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   Yes, She Can!

   August 13, 2008 01:41 PM

   She knows low-brow! She knows high! In a single paragraph, she proves her pop culture IQ spans centuries (and oceans)! Not every Big League columnist is hip to Shakespeare and American Idol (not every column reader, either, but for the... Continue reading

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   Fox News: “Who Are We To Say It’s Not The Truth?”

   August 13, 2008 11:26 AM

   Fox News' Megyn Kelly may have just now stumbled upon a new tag line for Fox News ("Fair and Balanced" has had a good run) or any cable news channel, for that matter (that whole "The Place For This" or... Continue reading

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   Bureau of One

   August 13, 2008 08:51 AM

   The New York Times reports on CNN's plan to do more with less by assigning "one-man bands" to assorted U.S. cities, in effect "doubl[ling] the number of domestic cities where the cable news network has outposts." CNN, in its... Continue reading

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   Last Week’s Campaign News: 31% Substance!*

   August 13, 2008 08:25 AM

   According to the new PEJ study of campaign news coverage, "policy debates accounted for about 31% of the campaign newshole studied last week," with, among other subjects, "the debate between the two candidates over energy policy and gas prices"... Continue reading

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   Pressing Pigeon

   August 12, 2008 03:46 PM

   If you're a "former close friend to [John] Edwards’ mistress" with something[s] to say about The Edwards Story, TV news wants you! Pigeon O'Brien, whom a Fox News chyron this afternoon ID'd as "[Rielle] Hunter's FMR Friend" (FMR=Former), wants the... Continue reading

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   Meanwhile, In PA…

   August 12, 2008 12:03 PM

   John McCain is this much closer to checking off that must-have presidential photo-op: Candidate in Camo (doing something mannishly outdoorsy). The Patriot-Ledger reports that John McCain visited the Bass Pro stores in Harrisburg, PA yesterday and: [B]efore leaving... Continue reading

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   Bring a Reporter to Work Day?

   August 12, 2008 09:38 AM

   The Associated Press sent two different reporters to examine from two different angles the presidential candidates' offices and tell us To What Conclusions We Might Jump Based On Their Work Spaces. The AP's Nancy Benac would have us believe... Continue reading

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   Inside Barack Obama

   August 12, 2008 08:46 AM

   Obama Vacation News from the (Honolulu) Star Bulletin: Unlike previous days when [Barack Obama] spent a lot of time outdoors, he spent almost all of his time indoors yesterday. The newspaper is also asking readers "lucky enough to... Continue reading

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   “Very Little Real News?” We’re In!

   August 11, 2008 04:37 PM

   Bill Schneider, a CNN political analyst, confessed just now during a report previewing the Democratic National Convention: There will be more than 10,000 reporters at the convention and very little real news. But plenty of news of the contrived or... Continue reading

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    “Bad Reasons” To Cover (And Not Cover) Edwards Story

    August 11, 2008 12:23 PM

    Time's TV blogger James Poniewozik spends "more time to come to fewer conclusions than any blog post I have ever done" in order to outline "bad reasons to cover the [Edwards] story" and "bad reasons not to cover the... Continue reading

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    Preview: CNN’s DNC Convention Costume!

    August 11, 2008 10:13 AM

    Reporting in Texas on that state's March primary, CNN's Ali Velshi was on horseback in a ten gallon hat (authentic Texas props=authentic Texas coverage). So here, CNN, is what you'll want to wear to cover the Democrats' convention... Continue reading

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    Dateline Honolulu

    August 11, 2008 09:55 AM

    I suppose these types of stories can be written just as well from outside the Beltway (way, way out), writing themselves as they do. The Associated Press's Nedra Pickler phones it in from Hawaii (where she and... Continue reading

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    TPM on The Page On Election “Insight”

    August 11, 2008 09:01 AM

    If you like your "election insight in some sort of dingbat aphorisms," have a look at this post from The Page (as aptly described by Josh Marshall). Speaking of talking points, The Page's "insight[s]" read like a script... Continue reading

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    Edwards, Enquirer, Self-Examination…

    August 11, 2008 08:12 AM

    Politico's Michael Calderone explains "why I also didn't write on John Edwards:" It was decided that writing on the rumors — without confirming them — simply validates the Enquirer, a tabloid that’s broken celebrity scandals wide open but still... Continue reading

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    Frequent Liar* Miles?

    August 7, 2008 11:17 AM

    Paul Farhi reports that the McCain campaign is offering incentives (points! prizes!) to people for spreading campaign rhetoric online (a.k.a., AstroTurfing, via comments sections on selected web sites). "Reward points" or other incentives for political work aren't a new... Continue reading

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    Kurtz Lets Us In On a Little Secret

    August 7, 2008 10:52 AM

    "The media can make anyone sound mysterious and unknowable," writes Howard Kurtz in today's Washington Post, and then tries to prove that by penning the "scary" voiceover for an imagined anti-McCain ad: John McCain was a Navy hell-raiser who... Continue reading

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    Candidate or Caped Crusader?

    August 7, 2008 10:11 AM

    Can you tell a lot about a presidential candidate by which superhero he says he would be? Entertainment Weekly (Ew.com) asked John McCain and Barack Obama this question -- among others about their "pop culture favorites" --... Continue reading

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    WSJ, Where The Women Are (Not)?

    August 7, 2008 09:52 AM

    Jeff Bercovici explores what he calls the "woman problem" at The Wall Street Journal, which he describes as "if not a pattern" of increased boy's clubbishness since Murdoch bought the paper, then "at least a confluence worthy of comment."... Continue reading

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    Everyone’s Huffing The Same Stuff

    August 7, 2008 09:02 AM

    Confirmed: the people who bring us our campaign news all read the same handful of blogs (HuffPo, Ambinder, TPM, The Page...).* Via AJR, some communications firm asked 69 political reporters to list their must-read blogs and the results are... Continue reading

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    Vacation For (From?) Obama

    August 6, 2008 12:55 PM

    Obama this. Obama that. "48% of the public says they have been hearing 'too much' about Obama lately," according to a Pew poll (26% say the same of McCain). Good timing: the candidate is apparently going on vacation... Continue reading

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