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Never Again! No More Focus Groups Please!

Linda Bergthold | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

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Linda Bergthold

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.

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The Debate Questions We Need to Hear

Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

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Julian E. Zelizer

One of the most frustrating aspects of the debates is how many questions won't be asked.

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Disappointed Bloggers Redo ABC Debate And Obama Responds

Christine Escobar | Posted 05.07.2008 | Home

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Christine Escobar

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.

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Flag Pins: Who Wears 'Em?

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.01.2008 | Media

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Who hates America? You can tell just by looking at their lapel.

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Debate Backlash: ABC Feels It In The Ratings

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.30.2008 | Media

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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 ...

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The Latest Proof that the Karl Rove Playbook Has Become the MSM's Bible

Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.29.2008 | Media

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Arianna Huffington

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.

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Barack's Whining Over Debate Shows Why Hillary Is Best to Beat McCain

Larry Hirsch | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

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Larry Hirsch

The unaccustomed pressure of the last couple of weeks has already caused Obama to shed his image as a "new" type of politician.

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Frank Rich: Shoddy! Tawdry! A Televised Train Wreck!

New York Times | Frank Rich | Posted 04.28.2008 | Media

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"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...

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Nico Pitney

Debate Analysis: ABC Asked Most Scandal Questions, Obama Was Clear Target

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

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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.

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The Leak: John McCain's Stopover In New Orleans

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 04.27.2008 | Home

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Karen Dalton-Beninato

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.

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The 23/6 Network News Apology-o-Tron

236.com | Posted 04.27.2008 | Media

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China has angrily rejected an attempted apology from CNN for their commentator Jack Cafferty saying the Chinese were "goons" and that their products w...

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NYT Editorial: ABC Debate "Roundly Panned, And Rightfully So"

New York Times | Charles M. Blow | Posted 04.27.2008 | Media

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The questioning at Wednesday's Democratic presidential debate has been roundly panned, and rightfully so. The moderators spent about 40 minutes on a t...

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Jon Stewart Rips ABC Debate

Huffington Post | Posted 04.27.2008 | Media

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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...

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Journalists Slam ABC Debate Tactics

The Nation | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics

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We, the undersigned, deplore the conduct of ABC's George Stephanopoulos and Charles Gibson at the Democratic Presidential debate on April 16. The deba...

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Making Lemonade From Lemons After Debate

Carlotta Cooper | Posted 04.26.2008 | Home

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Carlotta Cooper

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.

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Jason Linkins

Stephanopoulos Once Criticized The Tactics He Put To Use In Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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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 ...

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ABC News Discusses The "Debate Over The Debate"

Huffington Post | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Obama Criticizes Debate, Attacks Clinton For Being "In Her Element"

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Democratic Sen. Barack Obama dismissively talked about his debate with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and the line of questioning f...

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George Stephanopoulos Defends ABC Debate Peformance

Politico | Michael Calderone | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media

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Despite criticism, ABC's George Stephanopoulos defended his performance in last night's Democratic debate, which he co-moderated with Charles Gibson. ...

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Your Debate Review In ABC's allotted 30 Seconds

The Uptake | Posted 04.25.2008 | Home

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The Uptake

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?

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David Brooks Praises ABC Debate: "The Questions Were Excellent"

New York Times | David Brooks | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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Three quick points on the Democratic debate tonight: First, Democrats, and especially Obama supporters, are going to jump all over ABC for the choice...

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ABC's Democratic Debate: HuffPost Bloggers Respond

Huffington Post | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media

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Huffington Post

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...

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Sam Stein

Questioning Obama, Neither ABC Moderators Nor Clinton Wore Flag Pin Either

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Et Tu, ABC?

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media

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Jeffrey Feldman

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.

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Record 10 Million Tune In To ABC Debate

New York Times/TV Decoder | Brian Stelter | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media

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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...

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