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Disappearing Dissent on Russian TV
June 3, 2008 08:37 AMReports Clifford J. Levy in today's New York Times, there's very little throwing down of gauntlets these days on Throw Down the Gauntlet and other political talk shows on Russian TV ("all the major national and regional networks are... Continue reading
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Purdum’s Suggestive Piece
June 2, 2008 09:13 PMMy initial thought after reading Todd Purdum's Vanity Fair piece on Bill Clinton in which anonymous "former Clinton aides" and one unnamed "Clinton-watcher" attempt to help Purdum answer the question that Purdum found himself asking himself "again and again:... Continue reading
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Required Reading for Candidates
June 2, 2008 12:11 PMIn yesterday's New York Times Book Review, "a handful of writers" and others who have written were asked "to recommend books for the presidential candidates." There was little overlap among suggested reading assignments, although both Lorrie Moore and John... Continue reading
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“What Won Barack Obama The Democratic Nomination”
June 2, 2008 10:18 AMChange? Hope? Perhaps: Ad spending. Per Professor Ken Goldstein, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Advertising Project: Fundamental factors matter most in elections and advertising is likely to have fairly modest effects at the margin. That said, unbalanced... Continue reading
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Sheepish Press
June 2, 2008 09:47 AMFor the Washington Post, Ann Telnaes sketches "the media respond[ing] to Scott McClellan's claim that they were 'too deferential' to President Bush." Continue reading
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Hoyt: Times’ Op-Ed Presented “False Picture”
June 2, 2008 08:40 AMClark Hoyt, the New York Times' public editor, did some reporting ("interviewed five Islamic scholars, at five American universities, recommended by a variety of sources as experts in the field") and couldn't find one who agrees with the interpretation... Continue reading
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Pre-Iraq War Coverage: “Pretty Good Job” or “Embarrassing?”
May 29, 2008 09:59 AMAs I mentioned in an earlier post, Scott McClellan's memoir, of all things, (and specifically, McClellan's assertions that the press didn't do its job in the run-up to the Iraq war) is forcing some reporters to get reflective (and,... Continue reading
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“Obama-Side” Media v. Hillary Water-Carriers
May 29, 2008 08:44 AMKeith Olbermann's "Special Comment" last Friday regarding Hillary Clinton's RFK remark prompted this special comment from Time blogger James Poniewozik: "Every time [Olbermann] turns up the volume to 11 like this lately, he sounds like just... Continue reading
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Yellin: News Execs Pushed For Positive Bush Stories
May 29, 2008 08:19 AMEveryone's in tell-all (confessional?) mode, it seems. An on-air exchange last night between CNN's Anderson Cooper and Jessica Yellin (now at CNN, formerly of ABC News), prompted by discussion of Scott McClellan's memoir and his assertion that White House reporters... Continue reading
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Another Hillary History Lesson
May 28, 2008 04:26 PMMore on the topic of my previous post: lessons one might draw from Clinton's campaign. Over at Slate's XX Factor, Dahlia Lithwick explains to "naysayers" (people quoted in --and authors of-- other recent articles and columns... Continue reading
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Hillary’s Historic Run: Discuss
May 28, 2008 01:42 PMMore of that "reckoning." Today, The New Republic asks: "As Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign approaches its end, what are the implications for feminism of the first major presidential campaign by a woman?" and "asked senior editor Michelle... Continue reading
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More Now Scott Tells Us
May 28, 2008 12:39 PMFrom a Washington Post readers chat this morning with the Post's National Political Correspondent, Anne E. Kornblut. SW Nebraska: Will any future president be able to do the job on the press, Congress and the public that George... Continue reading
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Now You Tell Us, Scott
May 28, 2008 09:49 AMPolitico's Mike Allen http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10649.html">reports that "a few reporters were offered advance copies" of Scott McClellan's memoir "with the restriction that their stories not appear until Sunday, the day before the official publication date." Politico, however, "purchased [the... Continue reading
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It’s A Shame About Trotta
May 27, 2008 12:33 PMOh, the Characters of Cable. They sure know how to fill air. They don't just pontificate about a candidate's apology for (or expression of regret for any offense taken from) a She-Said-What? sort of remark. They -- in the process... Continue reading
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Playing Games With Your Future
May 27, 2008 09:45 AMWell, if journo-scolds are going to tut-tut news organizations for trivializing the election, treating a candidate's choice of a running-mate like some sort of parlor game (Veepstakes!), why not exceed the critics' expectations with... an interactive parlor game?... Continue reading
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CNN and MSNBC: Not “The News?”
May 27, 2008 08:54 AMToday, the Times has a front-page profile of Barack Obama's "body man," Reggie Love. Seems like just yesterday I was reading the Times' piece on John Kerry's personal campaign trail sherpa, Marvin Nicholson, Jr., although that piece didn't... Continue reading
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“At Peace With Being At War?”
May 27, 2008 08:25 AMThe New York Times' David Carr yesterday suggested that, given "public indifference to a war that refuses to end," perhaps America is "at peace with being at war." Writes Carr: [A]s we celebrate generations of American soldiers past, the... Continue reading
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Another Close Comparison
May 22, 2008 08:16 AMThe works of Glenn Close (in starring and supporting roles alike) are getting a workout from campaign observers observing the various women (in starring and supporting roles alike) on the campaign trail. There was the Hillary-Clinton-as-the-psycho-stalker-Glenn-Close-character-from-Fatal-Attraction reference, made--... Continue reading
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Dazed and Confused (Watching MSNBC Again)
May 21, 2008 02:57 PMNo, Contessa Brewer, this wasn't as bad as the time back in January when you interviewed that insightful young man/book author who advised Hillary Clinton to"stop wearing the pants suits" because they "look real bad on her" and to... Continue reading
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Journalism’s Real Liberal Bias?
May 21, 2008 02:22 PMForget a liberal bias among journalists, argues Conor Friedersdorf on DoubleThink Online. It's journalistic convention that leans liberal. That is, liberals have (or the liberal view point has) all the good anecdotal ledes and stuff while the conservative outlook... Continue reading
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