The Kicker

Time‘s TV blogger James Poniewozik spends “more time to come to fewer conclusions than any blog post I have ever done” in order to outline “bad reasons to cover the [Edwards] story” and “bad reasons not to cover the [Edwards] story,” which he describes as his sort of (inconclusive) personal decision tree on how to […]

Reporting in Texas on that state’s March primary, CNN’s Ali Velshi was on horseback in a ten gallon hat (authentic Texas props=authentic Texas coverage). So here, CNN, is what you’ll want to wear to cover the Democrats’ convention in Denver: the Rockmount Ranch Wear shirt. To put it in proper perspective for Big Name Reporters […]

I suppose these types of stories can be written just as well from outside the Beltway (way, way out), writing themselves as they do. The Associated Press’s Nedra Pickler phones it in from Hawaii (where she and other campaign reporters have followed the R&R-seeking Barack Obama): “Flip-flopper” is so 2004… But the harshest cut-down in […]

If you like your “election insight in some sort of dingbat aphorisms,” have a look at this post from The Page (as aptly described by Josh Marshall). Speaking of talking points, The Page’s “insight[s]” read like a script for any cable tv political pundit (“Obama’s [VP] pick timing: sooner than you think. McCain’s [VP] pick […]

Politico’s Michael Calderone explains “why I also didn’t write on John Edwards:” It was decided that writing on the rumors — without confirming them — simply validates the Enquirer, a tabloid that’s broken celebrity scandals wide open but still isn’t regarded by many as a credible news source. And while the Enquirer deserves credit for […]

Enquirer 1, MSM 0

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Where to look for Olympics tidbits before tonight.

Jon Stewart asks MSNBC’s David Gregory about the twenty-four-hour news cycle