Historians generally agree that Watergate was a great, shining moment for the press - and for the Washington Post, which published the scoops of that would eventually take down a president. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein have made careers out of it; Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman added it to theirs, as have countless authors and scholars. But the July 17th issue of the Economist points to a more unorthodox take: That the Washington Post was selfish, irresponsible, and directly responsible for thwarting the World Peace that Richard Nixon would certainly have won. (more...)

Why does everyone ignore Seymour Hersh? That's what NYU Local publisher Cody Brown wants to know, asking furiously on Twitter: "Why did the NYT omit mention of Seymour Hersh from the CIA story?" (more...)

Print/Online Reporters is the second biggest category in our Power Grid next to TV Reporters, and arguably captures best the changing and often blurry landscape of today's journalism. What is a reporter? What is a blogger? What happens when the two overlap? It's a tricky state of affairs. (more...)