Erik Wemple: Howard Kurtz


Posted at 05:32 PM ET, 05/07/2013

Behind the Howard Kurtz-Lauren Ashburn connection at CNN
By Erik Wemple
Records show that Howard Kurtz was Lauren Ashburn's ticket to air time on CNN. Why should we care?

By Erik Wemple  |  05:32 PM ET, 05/07/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  CNN, Daily Beast, Howard Kurtz

Posted at 08:08 AM ET, 05/06/2013

CNN's Howard Kurtz and a 'higher standard'
By Erik Wemple
Journalists---even media critics---don't like to be confronted with their errors.

By Erik Wemple  |  08:08 AM ET, 05/06/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  CNN, Howard Kurtz

Posted at 01:17 PM ET, 05/03/2013

Who will interview Kurtz?
By Erik Wemple
CNN media guy to address departure from Daily Beast on show this weekend. Who's going to interview him?

By Erik Wemple  |  01:17 PM ET, 05/03/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  CNN, Howard Kurtz, Jake Tapper

Posted at 03:32 PM ET, 05/02/2013

Howard Kurtz is gone from Daily Beast [Updated]
By Erik Wemple
Longtime Washington media critic loses his primary journalistic perch.

By Erik Wemple  |  03:32 PM ET, 05/02/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Daily Beast, Howard Kurtz

Posted at 02:41 PM ET, 05/02/2013

Howard Kurtz, media critic, takes own medicine
By Erik Wemple
When you criticize media for a living, you have to embrace retractions.

By Erik Wemple  |  02:41 PM ET, 05/02/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Daily Beast, Howard Kurtz, jason collins

Posted at 08:19 AM ET, 02/14/2013

Fox News's Bill O'Reilly probes Howard Kurtz on drone coverage
By Erik Wemple
Personal spat gives way to a discussion of why drone coverage didn't take hold sooner.

By Erik Wemple  |  08:19 AM ET, 02/14/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Bill O'Reilly, Drones, Howard Kurtz

Posted at 08:23 AM ET, 12/10/2012

Roger Ailes can't help himself
By Erik Wemple
Does anyone out there believe that K.T. McFarland's loving message to Gen. David Petraeus on behalf of Fox News head Roger Ailes was really just a joke?

By Erik Wemple  |  08:23 AM ET, 12/10/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  CNN, Fox News, Howard Kurtz

Posted at 12:37 PM ET, 12/03/2012

Tom Ricks stops talking about Fox News clash!
By Erik Wempl
At long last

By Erik Wempl  |  12:37 PM ET, 12/03/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Fox News, Howard Kurtz, Reliable Sources, Tom Ricks

Posted at 06:30 PM ET, 10/18/2012

Kurtz on Newsweek/Daily Beast: ‘I’ll be sticking around’
By Erik Wemple
Media critic Howard Kurtz ‘wistful’ about Newsweek print demise

By Erik Wemple  |  06:30 PM ET, 10/18/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  howard kurtz daily beast, howard kurtz newsweek daily beast, newsweek print cancellation, newsweek print tina brown kurtz, newsweek print editiion, newsweek tina brown howard kurtz

Posted at 08:02 AM ET, 09/24/2012

CNN host Kurtz applauds CNN’s journal handling
By Erik Wemple
Kurtz: CNN did the right things.

By Erik Wemple  |  08:02 AM ET, 09/24/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  cnn, state department, howard kurtz, reliable sources, libya

Posted at 08:32 AM ET, 09/17/2012

Kurtz: Romney gaffe coverage ‘overshadowed’ Benghazi tragedy
By Erik Wemple
Kurtz: Media’s pounding on Romney went too far.

By Erik Wemple  |  08:32 AM ET, 09/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  mitt romney, president obama, benghazi, howard kurtz, cnn, reliable sources

Posted at 07:58 AM ET, 08/27/2012

Sticking up for ‘gutless little twerp’
By Erik Wemple
Piers Morgan takes criticism for calling Todd Akin a ‘gutless little twerp.’

By Erik Wemple  |  07:58 AM ET, 08/27/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  cnn howard kurtz, 'gutless little twerp', lauren ashburn, piers morgan, todd akin

Posted at 11:07 AM ET, 08/13/2012

Lolo Jones gets no sympathy from USA Today scribe
By Erik Wemple
New York Times piece on Jones: tough but fair.

