns
The Tripster in Wolfe's Clothing March/April 2006
Magazine Work
The State of Media Criticism; Getting Sacked Sept. 5, 2011
TV/Radio
Suck Amok Nov. 1, 1995
Miscellany
