Death On The Front Page
Erik Wemple, Callie Crossley and Howard Kurtz examine the New York Post’s controversial front cover; was it ethical journalism?
From the desk of Howard Kurtz: The subway picture worth a thousand words
By Howard Kurtz, CNN
Editor's note: Howard Kurtz is the host of CNN's "Reliable Sources" and is Newsweek's Washington bureau chief. He is also a contributor to the website Daily Download.
(CNN) - It was a horrifying front-page photo in every sense of the word.
It felt cheap, degrading and exploitative in a way that words could never match.
The photo captures a Queens man, Ki-Suck Han, after he had been pushed onto the subway tracks Monday as an oncoming train roared toward him. The screaming headline says it all: "DOOMED."
But the New York Post had every right to run the picture.
Report Rips Murdoch Papers
Emily Bell and Howard Kurtz dissect the findings of the British public inquiry into phone hacking by newspaper journalists.
Publishing Those Princely Photos
Howard Kurtz on Birtish tabloid The Sun's decision to publish nude photos of Prince Harry against the Royal family's wishes.
Publishing a Prostitute's Picture
Jennifer Rubin, Bill Press, Ben Smith and Howard Kurtz on the media's coverage of the Secret Service prostitution scandal.
Pouncing on the new Palin biography
Steve Roberts, Michelle Cottle, Ramesh Ponnuru, and Howard Kurtz discuss the allegations in the new anti-Palin book.
Is Murdoch getting a fair hearing?
After the Murdoch hearings, our panel of John Burns, Paul Farhi, and Vicky Ward discuss if the coverage has been fair.
McMullan justifies phone hacking
Former features editor of the News of the World, Paul McMullan, joins Howard Kurtz to defend his paper's use of phone hacking.
News of the World closure: a business decision?
Howard Kurtz is joined by Emily Bell, Matt Frei and Toby Harnden to discuss the phone hacking scandal consuming the UK.
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