The subject matter was serious, but the criticisms of the President's second news conference were mostly about his style, not substance. David Letterman's critique was right on target: where were these reporters for the last eight years? Now the commander-in-chief is going live and direct to people via online chat. We'll see if the grilling is tougher. Also in the news, as papers fail from coast to coast, a Maryland Senator's proposing that newspapers be allowed to operate as non-profits?

Katrina vanden Heuvel, publisher and editor in chief of the Nation magazine, Robert George of the New York Post, and Danny Schechter of Newsdissector.org look at the reporting of the past week.    

Also, an interview with Jeremy Deller, Nato Thompson, Jonathan Harvey, and Esam Pasha about their new art project, It Is What it Is: Conversations About Iraq. The work is produced with Creative Time.

Also an inside view of the the greedy AIG bonus fiends' homes with ACORN and The Working Families Party, vibrant poetry from Grit Favorite Remi Kanazi (editor of Poets for Palestine), and an anti-war protest at the Pentagon with the Real News.

Robert Johnson, former chief economist of the Senate Banking Committee, gives us his two cents on stimulating the economy!

Finally, “The Jerome Bowden Story," produced by Mark Harris and Paula Caplan, tells the harrowing story of Bowden, who, in 1976 was wrongfully convicted of murder and later executed. His execution led a number of states to ban the execution of those who are mentally handicapped. 

Thanks to Lisa S. and the Real News for video in tonight's show.