The New Republic is feeling a tad photo-plagiarized today. TIME magazine’s new Obama/Clinton cover is, it says, pretty similar to its own ultra-eerie Hillbama art. (Down, in fact, to the tagline: “There can only be one,” TIME notes, while TNR reminds us that “We have to choose one.”) But don’t fret, TNR! TIME isn’t ripping […]

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In response to our Kicker post about Jon Stewart’s satirical analysis of the ABC debate—and to our general frustration with the questions asked of candidates during that debate—reader Mark Richard makes some interesting points: I’m sorry, but the only people complaining about the ABC debate are transparently Obama supporters upset because he is finally getting […]

Leave it to Jon Stewart to condense Fight Night’s frustrations into a neat little nutshell. After airing the debate-specific-but-Daily Show-obligatory Montage of Media Madness last night, the faux-anchor added a bit of commentary: The first hour of last night’s debate was a sixty-minute master class in questions that elevate out-of-context remarks and trivial, insipid miscues […]

That’s the number of comments posted to ABC News’s Web site in response to the outlet’s article about Wednesday night’s debate, as of 8:32 this morning. The latest two comments posted are telling, variety-wise: Hurray for ABC! Finally someone has asked the questions I wanted Obama to answer! He seemed to have lost a little […]

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