Never Again! No More Focus Groups Please!
As we watch the debates on CNN, we too are influenced by the response lines, and after the debate is over, the influence of these small groups increases disproportionately.
As we watch the debates on CNN, we too are influenced by the response lines, and after the debate is over, the influence of these small groups increases disproportionately.
Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics
One of the most frustrating aspects of the debates is how many questions won't be asked.
Christine Escobar | Posted 05.07.2008 | Home
The Democratic debate in Philadelphia was a farce. So Democratic bloggers at MOMocrats asked Obama to answer a series of real questions online. And he did.
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.01.2008 | Media
Who hates America? You can tell just by looking at their lapel.
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.30.2008 | Media
The ratings for last week's evening newscasts are in — and it appears that the angry viewers claiming that they would no longer watch ABC after ...
Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.29.2008 | Media
The mainstream media seems intent on confirming that it has so internalized the Right's framing and messages they have now become part of its DNA. The first of the latest round of exhibits proving this was offered into evidence during last week's ABC debate. This was followed by the New York Times' epic revelation of the unseemly complicity between the Pentagon and the media in delivering the Bush administration's talking points on Iraq via "a kind of Trojan media horse" -- Pentagon-approved, prepped, and financially-enriched "military analysts" dutifully parroting the Bush party line, with nary a raised eyebrow from the TV stations and newspapers offering these highly-decorated sock puppets their prestigious platforms. And it's not just the media. Witness Hillary Clinton repeating the Rove-promoted lie that MoveOn was against intervention in Afghanistan after 9/11.
Larry Hirsch | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
The unaccustomed pressure of the last couple of weeks has already caused Obama to shed his image as a "new" type of politician.
New York Times | Frank Rich | Posted 04.28.2008 | Media
"THE crowd is turning on me," said Charles Gibson, the ABC anchor, when the audience jeered him in the final moments of Wednesday night's face-off bet...
HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics
Obama has received the overwhelming majority of scandal questions over the course of the four debates, by a margin of 17 to 4. Clinton has received only four such questions.
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 04.27.2008 | Home
The scandal this time is that there's no scandal. The leak John McCain should be addressing in New Orleans is the one at the 17th Street Canal Floodwall, the same one that was leaking before Katrina.
236.com | Posted 04.27.2008 | Media
China has angrily rejected an attempted apology from CNN for their commentator Jack Cafferty saying the Chinese were "goons" and that their products w...
New York Times | Charles M. Blow | Posted 04.27.2008 | Media
The questioning at Wednesday's Democratic presidential debate has been roundly panned, and rightfully so. The moderators spent about 40 minutes on a t...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.27.2008 | Media
With just about every media critic weighing in on ABC's much derided Democratic debate, it's no surprise that Jon Stewart would take his turn. On Thur...
The Nation | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics
We, the undersigned, deplore the conduct of ABC's George Stephanopoulos and Charles Gibson at the Democratic Presidential debate on April 16. The deba...
Carlotta Cooper | Posted 04.26.2008 | Home
Obama's politics of change is just a more subtle version of the same. He said the debate was all about "gotcha games" and "slash-and-burn politics." Then he said Clinton "looked in her element" on stage there.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics
ABC News' George Stephanopoulos can continue to defend his decision to lead off his debate with an hour's worth of questions that mined the electoral ...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics
Following what many news outlets and viewers labeled a disaster of a debate, ABC News decided to address its critics by discussing the "debate over th...
AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — Democratic Sen. Barack Obama dismissively talked about his debate with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and the line of questioning f...
Politico | Michael Calderone | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media
Despite criticism, ABC's George Stephanopoulos defended his performance in last night's Democratic debate, which he co-moderated with Charles Gibson. ...
The Uptake | Posted 04.25.2008 | Home
ABC News told news organizations that they can only use 30 seconds of video from Wednesday night's debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Is that all we need?
New York Times | David Brooks | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics
Three quick points on the Democratic debate tonight: First, Democrats, and especially Obama supporters, are going to jump all over ABC for the choice...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media
Jerry and Joe Long: What Passes For Debate: Back in the days of our radio show, our standard name for the media was one taken from Jerry Lewis..."pim...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics
Underlining the inanity of last night's Democratic debate, at the same time that Senator Barack Obama's patriotism was being questioned because of his...
Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media
For months, now, there has been an effort to frame the Democratic front-runner not just as a bad candidate, but as a potential violent threat to the American public.
New York Times/TV Decoder | Brian Stelter | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media
More than 10 million viewers tuned into Wednesday's Democratic debate on ABC, making it the most-watched debate of the primary election season. The d...
Linda Bergthold | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics