Diane Sawyer
Obama Shows His Upper Hand on 'Fiscal Cliff' Negotiations
President Obama sent Republicans a message on Friday: I won. Get over it. READ MORE >>
The Collector
The Sexism of 'Morning Joe'
More On Right-Wing Scofflaw Mine Operator
While Obama Speechified, His Political Predicament Got Worse
Roger Ailes Hated Your Party
That New York Times piece on Roger Ailes I mentioned before also featured this quote from the Fox News executive waxing populist: READ MORE >>
Anchors Away!
Good for Diane Sawyer. And good for Katie Couric for blazing this trail and taking all the abuse that the first solo female anchor was destined to take. Odds are, Sawyer won't face anywhere near the same scrunity--or abuse. Next step: Finding a woman to follow in Hillary's footsteps and finish cracking that glass ceiling. READ MORE >>
All Talk
In the days leading up to this September 11, CNN's commemorative tribute "America Remembers" occasionally cut to footage of a reporter on that day last year, blank faced, hair covered in soot. The reporter would force out the plain facts, insofar as they were known--"We hear another plane has crashed"--then fall silent, forgetting the usual first-name banter with the anchors. Sometimes the stunned reporter even got the day wrong--"Here, this Wednesday morning ... READ MORE >>
A Year Later
A society that is notorious for its inability to remember is about to do nothing else. America eats the past, which is why people eaten by the past run to it; but even the American creed of newness will pause on September 11, and learn its limitations. The yahrzeit is here, and the least lachrymose country on earth is devising its rituals of commemoration. The interesting question is whether the memory will have life outside the media. September 11 will be a test of the American sense of reality, for it marks the anniversary of a day on which reality bested every representation of it. READ MORE >>
