Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. The American journalism community fancies itself a completely neutral estate, the poster child for objectivity. But this conceit ...

Vice President Spiro Agnew meets with members of the Massachusetts news media in the wake of a speech criticizing the news media, on March 19, 1971, in Newton, Mass. A lying president. Political ...

It was with great interest that I viewed Murder at Harvard on PBS, and I enjoyed the short -- but insightful -- review of the program by Louis P. Masur (“History or Fiction?,” The Review, July 11). ..

Hegemony refers to domination of various kinds, often by one state or group over others. The definition given by the Italian Marxist, Gramsci, leads to deeper understanding: it is the success of the ...

Objectivity serves its purpose, but in some of the most important realms, its time has passed. In those realms, transparency is the new objectivity. Objectivity still is required for much of science.