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1. Campaign Desk

   Campaign Press, Engaged

   October 28, 2008 12:38 PM

   The LA Times has twin front-page stories today chronicling a reporter's life on the road with the each of presidential candidates. (Heavy on "a reporter's life.") From the Times' Maeve Reston we learn that "McCain was frank, garrulous... Continue reading

2. The Kicker

   Extreme Made-Over (Michelle Obama Edition)

   October 28, 2008 10:16 AM

   Back in June, the New York Times ">hinted that Michelle Obama (or at least, her "image") might be, um, in need of a makeover (Mrs. Obama "looks for a new introduction.") In August, the Times <a... Continue reading

3. The Kicker

   MoDo, Bono….

   October 28, 2008 09:55 AM

   Fresh off his recent blogging gig at the Financial Times, U2 lead singer Bono will join the New York Times op-ed stable next year, which, current Times columnist David Brooks told Gabriel Sherman, is fine with him:... Continue reading

4. The Kicker

   Covering That Other War

   October 28, 2008 09:26 AM

   We are a nation at war(s). And while you may know something of the presidential candidates' plans for Iraq and, perhaps, Afghanistan, do you know how McCain and Obama aim to handle the oft-overlooked "talk show host wars" (which, according... Continue reading

5. The Kicker

   Her Clothes May Be Beau Brummelly

   October 27, 2008 03:09 PM

   Another http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/closet_confessionals.php?page=all&print=true">peek inside reporters' closets, courtesy of WardrobeGate. MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell talking to RNC Chairman Mike Duncan just now about how "the brouhaha" that is WardrobeGate somehow continues: O'DONNELL: Let me ask you, did you... Continue reading

6. The Kicker

   Male Journalists (With “Soft, Girlie Hands”)

   October 27, 2008 01:48 PM

   Time's James Poniewozick explains how the "political press...dotes on a nostalgic definition of realness that bears ever less relation to today's America" such that "we get an image of America shaped by outdated iconography and the self-consciousness and class... Continue reading

7. The Kicker

   On The One Hand, Hannity….

   October 27, 2008 12:02 PM

   ...on the other, Olbermann. If you want to show that Fox News's Sean Hannity and MSNBC's Keith Olbermann represent opposite sides of a "divide," offering "perspectives on the campaign that sometimes approach mirror images," surely there are better examples than... Continue reading

8. The Kicker

   King Kong vs. Godzilla

   October 27, 2008 11:28 AM

   "People within the media gossip world [may] want to put [Arianna Huffington and Tina Brown] at each other's throats," the New York Times reports (in an article that closes with a comment by Kurt Andersen likening the two women... Continue reading

9. The Kicker

   Where Soledad Soaks (So?)

   October 27, 2008 11:05 AM

   After all those hours on debate nights interviewing the Perception Analyzer People? Who among us could begrudge CNN's Soledad O'Brien a nice, big bath? (But, yes, it's creepy when the real estate broker suggests that Wolf and... Continue reading

10. The Kicker

    “My Friends,” An Explanation

    October 27, 2008 10:31 AM

    "My friends," McCain began, with a verbal tic that conveys a sense of closeness with his audience.... Oh, that's what that is? Thanks for the explanation, AP, tucked in an article chronicling "18 hours" on the campaign trail with... Continue reading

11. The Kicker

    “Captivating” Doesn’t Cut It

    October 27, 2008 10:06 AM

    While "Palin's rise captivates" the Anchorage Daily News, the paper on Saturday endorsed Sen. Barack Obama: Gov. Palin's nomination clearly alters the landscape for Alaskans as we survey this race for the presidency -- but it does not overwhelm... Continue reading

12. The Kicker

    School of Talk

    October 27, 2008 09:23 AM

    From the New York Times' Styles section yesterday (next to the article explaining that "fashionistas" are now to be called "recessionistas"): Journalists once had to achieve a certain gravitas before appearing on television as a political expert,... Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    And You Will Know Us By…

    October 23, 2008 10:59 AM

    That Ukranian ship stocked with weapons? Still being held by Somali pirates. The BBC has an update today and some big picture information, including this, on the difficulties NATO troops will have patrolling for pirates, from a NATO... Continue reading

14. The Kicker

    Brokaw’s “Ideal Debate”

    October 23, 2008 10:31 AM

    NBC News's Tom Brokaw was on The Daily Show last night talking about his experience moderating the third presidential debate. Brokaw told Jon Stewart that he got some positive feedback afterwards, in that people "came up to me and said,... Continue reading

15. The Kicker

    I Am Reporter

    October 23, 2008 10:12 AM

    Stock market's down. Party-crashing in New York City is up. So reports amNewYork. Also? Some party crashers are posing as reporters ostensibly to ease their passage beyond the velvet rope into the land of the open bar and swag... Continue reading

16. The Kicker

    Closet Confessionals

    October 23, 2008 09:09 AM

    One of CoutureGate's coattails? Political reporters and talking heads feeling moved to air their own dirty laundry to the world by spontaneously sharing their (inevitably more sensible than some VP candidate's) shopping habits. Sort of: I don't know... Continue reading

17. The Kicker

    Be the Change You Want To See

    October 22, 2008 04:32 PM

    Halloween-hooked election stories. Election-hooked Halloween stories. It's time. The (Torrance, CA) Daily Breeze is "Handicapping the winners in the Halloween mask race." While one mask sales tracking poll has Obama Mask leading McCain Mask 54 to... Continue reading

18. The Kicker

    13 Days Out: What, Now?

    October 22, 2008 11:52 AM

    We know what the campaign press, in general,is doing with its time now, today, thirteen days before election day. But what should campaign reporters be doing? What could they be doing? Katia will have some suggestions for aimless reporters... Continue reading

19. The Kicker

    AP’s Extended Teaching Moment

    October 22, 2008 10:22 AM

    Yesterday, Megan offered some suggestions for reporters for how to cover the McCain campaign's recent cries of socialism, including: "add a brief note of clarification next to a McCain campaign claim about Obama’s socialism...ideally, in your story’s lede." The... Continue reading

20. The Kicker

    “Palling Around With Haberdashers”

    October 22, 2008 09:20 AM

    So, WardrobeGate (CoutureGate? FashionPlateGate?) Politico reports that the Republican National Committee apparently has spent over $150,000 on clothing and accessories for Gov. Sarah Palin and her family since she joined the McCain ticket. Tailor-made for cable news. ... Continue reading

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