Facebook
Twitter
Bluesky
About this site
Archives
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
Topics
Trump’s Second Term
New York Times
Washington Post
The Biden Presidency
Campaign Coverage
Democracy in Danger
Rewrite Desk
Objectivity
False Equivalence
Covering Race
Anonymous Sources
Trump and the Coronavirus
Horse-Race Journalism
Fighting Disinformation
Advocacy
Donate/Contact
Search
Press Watch
An intervention for political journalism
Press Watch
An intervention for political journalism
About this site
Archives
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
Topics
Trump’s Second Term
New York Times
Washington Post
The Biden Presidency
Campaign Coverage
Democracy in Danger
Rewrite Desk
Objectivity
False Equivalence
Covering Race
Anonymous Sources
Trump and the Coronavirus
Horse-Race Journalism
Fighting Disinformation
Advocacy
Donate/Contact
More
Search
We need the Washington Post too much to give up on it entirely
February 10, 2026 5:08 pm EST
Bezos’s cuts were devastating and unforgiveable. But I’m rooting for the journalists who are still there.
Subscribe to the Press Watch Newsletter
Support Press Watch
Press Watch is a non-profit. Your contribution is tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law
Recent Posts
Trump's Second Term
Journalists must forcefully decry the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort
January 30, 2026 3:17 pm EST
Press freedom is at stake, and news organizations need to say so
Trump's Second Term
Moments of bravery and cowardice in the news coverage of Alex Pretti’s killing
January 26, 2026 4:57 pm EST
Truth-telling is hard when your bosses are bootlickers
Why would anyone trust a news organization that treats obvious truths as debatable?
January 9, 2026 3:43 pm EST
Washington Post readers revolt against Bezos’s editorial board
December 12, 2025 12:21 pm EST
New York Times editor Joe Kahn misunderstands what the readers want
December 9, 2025 4:29 pm EST
DHS’s pack of liars
November 24, 2025 11:54 am EST
Every Trump move is an act of desperation
November 17, 2025 5:37 pm EST
The real story is the Democratic leadership collapse
November 10, 2025 5:46 pm EST
CBS’s interview with Donald Trump was an abdication
November 3, 2025 12:59 pm EST
No, Trump’s murder spree on the high seas is not about drugs
October 24, 2025 4:24 pm EDT
Bluesky Posts from
@froomkin.bsky.social
About Press Watch
Press Watch mission statement: Political journalism needs a reset
September 23, 2021 2:38 pm EDT
No one can possibly argue that modern political journalism has fulfilled its essential mission of creating an informed electorate. Here's how it needs to change.
Read more
Explainers
Focus on tactics over substance takes all the meaning out of politics
October 25, 2019 8:18 am EDT
Read more
Newsrooms are struggling to cover race
October 24, 2019 4:00 pm EDT
Read more
The New York Times
New York Times editor Joe Kahn misunderstands what the readers want
December 9, 2025 4:29 pm EST
Read more
Is the New York Times finally getting real about Trump?
September 23, 2025 2:06 pm EDT
Read more
The Washington Post
We need the Washington Post too much to give up on it entirely
February 10, 2026 5:08 pm EST
Read more
Washington Post readers revolt against Bezos’s editorial board
December 12, 2025 12:21 pm EST
Read more