Howard Kurtz
Style; National
Articles by Howard Kurtz
NBC's Primary Source for Election '08 (May 12, 2008)
The Woman's Network (May 7, 2008)
Rolling the Dice (May 6, 2008)
Obama's Chilly Spring (May 5, 2008)
A Son's Own Orbit (April 29, 2008)
Boston's Scrappy Herald, Screaming for Readers (April 28, 2008)
Journal Editor No Longer Felt Welcome (April 23, 2008)
Top Editor Steps Down At Wall Street Journal (April 22, 2008)
Retired Officers, Still Doing The Pentagon's Work on TV? (April 21, 2008)
At CBS, a Public Show of Support for Couric (April 19, 2008)
Performance By ABC's Moderators Is a Matter Of Debate (April 18, 2008)
Megyn Kelly, Fox News's Fast-Rising Anchor (April 14, 2008)
Tough Question For CBS: Who'll Follow Couric? (April 11, 2008)
Katie Couric's Future as CBS Anchor Under Discussion (April 10, 2008)
War Games (April 9, 2008)
The Post Wins 6 Pulitzer Prizes (April 8, 2008)
The Katie-Hillary Bond (April 7, 2008)
For Couric, an Uphill March (April 7, 2008)
At Sparkly Newseum, The Glory Of the Story Goes Above the Fold (April 6, 2008)
Wall St. Journal Makes Politics Its Business (March 31, 2008)
Tupac Papers Were Phony, L.A. Times Says in Apology (March 28, 2008)
L.A. Times To Investigate Source of Story On Rapper (March 27, 2008)
Less Than Candid (March 26, 2008)
With BlogTalkRadio, the Commentary Universe Expands (March 24, 2008)
Rove on Fox: It's Fair to Say He's Mellowed (March 17, 2008)
Brian Williams Nudges NBC to The Top With A Light Touch (March 10, 2008)
Obama Adviser Quits Over 'Off the Record' Crack at Clinton (March 8, 2008)
For Political Reporters, A Never-Ending Story (March 6, 2008)
With Allegations of Impropriety, the Charges Can Bounce Both Ways (February 25, 2008)
N.Y. Times Gets Flak From All Sides on Explosive Story (February 22, 2008)
L.A. Times Editor Post Goes to Web Site Chief (February 15, 2008)
Hardbrawl (February 14, 2008)
Campaign Story Lines, All Knotted Up (February 11, 2008)
Chelsea Remark Earns MSNBC Correspondent A Suspension (February 9, 2008)
Limbaugh on McCain: It's Better to Be Right All the Time (February 5, 2008)
For Obama, a Most Congenial Spot (February 4, 2008)
As Obama Plans 24-State Blitz, GOP Hopefuls Rein In Spending (February 1, 2008)
Team Obama Is Courting Everybody But the Press (January 28, 2008)
Fired L.A. Times Editor Rips Tribune's Priorities (January 23, 2008)
Accessibility Opens Doors For McCain (January 21, 2008)
Second L.A. Times Editor Is Ousted for Balking at Budget Cuts (January 21, 2008)
Chris Matthews Backs Off 'Nasty' Remark on Clinton (January 18, 2008)
Washington Times Names Post Reporter Its Top Editor (January 15, 2008)
Clinton, Crying Foul -- or Craftily Playing the Game? (January 14, 2008)
In Picking The Victors, Media Get Another Drubbing (January 10, 2008)
Even Conservative Media Chorus Sings Obama's Praises (January 8, 2008)
Bad Press? Giuliani Gets It Good (January 7, 2008)
People May Dislike Attack Ads, but the Messages Tend to Stick (January 6, 2008)
In Calling The Race, The Media Miss by a Mile (January 5, 2008)
Fox Unfazed by Business Channel's Slow Start (January 4, 2008)
ABC's Gibson, Trying to Set The Table for Meatier Debates (December 31, 2007)
Kucinich Writing Off His Autobiography, Book's Publisher Says (December 29, 2007)
Dashing Through the Snow, Craving News Along the Way (December 24, 2007)
McCain Says Allegations That He Did Favors for D.C. Lobbyist Are Untrue (December 21, 2007)
It's All About Hillary (December 20, 2007)
Candidates Step In From the Cold (December 20, 2007)
For Clinton, A Matter of Fair Media (December 19, 2007)
Lashing Out From Under Cover: Hey, Play Fair! (December 17, 2007)
Attention Must Be Paid (December 10, 2007)
