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   You Are “Live-Living” Election Day

   November 4, 2008 11:07 AM

   And at Politicker, Rob Tornoe is "live-cartooning" Election Day ("covering all of today's events in real-time with my trusted sketchpad and pencil.") Continue reading

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   There’s No “Thinking” On Cable

   November 4, 2008 10:37 AM

   Just now on MSNBC: MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Dan Rather... What are the things we may learn out of this election? [Multi-second pause] BRZEZINSKI: Dan? DAN RATHER: Well, I'm just trying to think. Which is something we don't get... Continue reading

3. The Kicker

   FinishFinalFinallyDecisionTimeTurnHandsHistory

   November 4, 2008 09:31 AM

   ...Are some of the words most frequently found on the front pages of America's newspapers today (thanks, Newseum). There's a sense of... ...history in the works: "Un Voto Historico" (Los Angeles, CA) La Opinion "On the... Continue reading

4. The Kicker

   Election Night On Ice

   November 3, 2008 01:22 PM

   Where to tune in election night? So many choices... And so, MSNBC (the channel that back in February gave us "Monster Super Tuesday" complete with exploding logos and "Vote-zilla") presents: Election Returns On Ice! Which involves a map of... Continue reading

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   “A Night Out With Chris Matthews…”

   November 3, 2008 01:02 PM

   ...is as "zesty(?!)" as you'd always imagined. Continue reading

6. The Kicker

   “One Day To Go” Stories

   November 3, 2008 10:30 AM

   The candidates are "Battling On All Fronts With One Day To Go," the New York Times reports today....from a distance. "It has been months since Mr. Obama has ventured with any regularity to the back of his plane where the... Continue reading

7. The Kicker

   Political Pundits Have “Missed It”

   November 3, 2008 10:04 AM

   At this late hour, cable's political pundits are feeling reflective. To wit, MSNBC's Mike Barnicle on Morning Joe earlier: At some point we'll look at the coverage of this campaign, what we all do for a living and we're gonna... Continue reading

8. The Kicker

   “Gauzy Exercise in Tarot-Card Reading?” AP’s In!

   November 3, 2008 09:31 AM

   Election Day hours away. Deadline looming. Must. Find. Angle...Got it: Yet there is, in the national conversation, surprisingly little talk about not accepting the winner if things don't go your way. Sure, some Democrats joke about moving to Canada, but... Continue reading

9. The Kicker

   Another One Jumps The Gun

   October 30, 2008 10:53 AM

   What was that you were saying yesterday, Jane, about how "it’s important for reporters to refrain from parlaying details from the election’s last week into a more speculative, and ultimately less responsible narrative of Palin’s future trajectory?" "ABC... Continue reading

10. The Kicker

    Women Have “Owned” Election ‘08 Coverage

    October 30, 2008 10:43 AM

    Salon's Rebecca Traister observes that "several female newscasters...have kicked ass, taken names and otherwise owned the coverage of the 2008 election." Writes Traister: [I]f 2004 was widely touted as Jon Stewart's career-making election, then it would be more... Continue reading

11. The Kicker

    “Anything is a Fair Question”

    October 30, 2008 09:48 AM

    When Larry King randomly announced mid-interview last night that his next question for Sen. John McCain would be "a fair question," (unlike, I guess, earlier questions such as, "Are you anxious? Are you worried?" and Why is McCain "hot... Continue reading

12. The Kicker

    “Not A Swing Show”

    October 30, 2008 09:10 AM

    Sen. Barack Obama appeared last night, yes, on nearly every major channel in prime time, but also on The Daily Show ("not a swing show, if you will," per Jon Stewart) where he worked in a little dig at... Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    Obama Victory=Hard Work For Reporters

    October 29, 2008 03:37 PM

    Yesterday, Jack Shafer explained why covering an Obama victory might be very hard for our political reporters: If Obama wins, these scribes know that they'll be facing the toughest assignment of their careers. They've all oversubscribed to the notion... Continue reading

14. The Kicker

    Matthews’ Movie Madness

    October 29, 2008 01:05 PM

    Back in August, MSNBC's Chris Matthews decided that Steve Schmidt of the McCain campaign: Reminds me of Sergeant Markoff in Beau Geste, the guy who was kicked out of the Siberian army for cruelty. We‘ll be right back with... Continue reading

15. The Kicker

    Car Chase! (White Car Involved)

    October 29, 2008 12:42 PM

    Fox News has been for several minutes following a car chase live in Miami. Ditto, MSNBC ("That is not even a lane!" Thanks, Contessa Brewer). CNN appears to be sticking with an Obama speech happening in Raleigh, N.C. Continue reading

16. The Kicker

    Must-See TV (Also Online)

    October 29, 2008 11:54 AM

    FRONTLINE's "The War Briefing" (maybe you saw it on PBS last night?) was all the talk of our morning news meeting just now. A great example of "anti-pack" reporting (going where everyone else is not... and, literally going, in... Continue reading

17. The Kicker

    “Without Media Interference”

    October 29, 2008 10:28 AM

    There is something very appealing right now about the idea of a "time out" from campaign coverage. And the idea that this period of quiet reflection for voters prior to November 4, "without media interference," might be achieved simply by... Continue reading

18. The Kicker

    CPD “Hideously Bungled” Debates

    October 29, 2008 10:07 AM

    The 2008 debates were "hideously bungled by the Commission on Presidential Debates, a wholly owned subsidiary of the successful campaigns," writes Cynthia Stead, a Massachusetts State Republican Committeewoman, in a Cape Cod Times column arguing that the League of... Continue reading

19. The Kicker

    Project Greenlight

    October 29, 2008 09:24 AM

    Today, in lieu of her standard column (and column font) in the New York Times, we get a "screenplay by Maureen Dowd" -- the "revised third draft." While I can't see a studio stampede to greenlight this thing, I'd... Continue reading

20. The Kicker

    Politico on the Biases “That Matter”

    October 28, 2008 02:32 PM

    Politico's Jim VandeHei and John F. Harris take readers through political journalists' biases (the ones that "matter so much more" than "ideological bias") and how they, and some of the particulars of this campaign, have redounded mostly to... Continue reading

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