By Erik Wemple  |  11:07 AM ET, 08/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  jere longman, lolo jones, new york times, christine brennan, cnn howard kurtz reliable sources

Posted at 04:53 PM ET, 07/23/2012

Howard Kurtz, willful blinding, and mass killings
By Erik Wemple
Contra Howard Kurtz, ignorance doesn’t help in prevention of mass killings.

By Erik Wemple  |  04:53 PM ET, 07/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  howard kurtz, daniel mauser, tom mauser, columbine, littlton. colo., doris fuller, treatment advocacy center

Posted at 10:51 AM ET, 07/23/2012

CNN host doesn’t want bio of Aurora suspect
By Erik Wemple
Kurtz says he doesn’t want to know more about Aurora suspect.

By Erik Wemple  |  10:51 AM ET, 07/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  howard kurtz, cnn, aurora shooting, seung hui cho, virginia tech shootings, reliable sources

Posted at 09:33 AM ET, 07/12/2012

Media news derivatives: July 12
By Erik Wemple
A roundup of media stories for July 12.

By Erik Wemple  |  09:33 AM ET, 07/12/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  republican party of virginia, politifact virginia, russian tv, propublica, newsosaur, nbc, microsoft, howard kurtz

Posted at 01:29 PM ET, 07/09/2012

CNN’s Howard Kurtz sort of delves into Joe Williams’s personal life
By Erik Wemple
Is it an inevitability that personal life will be dissected.

By Erik Wemple  |  01:29 PM ET, 07/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  politico, joe williams, howard kurtz, reliable sources, cnn

Posted at 04:41 PM ET, 06/25/2012

MSNBC takes more shots on Romney-Wawa
By Erik Wemple
We all sound silly when we say ‘Wawa’

By Erik Wemple  |  04:41 PM ET, 06/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  mitt romney, wawa, msnbc, newsbusters, fox news, howard kurtz

Posted at 08:04 AM ET, 06/25/2012

Media news derivatives: June 25
By Erik Wemple
A roundup of media stories for June 25.

By Erik Wemple  |  08:04 AM ET, 06/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  joe williams, boyce watkins, politico, howard kurtz, fishbowldc, anthony shadid, jerry sandusky, fox news, jack shafer, chris hayes

Posted at 11:24 AM ET, 06/18/2012

Howard Kurtz abandons caution on heckler controversy
By Erik Wemple
Howard Kurtz shows some opinion about the heckler.

By Erik Wemple  |  11:24 AM ET, 06/18/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  howard kurtz, cnn, neil munro, daily caller, matt lewis

Posted at 10:59 AM ET, 05/14/2012

Claim: President can choose his interviewer
By Erik Wemple
Why the commander in chief shouldn’t also be editor in chief.

By Erik Wemple  |  10:59 AM ET, 05/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  good morning america, robin roberts, cnn, reliable sources, terence smith, lauren ashburn, howard kurtz

Posted at 04:38 PM ET, 04/13/2012

Fox Mole on CNN: Legal threats are ‘baseless’
By Erik Wemple
Fox Mole calls Fox’s legal threats ‘baseless.’

By Erik Wemple  |  04:38 PM ET, 04/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  fox mole, cnn, howard kurtz, baseless, reliable sources, legal

Posted at 11:09 AM ET, 03/23/2012

Media news derivatives: March 23
By Erik Wemple
For March 23.

By Erik Wemple  |  11:09 AM ET, 03/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  cnn, tv newser, bill maher, gereg gutfeld, fishbowldc, howard kurtz, ryan chittum, gawker

Posted at 01:01 PM ET, 03/20/2012

If only we all could write as well as Michael Wolff
By Erik Wemple
Says journalists cannot write

By Erik Wemple  |  01:01 PM ET, 03/20/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  michael wolff, mike daisey, guardian, howard kurtz, foxconn

Posted at 11:15 AM ET, 02/07/2012

Media news derivatives: Feb. 7
By Erik Wemple
For Feb. 7.

By Erik Wemple  |  11:15 AM ET, 02/07/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  roland martin, howard kurtz, david carr, paul carr