ABC Nabs Latest Media Player From Bush Team, Matthew Dowd (December 7, 2007)
Revisionist History (December 5, 2007)
Panic Mode? (December 4, 2007)
New Republic Disavows Iraq Diarist's Reports (December 4, 2007)
Stung by Politico Report, Giuliani Puts Up His Dukes (December 3, 2007)
The Candidate's 'Catch Me if You Can' (November 30, 2007)
CNN Admits Holes in Screening of Questioners (November 30, 2007)
Democrats Cancel Debate as CBS Writers' Strike Looms (November 29, 2007)
The Press's Post-Iowa Tailwinds: As Nature Intended It? (November 26, 2007)
Clinton Team Is Quick to Bat Down Rumors (November 24, 2007)
Muted Ad Messages in Vogue (November 23, 2007)
Belated Reaction? (November 21, 2007)
In San Jose, Downsizing With Dynamite (November 19, 2007)
Polluting the Airwaves (November 13, 2007)
Post Critic Page Apologizes for E-Mail Remarks To Barry Aide (November 13, 2007)
Popping Up in Pakistan (November 12, 2007)
Martha Raddatz, Putting Herself in the Thick of Things (November 12, 2007)
War-Gaming the Campaign (November 6, 2007)
At Full Tilt on The 'News Bias' Merry-Go-Round (November 5, 2007)
NBC Anchor Feeling Skit-ish (November 3, 2007)
Femme Fatale (November 2, 2007)
Two Democrats Dominate Coverage (October 29, 2007)
Mainstream Blogs Open Floodgates for Political Coverage (October 26, 2007)
Journalism Morsels Make for Profitable Dish at This Bistro (October 22, 2007)
Primary-Time TV With Colbert the Candidate (October 17, 2007)
Fox Puts Its Money on 'Fun' Business Channel (October 15, 2007)
As War Dragged On, Coverage Tone Weighed Heavily on Anchors (October 8, 2007)
Don Imus Close To Deal for Return To Airwaves Dec. 1 (October 6, 2007)
Hillary Chuckles; Pundits Snort (October 3, 2007)
Out-of-Town Critics Too Tough On Thompson? (October 1, 2007)
2 Clintons, 2 Stories -- But Just 1 To See Print (September 28, 2007)
NPR Rebuffs White House On Bush Talk (September 26, 2007)
MSNBC's Abrams Quits His Day Job (September 25, 2007)
Got a Camera? You, Too, Can Be A Network Reporter (September 24, 2007)
New York Times Says It Violated Policies Over MoveOn Ad (September 24, 2007)
Discussing His Lawsuit Against CBS, Dan Rather Is Sticking to His Story (September 21, 2007)
Dan Rather Sues CBS, Seeking To 'Restore His Reputation' (September 20, 2007)
Presidential Ad Wars Heat Up (September 20, 2007)
Media Squeeze More Juice Out of O.J. (September 18, 2007)
The Lukewarm Truth (September 17, 2007)
Ex-ABC Adviser Faces New Allegations (September 14, 2007)
Consultant Probed in Bogus Interview (September 13, 2007)
He's in the Race -- And Under The Microscope (September 10, 2007)
Fred's Couch Moment (September 6, 2007)
For Idaho Paper And Reporter, Craig Story Posed a Moral Dilemma (August 30, 2007)
'Doors Opened Up' For Katie Couric To Report From Iraq (August 29, 2007)
Business Babe Draws Buzz (August 27, 2007)
Looking Good at CNBC (Pretty, Too) (August 27, 2007)
Journal's Pains Reflect Media's Malaise (August 22, 2007)
Karl Rove, Insider With an Outsize Reputation (August 20, 2007)
For the Candidates, Not Just Any Brand Of Soapbox Will Do (August 13, 2007)
Morals of a Muckraker (August 8, 2007)
Army Concludes Baghdad Diarist Accounts Untrue (August 8, 2007)
The Atlantic's Owner Ponies Up (August 6, 2007)
Editors Confirm Soldier's Claims (August 3, 2007)
At CNN, Taking On the Cable Guys (July 30, 2007)
Cleavage & the Clinton Campaign Chest (July 28, 2007)
Army Private Discloses He Is New Republic's Baghdad Diarist (July 27, 2007)
News Operations Prove as Tight-Lipped as Their Targets (July 16, 2007)
ABC Producer Tapped As CBS Bureau Chief (July 12, 2007)
Hustler's 'Moral Hypocrites' Hit List (July 11, 2007)
A Blog That Made It Big (July 9, 2007)
Stung by Harper's In a Web Of Deceit (June 25, 2007)
