Another Close Comparison

There’s something about Glenn…

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 22, 2008 at 08:16 AM

The works of Glenn Close (in starring and supporting roles alike) are getting a workout from campaign observers observing the... More

Dazed and Confused (Watching MSNBC Again)

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 21, 2008 at 02:57 PM

No, Contessa Brewer, this wasn't as bad as the time back in January when you interviewed that insightful young man/book... More

Journalism’s Real Liberal Bias?

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 21, 2008 at 02:22 PM

Forget a liberal bias among journalists, argues Conor Friedersdorf on DoubleThink Online. It's journalistic convention that leans liberal. That is,... More

EXUBERANT HEADLINE! Buzzkill Lede

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 21, 2008 at 02:01 PM

The sound of the lede bursting the headline's bubble: Kentucky Enquirer headline: "CLINTONS' VISITS PAY OFF AS HILLARY ROLLS IN... More

Cartoon Candidates

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 21, 2008 at 11:41 AM

Last night MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, to his own visible satisfaction, added to last week's colorful characterizations of Camp Clinton on... More

Lynn Sweet, The “Specialist”

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 21, 2008 at 09:51 AM

The New York Observer profiles Lynn Sweet, the Chicago Sun-Times' Washington bureau chief and Obama campaign reporter. Says Sweet: “I... More

Dowd Hears Voices

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 21, 2008 at 08:46 AM

Today, the New York Times' Maureen Dowd fancies herself a fly on the wall, drafting "The Last Debate" between Sen.... More

Clinton and the “Cloak of Invisibility”

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 21, 2008 at 08:33 AM

How a TV critic comes to the conclusion that it's all but over for Hillary Clinton: While Sen. Obama's and... More

“Just This Great Distraction”

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 20, 2008 at 02:52 PM

From tonight's Nightline story on US Weekly ("Stars, Skin, Scandal: Secrets of US Weekly"): "There was a lot of depressing... More

Today’s “Reckoning”

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 20, 2008 at 10:03 AM

More "reckoning" on this morning's Today Show ("The Gender Factor: Did being a woman hurt Clinton?") in which another one... More

CNN Does=Politics! (Domestic Politics, At Least)

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 20, 2008 at 09:49 AM

According to the new Campaign Coverage Index by the Project for Excellence in Journalism, last week "cable news devoted 74%... More

Never Met a Poll He Didn’t…

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 20, 2008 at 08:28 AM

Hate? I thought the campaign press loved polls -- those snapshots from which all sorts of alarming conclusions may be... More

The “Reckoning”

Let the parsing of what Clinton’s near-miss means for women begin!

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 19, 2008 at 12:21 PM

Jodi Kantor writes in today's New York Times: Along with the usual post-mortems about strategy, message and money, [and, I'd... More

It Pains McCain to Prevaricate?

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 19, 2008 at 11:05 AM

From Matt Bai's New York Times magazine cover story on John McCain: John McCain has never been very good at... More

CNN’s Declaration of Independence

By Liz Cox Barrett   May 19, 2008 at 08:31 AM

This CNN ad campaign was new to me (I saw it over the weekend on NY1). (VOICEOVER) Every American is... More