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The inauguration of Dmitri Medvedev as Russia's new president this week is one of those fantastic Historical Occasions for which air quotes (yes, "air quotes") seem designed. In the sense that the inauguration is basically a farce. Medvedev is, if...

Megan Garber The inauguration of Dmitri Medvedev as Russia's new president this week is one of those fantastic Historical Occasions for which air quotes (yes, "air quotes") seem designed. In the sense that the inauguration is basically a farce. Medvedev is, if not a full-on puppet of Putin, then at least overshadowed by his predecessor, the power-consolidating soon-to-be-Prime Minister. Which makes... tag:www.cjr.org,2008://1.15751 2008-05-09T15:08:43Z 2008-05-09T23:33:36Z

The XX Factor, Slate's women-written blog, welcomes a new voice today: EJ Graff. Graff, the author of Getting Even and What Is Marriage For?, is an expert on social policy, with a particular focus on women's issues. She's a senior...

Megan Garber The XX Factor, Slate's women-written blog, welcomes a new voice today: EJ Graff. Graff, the author of Getting Even and What Is Marriage For?, is an expert on social policy, with a particular focus on women's issues. She's a senior correspondent for The American Prospect and a regular contributor to TPMCafe. (She has also written for Columbia... tag:www.cjr.org,2008://1.15746 2008-05-08T20:32:43Z 2008-05-09T23:33:36Z

Megan Garber In what might just be one of the most fun pieces of research ever conducted, ever, the Project for Excellence in Journalism spent 2007—yes, the whole year—watching, analyzing, and likely guffawing at footage of...The Daily Show. Ugh. Why do data analysts always have all the fun? Anyway, per the study's summary report, released today: When... tag:www.cjr.org,2008://1.15745 2008-05-08T19:41:51Z 2008-05-09T23:33:36Z

Megan Garber Howard Kurtz today takes a macrocosmic—literally, macrocosmic—view of the media's post-Tuesday treatment of the Democrats' Epic Battle for Cosmic Domina—er, Nomination: For the moment, there seem to be two separate media universes out there. In the mainstream print galaxy, Hillary's "options" are "dwindling," her "path" to the nomination is "narrowing," the "math" is "challenging," Obama is... tag:www.cjr.org,2008://1.15743 2008-05-08T14:30:53Z 2008-05-09T23:33:36Z

Liz Cox Barrett In a New York Times article today about how the entertainment press is giving Britney-sized attention to this year's presidential candidates ("It's the greatest reality show on television," per Inside Edition's producer), Clinton spokesman Jay Carson explains why the campaigns might also love Us back. What might a People or Extra interview offer a candidate that a major...

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Liz Cox Barrett Appears on Daily Show--a surefire way to get the (uncritical) attention of the campaign press. McCain talked about how, as the Democratic primary continues, he has been out there "raising money" and "doing townhall meetings," to which Stewart replied: So that still happens, even when the news media doesn't report? What does the news...

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Liz Cox Barrett At washingtonmonthly.com, Kevin Drum is asking his readers: If you could have only one source of news in the world, what would it be? You may pick one (1) magazine, newspaper, news broadcast, radio show, blog, or newsletter. Only one. And it's the only source of news you get. What would it be? Some of the more popular (shocking!)... tag:www.cjr.org,2008://1.15734 2008-05-07T17:05:40Z 2008-05-09T23:33:36Z

Liz Cox Barrett Luckily, my quest for ever more juicy campaign minutiae brought me to Time's Swampland blog just now where I found -- yes, minutiae (Last night? On Clinton's campaign plane? Before anyone knew for sure the outcome in Indiana? Clinton's campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe "came back to talk to the press with a glass of red wine in his hand"...

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Liz Cox Barrett How The Media Works 101: Can't Walk and Chew Gum, with Professors Chris Matthews and Tim Russert (and input from grad students/T.A.s Rachel Maddow and Dan Abrams) on MSNBC last night. MATTHEWS: Do you think [Democrats worrying about the effects of ongoing primary] are aware of the way the media works? I was explaining this to a group of...

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Liz Cox Barrett NBC's Today Show this morning: "Is it over?" ABC's Good Morning America: "End of the Road?" Front page of today's New York Post: And then there's the print version of today's Wall Street Journal (damn you, early deadline!) informing readers on A-1 that: "Obama Wins N. Carolina;...

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Liz Cox Barrett In a single exchange with Keith Olbermann last night describing Clinton's and Obama's primary night speeches, MSNBC's Chris Matthews managed to invoke nearly an entire day's worth of ninth grade parochial school classes: from biology (Clinton and Obama performing a mating dance); to religion (a "reunification ritual!"); to P.E. (Clinton, in keeping with her new ballsy guy image, engaging in...

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Liz Cox Barrett The Guardian reports (via Gawker): The Economist's bid to appeal to more youthful readers seems to be paying off after two 17-year-olds created a rap about the business title... The rap, created by US students Ike Edgerton and Chris Misa under the name Psikotic, is a tribute that includes samples of Economist journalists such as Edward...

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Liz Cox Barrett Back in March, Mark Leibovich drew up for the New York Times a "Scorecard On Conventional Wisdom" this election season. Upshot: "The accuracy rate of 'conventional wisdom' in this presidential election has plummeted to new lows." Today, Mary Anne Ostrom writes a similar piece for the San Jose Mercury News containing a couple of annoyingly stale "conventions"...

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Liz Cox Barrett Can't get snatches of Rev. Wright's sermons and speeches out of your head? The Project for Excellence in Journalism explains why with its News Coverage Index for April 28-May 4 (emphasis mine): In a number of recent presidential campaigns, someone or something has emerged from obscurity to become a household word and an integral part of the media...

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Liz Cox Barrett On Imus in the Morning yesterday, Tim Russert supplied an answer to that question -- bubbling online and, yesterday, on the New York Times' op-ed page -- given WrightGate, where is HageeGate? You know, not that it's an apples-to-apples comparison (Obama's relationship with Rev. Jeremiah Wright and McCain's relationship with Rev. John Hagee) but why have Wright's...

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