Paris Hilton's Plea For ABC Interview (June 23, 2007)
Paris Hilton Denies That NBC Deal Is In the Works (June 22, 2007)
The Usual Suspects, Pleading for Balance in the Court of Hype (June 18, 2007)
Campbell Brown Heading To CNN? (June 16, 2007)
The Selling of 'McCain 2.0' (June 13, 2007)
From the Local News To a Higher Calling (June 11, 2007)
Celeb Rag Shocker: Us's Exposé Exposé! (May 28, 2007)
Shrapnel Slows, But Doesn't Stop CBS Reporter (May 24, 2007)
Interviews, Going the Way of the Linotype? (May 21, 2007)
ABC News's Charlie Gibson Calls the Shots, Lands on Top (May 17, 2007)
RM + WSJ: Let's Do The Math (May 14, 2007)
Illiterate at 12, CBS Success at 46 (May 7, 2007)
Madam Story Keeps Mum On Clientele (May 5, 2007)
Legal Battle Brews Over Imus Contract With CBS (May 4, 2007)
Ronald Reagan, In His Own Words (May 2, 2007)
For NBC News President, a Week In the Hot Seat (April 30, 2007)
Journalists and John McCain: Is The Honeymoon Really Over? (April 26, 2007)
TMZDC, Late For Launch In Washington (April 24, 2007)
For Virginia Tech Killer's Twisted Video, Pause but No Rewind (April 23, 2007)
Networks Limit Use Of Gunman's Video (April 20, 2007)
Wall Street Journal Names New Editor (April 19, 2007)
Network Says It Debated for Hours Whether to Air Shooter's Images (April 19, 2007)
Wall Street Journal Takes Two Pulitzer Prizes (April 17, 2007)
A Sorry Story, With Apology Yet to Come (April 16, 2007)
'Katie's Notebook' Item Cribbed From W.S. Journal (April 11, 2007)
Vieira Adjusts to The View At 'Today' (April 9, 2007)
O'Riled Up: Geraldo and O'Reilly Have a Brawl (April 7, 2007)
CNN Chief Cites 'Anchor Chemistry' For Switch (April 5, 2007)
Blogger Makes Deal, Is Released From Jail (April 4, 2007)
CNN Replaces Anchors on Its Flagging Morning Show (April 4, 2007)
The Story You Can't And Can Put Down (April 2, 2007)
Making News At the White House (March 29, 2007)
Online, Churls Gone Vile (March 26, 2007)
For Post Web Site, It's A World Wide Whoops (March 24, 2007)
L.A. Editor Quits Over A Hollywood Connection (March 23, 2007)
Politico Rushes to Crack the Story And Ends Up With Egg on Its Face (March 23, 2007)
A Brave New World of Political Skulduggery? (March 23, 2007)
Watching Big Sister (March 21, 2007)
The Big Picture, Paint-by-Numbers Slow (March 19, 2007)
Slow News: Lots of Firing, Not Much Smoke (March 19, 2007)
Online Tabloid Sets Its Sights Inside Beltway (March 14, 2007)
Brian Williams, Anchoring and Hunkering in Iraq (March 12, 2007)
CBS News Hires Ex-CNN Chief To Give a Boost To Katie Couric (March 9, 2007)
Jailed Man Is A Videographer And a Blogger but Is He a Journalist? (March 8, 2007)
The Long Fuse on Ann Coulter's Bomb (March 6, 2007)
'Nightly News' Names New Producer (March 6, 2007)
Start Spreading the News (March 5, 2007)
Looking Back to '9/10 Rudy,' and Ahead to 11/'08 (March 5, 2007)
Cheney's Trip Renews Debate Over Attribution in News Accounts (March 1, 2007)
Woodruff, Back from the Brink (February 27, 2007)
A Firsthand Report on the Wounds of War (February 27, 2007)
A Brit's-Eye View of the News (February 26, 2007)
The Army's Preemptive News Briefing (February 24, 2007)
Diane Sawyer, On the Ground And in High Gear (February 19, 2007)
A Hard Right Punch (February 16, 2007)
In 1993 Memo, Giuliani Staff Gave Harsh Assessment of Flaws (February 14, 2007)
Missing in Action (February 13, 2007)
A Blogger for Edwards Resigns After Complaints (February 13, 2007)
Four Syllables, Starts With M, Ends With Uh-Oh (February 12, 2007)
John Edwards Sticks With Controversial Bloggers (February 9, 2007)
Tim Russert, on The Uncomfortable Side of a Question (February 8, 2007)
The Press, Turning Up Its Nose at Lame Duck (February 5, 2007)
Running His Mouth (February 1, 2007)
