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   Camp Clinton, As Cast By MSNBC

   May 14, 2008 08:29 AM

   If you got your West Virginia primary coverage from MSNBC, then you know: 1) Hillary Clinton is thisclose to becoming "the Al Sharpton of white people," per Chris Matthews, what with all of her talk about "white people" and her... Continue reading

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   Remember That “Media Trojan Horse?”

   May 13, 2008 04:07 PM

   Media Matters counted the number of times those military analysts named in David Barstow's New York Times investigation ("Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon's Hidden Hand") "collectively appeared or were quoted as experts" since January 1, 2002: 4,500 times.... Continue reading

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   McCain’s Maverick Cursive (And “Angry” Commas)

   May 13, 2008 02:57 PM

   Body-language experts have already weighed in at key times during the campaign. Ditto graphic designers explaining what campaign signage choices (font, colors and so on) reveal about the presidential candidates. So, what can "three court-certified... Continue reading

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   Take Me Home, Beltway Roads

   May 13, 2008 12:03 PM

   In March we saw a CNN anchor swapping his pinstripe suit for a ten gallon hat and horse to better cover, apparently, the Texas primary (authentic Texas costume=authentic Texas coverage). This week, MSNBC -- working hard to help viewers... Continue reading

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   Looking for Local News in LA?

   May 13, 2008 10:00 AM

   Joe Matthews, one-time labor reporter for the LA Times, wrote a piece in Sunday's Washington Post (hat tip, Matthew Yglesias) arguing that in the Los Angeles TV news market "the sharpest coverage of state and local issues --... Continue reading

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   Battle of the Media Darling(est)?

   May 13, 2008 08:32 AM

   Newspaper, TV on the wall, who's the media darling(est) of them all? McCain? Obama? (Ron Paul, you say?) A first exchange, perhaps, in the inevitable battle of The Media Loves Your Candidate More-- Here's Proof! Newsweek this week... Continue reading

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   West Virginia, Personified (by the FT)

   May 12, 2008 01:51 PM

   "West Virginia Keeps Distance From Obama." So reads the headline on a Financial Times piece today. Just who is this "West Virginia" eyeing Obama warily and keeping a healthy distance? Twenty-two people the reporter interviewed at a Clinton... Continue reading

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   The Democratic Primary: Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman

   May 12, 2008 11:02 AM

   From Katharine Q. Seeyle's New York Times piece today (emphasis mine): This is an awkward phase in a long campaign. Mrs. Clinton has not quite given up her quest for the nomination, and Mr. Obama has not quite... Continue reading

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   Beyond “Voicing Over Pictures”

   May 12, 2008 09:47 AM

   CNN's Dan Rivers, one of few Western journalists able to report from Myanmar last week, tells Howard Kurtz on yesterday's Reliable Sources why he decided to show his face on camera (thereby alerting government to his presence/identity ): [W]e... Continue reading

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    Pick a Pundit Profile

    May 12, 2008 08:40 AM

    Which television poli-pundit profile to read first: "Chuckie T's" or Turd Blossom's? Howard Kurtz profiles NBC's political director Chuck Todd (the "goateed guru") in today's Washington Post and Fox News' Karl Rove (whose "new role as a media star... Continue reading

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    Going Brangelina on Barack

    May 8, 2008 09:30 AM

    In a New York Times article today about how the entertainment press is giving Britney-sized attention to this year's presidential candidates ("It's the greatest reality show on television," per Inside Edition's producer), Clinton spokesman Jay Carson explains why the... Continue reading

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    McCain Makes News

    May 8, 2008 08:39 AM

    Appears on Daily Show--a surefire way to get the (uncritical) attention of the campaign press. McCain talked about how, as the Democratic primary continues, he has been out there "raising money" and "doing townhall... Continue reading

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    News Deprived

    May 8, 2008 08:17 AM

    At washingtonmonthly.com, Kevin Drum is asking his readers: If you could have only one source of news in the world, what would it be? You may pick one (1) magazine, newspaper, news broadcast, radio show, blog, or newsletter. Only... Continue reading

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    About Being Distracted…

    May 7, 2008 12:05 PM

    Luckily, my quest for ever more juicy campaign minutiae brought me to Time's Swampland blog just now where I found -- yes, minutiae (Last night? On Clinton's campaign plane? Before anyone knew for sure the outcome in Indiana? Clinton's... Continue reading

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    McCain In Media Crosshairs? “In Time”

    May 7, 2008 09:54 AM

    How The Media Works 101: Can't Walk and Chew Gum, with Professors Chris Matthews and Tim Russert (and input from grad students/T.A.s Rachel Maddow and Dan Abrams) on MSNBC last night. MATTHEWS: Do you think [Democrats worrying about the... Continue reading

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    Morning After (Press Takes Pulse)

    May 7, 2008 08:41 AM

    NBC's Today Show this morning: "Is it over?" ABC's Good Morning America: "End of the Road?" Front page of today's New York Post: And then there's the... Continue reading

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    Last Night’s Matthews-isms

    May 7, 2008 08:27 AM

    In a single exchange with Keith Olbermann last night describing Clinton's and Obama's primary night speeches, MSNBC's Chris Matthews managed to invoke nearly an entire day's worth of ninth grade parochial school classes: from biology (Clinton and Obama performing a... Continue reading

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    Quick: What Rhymes with CJR?

    May 6, 2008 02:42 PM

    The Guardian reports (via Gawker): The Economist's bid to appeal to more youthful readers seems to be paying off after two 17-year-olds created a rap about the business title... The rap, created by US students Ike... Continue reading

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    The CW on Bloggers and She-Candidates

    May 6, 2008 12:24 PM

    Back in March, Mark Leibovich drew up for the New York Times a "Scorecard On Conventional Wisdom" this election season. Upshot: "The accuracy rate of 'conventional wisdom' in this presidential election has plummeted to new lows." Today, Mary... Continue reading

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    Wright Out-NewsMakes Everyone and Everything!

    May 6, 2008 11:54 AM

    Can't get snatches of Rev. Wright's sermons and speeches out of your head? The Project for Excellence in Journalism explains why with its News Coverage Index for April 28-May 4 (emphasis mine): In a number of recent presidential... Continue reading

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