The Press Run: Poynter’s election night liveblog
Welcome to The Press Run, where Poynter's Chief Media Writer, Jim Warren, will be liveblogging…
November 8, 2016
Covering 2016
PolitiFact is getting ready to rate the promises of the new president
In a week's time, Americans will finally elect their 45th President. PolitiFact, however, isn't waiting…
November 1, 2016
Fox News’ Chris Wallace earns praise for debate performance
Despite saying he wasn't going to do any "truth-squadding" at the final presidential debate, Chris…
October 20, 2016
Report: Voters want journalists to fact-check Trump and Clinton
Just when you thought Republicans and Democrats couldn't agree on anything. An overwhelming majority of…
October 17, 2016
This newspaper is paying a price for endorsing Donald Trump
On Sunday, The St. Joseph (Missouri) News-Press dealt with a reaction several other newspapers have…
October 17, 2016
The New York Times legal department is still waiting for a reply from Donald Trump
At The New York Times, reporters aren't the only ones who can write fast. David…
October 17, 2016
As the election draws to a close, BuzzFeed News plans a social media sprint to the finish
Looking back on BuzzFeed News' coverage of the 2016 election cycle, Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith doesn't…
October 14, 2016
Why Trump wouldn’t win a libel suit against The New York Times
It would give new meaning to "trumped up" lawsuit. Donald Trump is threatening a lawsuit…
October 13, 2016
As profanity-laced video leaks, outlets grapple with Trump’s language
Open microphones have often left politicians and other powerful people red-faced and apologetic. But The…
October 7, 2016
V.P. debate moderator lays off fact-checking as candidates interrupt each other
The first presidential debate was preceded by lots of chatter about the fact-checking duties of…
October 5, 2016
Meet David Fahrenthold, The Washington Post’s Trump charity sleuth
David Fahrenthold is one of the journalism stars of the 2016 campaign due to a…
October 4, 2016
Breaking with tradition, USA Today ‘disendorses’ Donald Trump
For the first time in its 34-year history, USA Today took sides in the presidential…
September 29, 2016
CNN’s Corey Lewandowski gets remainder of payments from Trump
Corey Lewandowski, the former Donald Trump campaign manager-turned political contributor to CNN, will now receive…
September 29, 2016
Between Trump and Hitler, New York Times book review doubles as political criticism
A tweet from Politico's Timothy Noah Wednesday called attention to a review by Michiko Kakutani…
September 29, 2016
Rating Lester Holt on the Potted-Plant-O-Meter
In the sea of takes over who won the debate last night, it's almost hard…
September 27, 2016
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