Miller Time (January 31, 2007)
Journalist Forced to Reveal Her Methods (January 31, 2007)
Ousted L.A. Times Editor Is Rejoining New York Times (January 31, 2007)
No Laughter Allowed? (January 30, 2007)
No Laughter Allowed? (January 30, 2007)
Politico: Niche Web Site Isn't Yet A Notch Above (January 29, 2007)
Devil in the Details (January 26, 2007)
The Long Goodbye (January 25, 2007)
Newsman Escapes Injury in Iraq Bombing (January 24, 2007)
Bill Who? (January 23, 2007)
Headmaster Disputes Claim That Obama Attended Islamic School (January 23, 2007)
Hillary, Obama and Anonymous Sources (January 22, 2007)
Campaign Allegation A Source of Vexation (January 22, 2007)
Off the Mark (January 18, 2007)
Is He The Man? (January 17, 2007)
Is He The Man? (January 17, 2007)
The One and Only Issue (January 16, 2007)
Bill O'Reilly And NBC, Shouting to Make Themselves Seen? (January 15, 2007)
Falling Flat (January 12, 2007)
One Last Surge? (January 11, 2007)
The Deficit Trap (January 10, 2007)
Stop Him Before He Comments Again! (January 9, 2007)
The Candidate Who's Always On (January 8, 2007)
A Candidate's Not-So-Candid Camera? (January 8, 2007)
One President Who Didn't See the Press as an Enemy (January 1, 2007)
Ink-Stained to Link-Strained: A Kvetch (December 25, 2006)
Time's Man of the Hour (December 18, 2006)
A Town Running Hot and Cold (December 11, 2006)
Tweaking the News (December 4, 2006)
At the Inquirer, Shrink Globally, Slash Locally? (November 27, 2006)
For MSNBC, Time to Get Political (November 20, 2006)
For Democrats, How Long a Honeymoon? (November 13, 2006)
President's Evasion Raises Truth Issues (November 10, 2006)
TV Networks Exercise Caution With Exit Polls (November 9, 2006)
Conservative Talkers, Feeling Just a Little Blue (November 9, 2006)
Ready for a New Party-in-Trouble (November 6, 2006)
On Election Night, Networks Plan to Proceed With Caution (November 2, 2006)
In Iraq, Journalist Richard Engel Sticks to the Story (October 26, 2006)
Radio Hosts Get Closer to the White House -- if Only Physically (October 25, 2006)
Tightened Belts Could Put Press In a Pinch (October 23, 2006)
The Latest Chapters On the War (October 16, 2006)
Post Photographer Repays Group for Trip Expenses (October 12, 2006)
Tony Snow Knows How to Work More Than One Room (October 12, 2006)
Dan Rather, Ready For His HD Close-Up (October 9, 2006)
Tribune Co. Ousts L.A. Times Publisher (October 6, 2006)
On CBS, Columbine Dad Blames Violence on Secularism (October 4, 2006)
The Right Man For Fox News (October 2, 2006)
'State of Denial' Lands Early And Hits Harder (September 30, 2006)
Chris Wallace, Caught Off Balance? (September 25, 2006)
L.A. Times Editor Crosses the Bottom Line (September 21, 2006)
As Seen on YouTube: Lonelygirl Dumps Middleman (September 18, 2006)
The Couric Report, Week 1 (September 11, 2006)
Clinton, Other Democrats Assail ABC Docudrama 'Path to 9/11' (September 9, 2006)
ABC to Alter Show on Pre-9/11 Run-Up (September 8, 2006)
Clinton Administration Officials Assail ABC's 'The Path to 9/11' (September 7, 2006)
Newsweek Names Jon Meacham as New Top Editor (September 6, 2006)
Out of the Spotlight, Newsmen Still Shine (September 4, 2006)
Journalism's Rising Risk Factor (August 28, 2006)
Up Close And Too Personal (August 15, 2006)
At Newsmags, Aiming Straight For the Eyes (July 31, 2006)
A War Between Neighbors, Seen From Their Back Yard (July 24, 2006)
Bravo Dishes The Dirt on The Daily News (July 17, 2006)
Novak Says He Named 3 Sources in Leak Case (July 12, 2006)
Online Venture Seeks To Elevate the Debate (July 12, 2006)
Rather to Host 'Fearless' Show on HDNet (July 10, 2006)
In YouTube Clips, a Political Edge (July 10, 2006)
Bloggers on the Payroll (June 29, 2006)