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Arts Media

"Is He Happy? Is He All Right?"

A profile of Larry King at the height of his fame and on the heels of his sixth divorce.

David Finkel Washington Post Jan 1991 20min Permalink

We’re getting wildly differing assessments

A 7,000-word anatomy of the chaotic 9 minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its health care ruling.

Tom Goldstein SCOTUSblog Jul 2012 30min Permalink

Arts Media

Mr. Anderson Cooper, Superstar

A profile from Cooper’s early days an an anchor.

Choire Sicha The New York Observer Mar 2004 15min Permalink

Arts Crime Media

Did Nancy Grace, TV Crimebuster, Muddy Her Myth?

Because of what happened in Georgia, Ms. Grace has said over and over, she knows firsthand how the system favors hardened criminals over victims. It is the foundation of her judicial philosophy, her motivation in life, her casus belli. And much of it isn’t true.

Rebecca Dana The New York Observer Mar 2006 10min Permalink

Best Article Arts Media

Death on the CNN Curve

The nation watched live as Robert O’Donnell rescued Baby Jessica from that well in Texas in October, 1987. Then they stopped watching, and Robert O’Donnell was lost without the attention.

Lisa Belkin New York Times Magazine Jul 1995 30min Permalink