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1. The Kicker

   The “Kill The Witch” Game

   June 11, 2008 10:33 AM

   Forget Is America Ready for a Black President? Or Is America Ready for a Female President? Have you stopped to consider: Is America Ready for a Black First Lady? There are some who think it will be harder... Continue reading

2. The Kicker

   Clinton Grudge List: Does It Exist?

   June 11, 2008 08:44 AM

   We know journalists love lists. But does a Clinton Grudge List exist? Depends, I guess, on what your definition of "exist" is. There are pen-and-pad lists. Table-like lists maintained in Excel spreadsheets. And then there are lists that are "less... Continue reading

3. The Kicker

   Russert (Et Al) Rejected! Rejoice?

   June 10, 2008 11:07 AM

   Any media critic haunted by a feeling they are forever writing the equivalent of You hurt America. Don't do it again... or else! can understand Ezra Klein's celebration of what he sees as actual "consequences" visited upon the press... Continue reading

4. The Kicker

   Friedman’s 4th Rule For Successful Web Journalism

   June 10, 2008 10:21 AM

   "Entertain." Asked to give some "tough love" to Web-wary magazine editors assembled at a recent conference, MarketWatch's Jon Friedman came up with "8 simple rules to ensure success on the Internet" (really bringing down the hammer on his audience... Continue reading

5. The Kicker

   Fist-Bump is The New Flag Pin?

   June 10, 2008 08:36 AM

   To one reporter, "the fist bump heard 'round the world" exchanged by Barack and Michelle Obama last Tuesday evening "was a tiny gesture so cool, so tight, so loving and so right, that it seemed to encapsulate... Continue reading

6. The Kicker

   Reporting (and Fact Checking?) “High-End Gossip”

   June 10, 2008 08:16 AM

   "Lies are the new facts." So says Gina Gershon, the actress who has been seeking a retraction from Vanity Fair for the following sentence in Todd Purdum's now-infamous "hatchet job" on Bill Clinton. [A]ides have winced... Continue reading

7. The Kicker

   Cable Pundit Apology Watch

   June 9, 2008 01:35 PM

   It's a sorry state of affairs on cable news, indeed. Chris Matthews...David Shuster...Liz Trotta... ...And on MSNBC just now, an uncomfortable-looking Andrea Mitchell became the latest cable news campaign reporter/commentator to apologize on-air for "something stupid" she... Continue reading

8. The Kicker

   What Really Happened

   June 9, 2008 11:32 AM

   So, What Happened, really (as it applies to both Hillary Clinton's campaign for the Democratic nomination and to the White House press corps' post- 9/11 job performance)? Of Clinton's campaign, on the New York Times' op-ed page, former Republican governor... Continue reading

9. The Kicker

   Reading (And Reporting) “Bird Entrails”

   June 9, 2008 09:36 AM

   "It is possible," writes the New York Times' Guy Trebay in yesterday's Sunday Styles, "at a time when campaign images are scrutinized by media sibyls as ardently as the entrails of birds were read by the ancients, to... Continue reading

10. The Kicker

    Yellow Journalism

    June 9, 2008 08:35 AM

    As we were saying, it's been a hell of a primary season but now it's time to get serious. John McCain's teeth are, apparently, too yellow; "gross," gripes Kos (get that guy a chair at the cable... Continue reading

11. The Kicker

    Was Tuesday A Milestone for TV News?

    June 5, 2008 09:28 AM

    Brian Stelter, at his New York Times TV Decoder blog, reports that Tuesday night "may have been only the second time in history that a cable network attracted more viewers than a broadcaster during a major news event" (the... Continue reading

12. The Kicker

    News Pundits: Like “Doppler-less Weathermen” and Other Insights

    June 5, 2008 08:19 AM

    After a montage of year-plus-old clips of cable commentators declaring Hillary Clinton "inevitable" (and variations thereof), Jon Stewart last night proclaimed political poundits to be "like the Doppler-less weathermen of our time." Later on the show, Barbara Walters... Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    Precision in Labeling

    June 4, 2008 03:21 PM

    Over at TPM Cafe, Todd Gitlin (who writes CJR's "Russert Watch" column) schools reporters on the definition of "condescension" and provides, without condescension, a handy example of the word's proper usage. Armed with Nexis search results Gitlin says... Continue reading

14. Campaign Desk

    “Nicest Guy,” “Vengeful Journalism”

    June 4, 2008 11:16 AM

    I saw many journalists (on cable and elsewhere) rush to vouch for Vanity Fair's Todd Purdum in recent days. Mostly as a person (counter to Bill Clinton's "scumbag" insult). Often as a journalist (usually pointing to his long history at... Continue reading

15. The Kicker

    “History,” “Destiny,” “Finally”

    June 4, 2008 10:11 AM

    There are different takes and tones to the headlines greeting America this morning bearing the news that, as several papers word it, Obama "clinches" the Democratic nomination. There's this sequence of sorts: (New York) Daily News: "HISTORY" New York... Continue reading

16. The Kicker

    VP Obedience Training (Oh, Behave!)

    June 4, 2008 08:46 AM

    Yes, "What Does Hillary Want?" as everyone in the campaign press has been asking, as Clinton herself asked and (sort of?) answered last night, and as reads MSNBC's chyron right now. But, if the answer to that question is "the... Continue reading

17. The Kicker

    When Post-Partisan Candidate Attacks

    June 3, 2008 05:56 PM

    Most candidates for political office criticize or attack their opponents. Barack Obama, however, is, per the New York Times' Michael Powell, “gingerly fitting himself with the cloth of a partisan Democrat.” Which sounds lovely, really, for politics. (Although you... Continue reading

18. The Kicker

    Was Capehart Oversharing on MSNBC?

    June 3, 2008 04:35 PM

    MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski seemed in sort of a hurry to cut short or move along from the following exchange this morning between Mike Barnicle (a frequent Morning Joe guest co-host) and Jonathan Capehart (a frequent Morning Joe guest and Washington... Continue reading

19. The Kicker

    This Is Your Brain on Campaign

    June 3, 2008 11:32 AM

    From the LA Times's James Rainey: Somewhere inside the brain of the presidential campaign reporter lies a huge lobe devoted to recognizing conflict. From this hyper-developed brain center come stories about the certain demise of some politicians (John McCain),... Continue reading

20. The Kicker

    What Happened, Karaoke-Style

    June 3, 2008 09:42 AM

    You thought there was nothing left for cable to say about or do with What Happened (Scott McClellan's memoir, to which cable news has, to date, devoted countless segments). The Daily Show moved the ball forward last night by... Continue reading

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