I believe that this story reports on a valid news item and is reasonably fair; however, I walk away with the impression that the reporters are just going through the motion. I don't think that this type of reporting is really the Journal's strong point.

I think Ms. Lewis of Yale is exactly right. In trying to be cool, people are saying stupid things. It's exactly why I never try to ape younger generations. The result is more often pathetic than not. The larger issue, which this article never touches on--perhaps because of the ownership issues they acknowledge--is how the media talks about candidates. Well-done investigative journalism is a valid piece of reporting. Frankly, I'd like to see the media do more. Bad mouthing and rumor mongering is not. And any organization that uses the word "news" as part of their name should cease and desist.

This stoy reads like a PR/whitewashing piece rather than a news report. The authors write "TV news organizations face "unprecedented" scrutiny w/o supplying some supporting evidence. The statemet functions to absolve Fox News by implying that everbody does it . Critics are characterized as "self appointed" watchdogs (?) are there any othe kind. Michele Malkin is described as "trenchant" which means incisive,

Review of recent apologies MSM has made as a result of watchdogs closely monitoring the news for misstatements and biased language through the November vote. Interviews on both sides of some recent events with the Obamas.

This story seemed like two separate stories that had been pieced together to in order to create something greater. It failed. While the information regarding Malkin and the crawl is accurate. The characterization of what Malkin was discussing is either purposefully disingenuous or just lousy reporting, as was the depiction of E.D Hill's remarks, neglecting to report that she lost her job over the gaffe. There's no history of parties mentioned in the article. One gets the impression that someone is yelling information from a train window departing a station to a colleague a pay phone on the platform calling in the story to the Editor. There's so much missing from the story - it looks more like an outline. While it is general ... More »