I love breaking news. And timelines. Here are the breaking-news e-mail alerts that ended up in my inbox today, starting at 4:55 a.m. Capitalization and punctuation are theirs; subject lines are in bold. 4:55 a.m. from New York Times News Alert: Asian Stock Markets Plunge for Second Day Asian Stock Markets Plunge for Second Day [...]

Good grief, Editor & Publisher did it again: Democrats Debate — Updates Here! Obama and Hillary Tangle If he’s Obama, not Barack or Barack Obama, in a headline, then she should be Clinton. As I already said, it’s sexist and dumb. In fact, this E&P story never mentions Obama’s first name: NEW YORK The three [...]

There was the crying story a couple of weeks ago: Hillary Clinton got emotional during a Q&A with voters. Her voice warbled; not a tear was shed. But to read the media reports — and, even worse, to see the coverage on cable news — you’d have thought she burst into tears and wailed for [...]

This morning, the Orlando Sentinel live-blogged Universal’s new ride, Disaster! (The exclamation point is Universal’s, not mine, and I argue it shouldn’t be used by the media.) After the ride, blogger Dewayne Bevil posted additional notes on the paper’s Theme Park Ranger blog. The event was told in 17 Twitter posts (sent via texting) and [...]

Mainstream media is covering this year’s election like never before: There are games, moving maps and interactive timelines — and that’s just for starters. Have you seen any great interactive political graphics? Send ‘em my way! Match-o-Matic: Take the ABC/USA Today quiz to see which candidate most closely reflects your ideals. Mine accurately told me [...]