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1. The Kicker

   Will Haiti Be “At the Mercy of a Mediagenic Person?”

   August 5, 2010 10:45 AM

   The New York Times reports today on "Haitian-American hip-hop artist" Wyclef Jean's plans to run for president of Haiti: Revealingly, Mr. Jean orchestrated a media rollout in the United States before he declared his candidacy [in Haiti]. He was... Continue reading

2. Campaign Desk

   Covering the $531,378 a Day Campaign

   August 5, 2010 10:33 AM

   On Monday, statewide candidates in California, including gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman (R) and Jerry Brown (D), filed campaign finance disclosure statements covering the five weeks prior to June 30th. About covering that, the Sacramento Bureau Chief for KQED Public... Continue reading

3. The Kicker

   “Anchor Babies” is Not…

   August 4, 2010 09:50 AM

   ... a new show on Nickelodeon starring baby BriWi and pals (per last night's Daily Show): If only. Who are (what is?) "anchor babies?" Let's turn to those chief correspondents on the rhetoric... Continue reading

4. Campaign Desk

   Accessory to the Candidate

   August 3, 2010 09:25 AM

   In anticipation of Florida's primary day, August 24, the St. Petersburg Times on Sunday helped acquaint readers with the wives of all four candidates for Senate with a profile by Cristina Silva. Yes, appearances matter in political campaigns and... Continue reading

5. The Kicker

   More Songs For Amanpour

   August 2, 2010 10:29 AM

   One TV critic's "panache and briskness" is another's "shrill and showy." Some of the very things that the New York Times's Alessandra Stanley finds appealing and promising about This Week's new host, Christiane Amanpour, appear to alarm and... Continue reading

6. Campaign Desk

   Mercury News: Lobbyists As “Shadow Legislature” in CA

   July 29, 2010 11:44 AM

   There's the "Civics Class Version" of “How Laws Are Created," in which, in brief, a legislator has an idea for a bill, oversees its drafting, seeks support from colleagues, and then enjoys a sense of pride upon the law's passage.... Continue reading

7. The Kicker

   Obama on The View (On Afghanistan, On Snooki)

   July 29, 2010 11:14 AM

   For anyone, like me, who happens not to right now be watching (and/or Twittering about), President Obama on The View (taped yesterday, broadcasting now), the New York Times' Jackie Calmes has summarized it here. In part: Pressed to... Continue reading

8. The Kicker

   For CNN: The “What Glenn Beck Said” Show

   July 27, 2010 12:22 PM

   Nancy Franklin On Television in the current New Yorker: Everyone, it seems, is a media hound and a media watchdog and a media attack dog. It’s not just industry insiders who can tell you who’s up and who’s down—anyone... Continue reading

9. Campaign Desk

   The Summer of Alvin Greene?

   July 27, 2010 10:03 AM

   "People who write about Alvin Greene are going to get clicked on," [Democratic operative Wyeth] Ruthven explains to Politico's Jonathan Martin in Martin's piece about Alvin Greene (currently the third most-read story over the past 24 hours on Politico).... Continue reading

10. The Kicker

    Be Joy Behar (What Would You Ask Obama?)

    July 26, 2010 02:26 PM

    A "non-traditional news show” is how the White House describes ABC's The View, in explaining to the New York Times's Brian Stelter via email why President Obama will appear on the show later this week (taping Wednesday, airing Thursday).... Continue reading

11. Campaign Desk

    Blog Reax to WikiLeaks’s Leak (Afghan War’s Pentagon Papers?)

    July 26, 2010 01:48 PM

    Once you’ve finished reading the 90,000-plus mostly classified Afghanistan-related U.S. military documents brought to you by WikiLeaks, you can read what feels like as many blog posts reacting to the documents and the reports based <a href="... Continue reading

12. The Kicker

    A Story in Screen Shots: Cable News Covers Lohan

    July 20, 2010 02:51 PM

    A chronological summary, in screen shots, of the cable news coverage of Lindsay Lohan reporting to the Beverly Hills Municipal Court and then the Lynwood Correctional Facility earlier today. The images and chyrons capture pretty much all you need to... Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    The Young and The Burned Out

    July 19, 2010 03:53 PM

    The "state of the media business these days," writes the New York Times's Jeremy W. Peters, is "frantic and fatigued." Reports Peters, beneath the headline "In Online Journalism, Burnout Starts Younger:" Young journalists who once dreamed of trotting... Continue reading

14. The Kicker

    It’s Morning in “Top Secret America”

    July 19, 2010 12:19 PM

    The Washington Post rolls out its significant "Top Secret America" project today, a public records-based investigation of America's post-9/11 national security apparatus, focusing on its size, cost and, as co-author Dana Priest notes in the video intro, "lack of... Continue reading

15. The Kicker

    BBC for Us!

    July 15, 2010 11:19 AM

    BBC is today launching an original U.S. news Web site! (When Jay Rosen met with BBC execs, he tweets, he advised them to "define themselves against the savvy," which, I believe, means something like Not Like Politico.) <a... Continue reading

16. Campaign Desk

    Most Politico Sentence In Politico Piece

    July 15, 2010 10:49 AM

    It's hard to choose just one. But, here's my vote for The Most Politico (Half-)Sentence in the Politico piece today, "Why Obama loses by winning:" ... said a top Obama adviser, who spoke on background to offer a... Continue reading

17. The Kicker

    Some Spice in the Pundit Pool

    July 15, 2010 09:58 AM

    Yesterday, George Stephanopoulos's offerings on Good Morning America looked, sounded, and smelled a lot like his offerings on This Week or any of the Sunday shows: to discuss a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, Stephanopoulos hosted "dueling strategists--... Continue reading

18. The Kicker

    In Afghanistan: “Yes, That Was Your Son”

    July 14, 2010 04:41 PM

    Eight U.S. soldiers were killed in three attacks in southern Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, per the LA Times. Thirty-five have died in July to date. Fifty-nine American soldiers were killed in Afghanistan in October 2009, and... Continue reading

19. The Kicker

    Breaking BP News*

    July 14, 2010 09:37 AM

    Bristol Palin is engaged, again, to Levi Johnston, according to US Weekly's cover story (and picked up, oh, here and there). (*h/t Richard Haass of the Council on Foreign Relations, who made this BP joke on Morning... Continue reading

20. The Kicker

    Sir Anderson Cooper?

    July 13, 2010 11:46 AM

    Yesterday marked six months since a magnitude-7 earthquake struck Haiti. The AP's Jonathan M. Katz, the only full-time American news correspondent in Haiti before the earthquake, filed this report about Haiti's official observance of the day: Haiti's president handed... Continue reading

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