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   Un-Blurring the Line at MSNBC?

   September 8, 2008 08:41 AM

   Per the New York Times, MSNBC's "bold experiment...putting two politically incendiary hosts, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, in the anchor chair to lead the cable news channel’s coverage of the election" "appears to be over." David Gregory, NBC News... Continue reading

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   In Wasilla: Working Hard? Hardly Working?

   September 4, 2008 10:50 AM

   From the Anchorage Daily News: Tailgaters [Sports Bar & Grill in Wasilla, Alaska] was packed to capacity and then some 15 minutes before [Palin's] speech. And not just with Valley residents. News crews from CNN, Time, People, El Mondo... Continue reading

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   History! Herstory? Hairstory

   September 4, 2008 09:38 AM

   You knew it was coming: From today's Boston Herald (h/t, Kevin D. Williamson): "Stylists to passé Sarah Palin: Let your hair down." Yes, Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has a lot on her plate: a pregnant teen... Continue reading

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   Cable Consensus: Starry Night

   September 4, 2008 08:43 AM

   Republicans like to say the selection of Gov. Sarah Palin -- and, specifically, her rousing speech last night -- are "unifying" the party. And "unifying" also, it seems, those typically Cross-firing cable news commentators. Indeed, in the minutes and hours... Continue reading

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   Heckuva Job, Brownie

   September 3, 2008 01:08 PM

   Perhaps you watched that now-infamous Campbell Brown interview of (McCain aide) Tucker Bounds and concluded that CNN's Brown was doing her job. You know, asking questions. Pressing for specifics. (What decisions did Palin make as head of the Alaska... Continue reading

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   Talking Heads Tell Palin What To Do

   September 3, 2008 12:01 PM

   Tell us, talking heads, what Gov. Sarah Palin "has to do" tonight in her speech at the Republican convention? (And then later, naturally, you can tell us whether she has met the expectations that you helped to set). From across... Continue reading

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   Giuliani On GMA: Palin, Verb, 9/11

   September 3, 2008 09:50 AM

   Rudy Giuliani was on Good Morning America earlier. Today's noun? Palin. DIANE SAWYER: If [Palin] were the president on 9/11, you would have been confident? GIULIANI: I'd be confident that she'd be able to handle it. She's been... Continue reading

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   Palin’s Hometown Paper Reports From St. Paul

   September 3, 2008 09:08 AM

   From the (Wasilla, Alaska) Frontiersman: “We’ve all done three, four, five, six interviews all over the world,” [Alaska delegate] [Dick] Stoffel said. “They asked, yeah, if you knew her, if you thought she would [be chosen], did you think... Continue reading

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   You Meant Those Other “Sunday Talk Shows?”

   September 3, 2008 08:32 AM

   From Fred Thompson's speech at the RNC last night: Some Washington pundits and media big shots are in a frenzy over the selection of a woman who has actually governed rather than just talked a good game on the Sunday... Continue reading

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    Sometimes When You “Flush The Toilet,” It Overflows

    September 2, 2008 03:23 PM

    From one of those three A1 New York Times Palin pregnancy stories today: Mr. McCain’s campaign, which has shown itself adept at handling the news media, tried to influence coverage of the [pregnancy] disclosure by releasing it as... Continue reading

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    Next Up: What My Great Uncle Thinks About The Palin Pregnancy

    September 2, 2008 01:41 PM

    "Everyone has an opinion on Bristol pregnancy," proclaims a headline in the San Francisco Chronicle. But only Newsweek brings us "The RNC's Youngest Delegate On Palin's Daughter," asking "the youngest delegate at the Republican National Convention," Mike... Continue reading

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    “Stargazing,” Convention-Style

    September 2, 2008 01:27 PM

    Per the Associated Press: RNC delegates "devoted time to political stargazing on a day devoid of any major political speeches... At the broadcast booths for CNN and Fox News, delegates congregated to snap shots of the television personalities... Continue reading

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    A Row! (Wasilla Frontiersman v. Times of London)

    September 2, 2008 11:38 AM

    The Times of London's description of Gov. Sarah Palin's hometown (Wasilla, Alaksa): It's a small, unkempt-looking place, defined by a series of out-of-town stores, a huge lumber yard, a ramshackle bar named the Mug Shot Saloon with Harley Davidsons... Continue reading

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    NYT Goes A-1 (x3!) on Palin Pregnancy

    September 2, 2008 08:38 AM

    The New York Times found three ways to mention, above-the-fold on A1 today, that McCain's running-mate's 17-year-old daughter is pregnant. Per the Times, 17-year-old Bristol Palin's pregnancy: is one of "a series of disclosures" that "called into question... Continue reading

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    In Other News…

    August 26, 2008 03:34 PM

    Glued to gavel-to-gavel convention coverage on cable news? Then you surely know that Hillary and Chelsea Clinton just did a walk-through at the Pepsi Center. But did you know: "Maliki demands 'specific deadline' for U.S. troop pullout" Continue reading

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    David Brooks, More Like (Michael) Moore?

    August 26, 2008 02:42 PM

    Quiz: Which of the following is an excerpt from the David Brooks column in today's New York Times and which is a bit from the ad for Michael Moore's new book in "The Arts" section of today's Times? (H/t,... Continue reading

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    The “Rift” Raft (Cable’s Convention Downtime Lifesaver)

    August 26, 2008 11:16 AM

    From Fox News's Chris Wallace earlier today during a segment headlined, "Can Clinton Convince Her Supporters to Back Obama?" WALLACE: Nancy Pelosi berating the press for focusing on the rift between Clinton and Obama, saying it is all in... Continue reading

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    Michelle Obama 3.0 (“Economic Crisis Look” Michelle!)

    August 26, 2008 09:55 AM

    Back in June, the New York Times (among others) chronicled what it deemed to be Michelle Obama's "image makeover," a Softening Tour orchestrated by the Obama campaign which took Mrs. Obama on The View in a designer black... Continue reading

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    In Recognition of Cable News Convention Coverage

    August 26, 2008 08:47 AM

    The award for Least Useful On-Screen Bell or Whistle Unveiled During Convention Coverage by a Cable News Channel goes to... ...CNN, for its "volume on the floor" graphic (I'm describing it from memory here: vertical audio bars, with green lights... Continue reading

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    Suffering for The Story in Denver

    August 25, 2008 02:20 PM

    Whoever labors in the least cushy conditions wins...Respect? Legitimacy? That "blue collar" vote?" Something, apparently. Pity the 38 Washington Post reporters in Denver who, Howard Kurtz reports, are working in "conditions [that] are hardly glamorous: makeshift desks in... Continue reading

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