File Under: Charles Kaiser
Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on McCain's McGovern Moment ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 09/02/08

Fresh Intelligence
With Obama set to wrap up the nomination tonight, Radar's media critic Charles Kaiser grades some of the DNC's featured speakers: MONDAY Theme: "One Nation" Speaker: Teddy Kennedy Grade: A+ The surprise sensation of the week. The old lion defied doctors ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 08/28/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on parsing Obama's tax plan, and this week's media winners and sinners ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 08/25/08

Features
Page 1 David Remnick, the National Enquirer, and the rest of this week's media winners and sinners ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 08/18/08

Features
Page 1 Simon & Schuster: Forget About The Facts ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 08/13/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on McCain and "the race card" ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 08/08/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on the Bush administration's role in the subprime mortgage crisis, and this week's media winners and sinners ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 07/25/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on "that New Yorker cover," and the rest of this week's media winners and sinners ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 07/16/08

Features
Page 1 The New York Times Magazine pens a love letter to Rush Limbaugh ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 07/14/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on Obama's risky move toward the center ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 07/08/08

Fresh Intelligence
Clay Felker was the man who made magazines matter again. After Harold Hayes (with some help from Felker) made Esquire the king of hip in the '60's, Felker duplicated that achievement in the '70's—and simultaneously invented the modern city magazine. ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 07/01/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on standout journalism in the latest New Yorker and this week's winners and sinners ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 06/27/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on McClatchy's torture coverage ... MORE >>
06/20/08

Fresh Intelligence
When Tim Russert started out in public life, first as chief of staff to Senator Pat Moynihan, then as counselor to New York governor Mario Cuomo, he was every political reporter's favorite. He combined that gigantic Irish joie de vivre with a perfect ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 06/13/08

Features
Page 1 Seven reasons Clinton lost to Obama. (Hint: Sexism is not one of them.) Plus, this week's media winners and sinners ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 06/13/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser talks to Newsweek's Peter Goldman about Obama's historic bid ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 06/06/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on Barack Obama's next challenge ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 06/03/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on Scott McClellan's new book, and Howard Kurtz's continuing conflicts of interest ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 05/30/08

Fresh Intelligence
James Guckert, who prefers the nom de plume of Jeff Gannon, is the ex-hooker and sometime White House "reporter " who got rejected for press credentials by Congress but somehow enjoyed extraordinary access to the Bush White House, where he was given daily ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 05/29/08

Features
Page 1 Anna Quindlen leads this week's roundup of media winners and sinners ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 05/23/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on credibility problems at NBC Nightly News ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 05/20/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on the start of McCain's dirty campaign, and this week's winners and sinners ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 05/16/08

Fresh Intelligence
As Washington Post staffers reached the deadline to decide whether they would take buyouts, newsroom sources confirmed that WaPo Executive editor Leonard Downie will retire no later than inauguration day, 2009. An announcement could come as early as ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 05/15/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Memo and the Betrayal of American Values ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 05/14/08

Features
Page 1 Frank Rich leads this week's list of Winners and Sinners ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 05/09/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on Hillary Clinton's This Week appearance ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 05/05/08

Features
Page 1 Brian Williams leads this week's list of Winners and Sinners ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 05/01/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on race and the American electorate ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 04/30/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on coverage of the Pentagon's propaganda scandal ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 04/25/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on torture fatigue ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 04/21/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser reports from Pittsburgh on reactions to the latest presidential debate ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 04/17/08

Fresh Intelligence
Following closely in the footsteps of the top Newsweek writers who accepted buyouts from their magazine a couple of weeks ago, some of the most senior staffers of the New York Times are accepting retirement packages later this month. Previously announced ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 04/15/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on the Forever War in Iraq, and this week's media winners and sinners ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 04/11/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser remembers Dith Pran and Syd Schanberg ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 04/07/08

Fresh Intelligence
The staff of Newsweek will shrink dramatically, after 111 staffers on its news and business sides accepted a buyout last week. Among those leaving are some of the magazine's best-known, most-admired and longest-service critics, including David Gates, ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 03/30/08

