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Axelrod started out as a spectator in the boonies. Next thing you know, he's masterminding, and winning, one of the most exciting presidential campaigns in American history.
I hate to seem petty, to stand on ceremony but some of us out here in Flyoverland want to vote before we let the Big O put his hand on the book.
CNN's Anderson Cooper told television viewers at 9 PM, "The first two hours went by without anyone delivering a focused message." He has a flair for understatement.
Watching Brokaw manage the Snoozeville format demonstrated how dated the program has become. We need a show that combines web speed with major interviews conducted by someone unafraid to offend.
Arianna appeared on Anderson Cooper's show, AC360, to discuss Bill Clinton's declaration of support for Obama, the news that Obama has asked his donor...
Think of it, Bagels With Billary, a morning show simulcast with Katie Couric as hostess and either Bill or Hillary or both talking with each other or to other celebrities. Who wouldn't go on their show?
Almost as interesting to me as McClellan's book is the way in which the anchors have handled their interviews. In this regard, Olbermann and Cooper represented the two distant ends of the spectrum.
What makes Jessica Yellin's "clarification" about her coverage of the run-up to the Iraq war so much fun is that you can almost see the gun being pointed at her head by CNN management as you read her words.
The near-complete blackout on the Pentagon propaganda story, self-imposed by the culpable news organizations, is a despicable abdication of their role as a constitutionally protected check on our government. Read More Probing a Political Paradox: Why the Discredited Right Still Sets the Agenda and Dominates the Debate How is it that the 28 percent of the population that continues to support George W. Bush no matter how many bodies pile up in Iraq, how many jobs disappear overseas, or how high gas prices get, continues to dominate our politics? Read More Watch Arianna On: Good Morning America, 20/20, Charlie Rose, Real Time, The Situation Room, AC 360, CNN's Election Center, and MobLogic TV
Size doesn't matter; thickness does. Just ask Bill Clinton who has suddenly started wearing fat ties with cutaway collars.
On Benedict XVI's much-heralded first papal visit to the United States, we witnessed once again the spectacle and pageantry of the Catholic Church's unapologetically all-male hierarchy.
Americans used to travel and listen for hours as political leaders spoke to them about their ideas. Today, we learn about our leaders from the living room, their ideas broken down into 15-second excerpts.
Debbie Shank used to stock shelves at night for Wal-Mart so she could spend time in the afternoons with her three sons. Now she lives in a nursing home, requires around-the-clock medical care and owes Wal-Mart almost $500,000.
Real journalists don't report hyperbole, they report fact. Anderson Cooper isn't a journalist. He's an adventurer with a prime time slot -- and he got caught.
My issue lies with both campaigns. All I see are folks who care more about winning than about being right or doing right by and for their party. The Democratic party is tearing itself apart from within.
When one cuts an hour-long show down to 24 minutes, some sacrifices must be made. But excluding this murder while giving ample room to a kid singing in his underwear is a terrible lapse in judgment.
