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1. The Kicker

   An Alternative Debate Format

   October 7, 2008 04:04 PM

   Kevin Drum wonders why Brokaw when PowerPoint will do? Why bother with a human audience or moderator at all? You might as well just select the questions, project them on a screen via PowerPoint, and televise the results. Wire... Continue reading

2. The Kicker

   “Partisan Accusations” Dressed as Journalism

   October 7, 2008 02:05 PM

   Megan argued on Campaign Desk recently, after Fox News's Sean Hannity first interviewed Gov. Sarah Palin (an interview Megan called "essentially a push poll with visuals") to little day-after examination from media critics: [W]ho’s holding Hannity accountable? We can... Continue reading

3. Campaign Desk

   Fantasy Brokaw

   October 7, 2008 01:03 PM

   Yesterday, I hoped that Tom Brokaw might do more with tonight's debate than Gwen Ifill did with last Thursday’s (more in the way of pressing for answers to the questions being asked). Today, I have less hope. <a href=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/07/MN2613CEGL.DTL... Continue reading

4. The Kicker

   Attention!

   October 7, 2008 09:34 AM

   http://journalism.org/node/13105">Per PEJ, from Sept. 29-Oct. 5, "the financial crisis received the most attention from the media for any non-campaign story in a given week other than the Virginia Tech massacre in April 2007," at 45% of all... Continue reading

5. The Kicker

   What “Kind of Rough” Can Look Like?

   October 7, 2008 09:18 AM

   From Dana Milbank today: ...Palin's routine attacks on the media have begun to spill into ugliness. In Clearwater [FL], arriving reporters were greeted with shouts and taunts by the crowd of about 3,000. Palin then went on to blame... Continue reading

6. Campaign Desk

   A “Job to Do At the Table” (But, What?)

   October 6, 2008 02:24 PM

   As the VP debate wound down last week, Andrew Sullivan's insta-reactions included the following: There was only one loser: Gwen Ifill. She was intimidated, peripheral, neutered. The rules didn't help. But Ifill put in a dreadful performance.... Continue reading

7. The Kicker

   Talk of the Brown

   October 6, 2008 01:18 PM

   CNN's Campbell Brown, from a New York Times profile on Saturday: As journalists, and certainly for me over the last few years, we’ve gotten overly obsessed with parity, especially when we’re covering politics. We kept making sure each... Continue reading

8. The Kicker

   The Economist’s “Nerd Chic”

   October 6, 2008 12:44 PM

   In naming The Economist "Magazine of the Year," Ad Age paraphrases an ad agency VP saying that the publication is "riding the currents that are relentlessly pushing business and global perspectives to the forefront," and: I think it has... Continue reading

9. The Kicker

   Inside Baseball, All Right

   October 6, 2008 11:17 AM

   CNN has a deep bench on debate nights -- rows of seated pundits, laptops glowing before them, telling us what to think about what we just heard. Gizmodo seems to confirm what you already suspected: there might be some... Continue reading

10. The Kicker

    Good Morning America (It Was, ‘Til Now)

    October 6, 2008 09:34 AM

    What's worse (low-information-, high-headache-quotient) than a morning news show segment pitting Campaign A's spokesperson against Campaign B's spokesperson (headline, "Getting Offensive: new attacks start campaign week")? A news article summarizing that segment? Good Morning America this morning hosted Robert Gibbs... Continue reading

11. The Kicker

    As Economy Sags

    October 3, 2008 03:18 PM

    Our economy? It's sagging. What does that mean? What now? Well, some things are going to grow and some things are going to shrink. We're going to see less of some things and more of others. For example,... Continue reading

12. The Kicker

    More Snubbery?

    October 2, 2008 11:17 AM

    The makings of SnubGate II? Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    He-Said, She-Said (Headline Edition)

    October 2, 2008 10:54 AM

    A headline from the online version of today's Anchorage Daily News: "Debate seen as chance for Palin rebound" and, subhed: "TONIGHT: Supporters want to see energetic reformer in clash with Biden; critics call for substance" Really? "Critics" want substance?... Continue reading

14. The Kicker

    Do Better. Here’s How

    October 2, 2008 10:24 AM

    Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, explains how election coverage might be improved. In a nutshell: less Begala and Rove ("not journalists but who play them on TV" -- see Brent's post... Continue reading

15. The Kicker

    Mean Girls?

    October 2, 2008 09:48 AM

    Washington Post political reporter Ann Kornblut talks to the National Journal about "Sexism in the Media." In part: Q: Last week, CNN's Campbell Brown asked the McCain camp to "end this chauvinistic treatment" of Palin by letting her... Continue reading

16. The Kicker

    An Earful From Ifill

    October 2, 2008 09:32 AM

    I haven't heard back from Gwen Ifill (see yesterday's post) but Ifill did talk to the Associated Press to respond to what the AP characterizes as "conservative questions about her impartiality because she is writing a book that... Continue reading

17. The Kicker

    Drudge Raises a Point

    October 1, 2008 01:40 PM

    Gwen Ifill has done solid, important journalism. She’ll likely be a good, tough, and neutral moderator to the vice-presidential debate. Let’s set that aside, for now. Conflict of interest is often about appearances. There appears, to us, to be... Continue reading

18. The Kicker

    “Smackdown” Lawsuit Smacked Down

    October 1, 2008 10:15 AM

    Congratulations to Susan Paterno on the dismissal of the defamation lawsuit the Santa Barbara News-Press filed against her based on her piece, "Santa Barbara Smackdown" (in the December 2006/January 2007 American Journalism Review and well worth a read)... Continue reading

19. The Kicker

    One Pirate, Who Requested Anonymity…

    October 1, 2008 08:53 AM

    ... because he feared being made to walk the plank... I've found it a bit of a challenge (being on dry land...land far, far from the coast of Somalia) to keep my inner-child at bay while following this Somali-pirates-hijacked-Ukranian-freighter-which-happened-to-hold-... Continue reading

20. The Kicker

    For You, For You, I Came For You

    September 30, 2008 04:45 PM

    MSNBC's Contessa Brewer is right now reporting live from Wall Street (outside, on a street, in downtown Manhattan). She is there, she says, to talk to "real people" leaving work. Find out what they're thinking. Except that Brewer's first interview... Continue reading

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