Features
Page 1 From Obama's "liberal" voting record to dispatches from the Taliban's front line, Charles Kaiser rounds up this week's media winners and sinners ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 03/27/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on Bush's War ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 03/25/08

Features
Page 1 From Howie Kurtz to Ashley Dupré, Charles Kaiser rounds up this week's media winners and sinners ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 03/21/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on Obama's MLK moment ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 03/18/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on New York Times torture coverage, and the Spitzer news cycle ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 03/14/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on the media's coverage of Spitzer-gate ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 03/11/08

Features
Page 1 From soaring gas prices to Obama's adjusted skin tone, media critic Charles Kaiser rounds up this week's best and worst stories ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 03/07/08

Fresh Intelligence
When the Daily Kos broke the story that the Clinton campaign had made Barack Obama's face several shades darker in its "who would you trust when the red phone rings at 3 A.M." commercial, all of the mainstream media ignored the story—except for the ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 03/06/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on Texas, Ohio, and a story that serves no purpose ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 03/03/08

Features
Page 1 Why taking down McCain was the worst decision of Timesman Bill Keller's career ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 02/25/08

Fresh Intelligence
The New York Times began reporting its story about John McCain's relationship with Vicki Iseman after two sources told its reporters that McCain had had an affair with the lobbyist for many months, and that McCain's wife had become aware of the ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 02/21/08

Fresh Intelligence
This evening the New York Times posted a 3,000 word takedown of Senator John McCain's ethics—and a possibly inappropriate relationship with a female lobbyist—after rival publications became aware of the details of the story, which the ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 02/20/08

Features
Page 1 From Slate to 60 Minutes, Charles Kaiser rounds up this week's media winners and sinners ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 02/20/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on Howard Kurtz's conflicting interests (and the CNN pundit's love affair with the right) ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 02/19/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser talks to Bill Kristol on his role in setting McCain's foreign policy ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 02/13/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on Obama's momentum, and Mitt Romney's fearmongering campaign exit ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 02/11/08

Fresh Intelligence
Katharine Weymouth, the late Katharine Graham's grand daughter who has long been identified as the heir apparent to her uncle, Don Graham, chairman of the Washington Post company, has been named publisher of the Washington Post and chief executive of ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 02/07/08

Features
Page 1 From Chuck Klosterman to the New Yorker's Rick Hertzberg, Charles Kaiser rounds up this week's media winners and sinners ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 02/05/08

Features
Page 1 Chuck Lewis of the Center for Public Integrity on political lies, and the corporate interests that fund them ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 02/04/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on the song that could change this election ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 02/04/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on Bush's war report card, and the media's road to Iraq ... MORE >>
01/30/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on hawkish reporting at the New York Times, and the legacy of Bobby Fischer ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 01/22/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on Bush's Middle East visit and the Bill Kristol backlash ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 01/17/08

Fresh Intelligence
Radar media columnist Charles Kaiser lights into Tom Brokaw for his decision to soft-pedal the struggle for gay rights in Boom, his history of the '60s. [Portfolio] ... MORE >>
By FI Staff 01/15/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser looks at the role of race in the Democratic presidential primary ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 01/14/08

Fresh Intelligence
Barack Obama’s young supporters need to realize it’s too soon to be despondent ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 01/09/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on the best and worst of 2007 ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 01/08/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on Barack Obama's stunning Iowa victory ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 01/07/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on new New York Times columnist William Kristol ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 01/02/08

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser on Barack Obama's voting record, Mitt Romney's memories, and more ... MORE >>
12/21/07

Features
Page 1 Charles Kaiser takes on ABC's torture coverage ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 12/17/07

Features
Page 1 Media critic Charles Kaiser on CIA torture tapes and Mitt Romney's misplaced faith ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 12/10/07

Features
Page 1 Radar media critic Charles Kaiser on "don't ask, don't tell," and the Republicans' dodgy debate ... MORE >>
By Charles Kaiser 12/04/07

Features
Page 1 Media critic Charles Kaiser on Iraq optimists and