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No Love. For Anyone.

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 07.25.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Media, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Chris Matthews Barack Obama, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Media Mccain, Media Bias, Media News
Allison Kilkenny

The end of a media affair with a politician shouldn't be a time of mourning, anger, and despair. It is a time that should be celebrated because it means the media has regained its senses.

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Obama and McCain: Juxtaposers!

Lauren Kirchner | Posted 07.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Barack Obama Media Coverage, Politics, John McCain, Barack Obama World Tour, John McCain Media, John McCain Media Coverage, Media, Barack Obama John McCain, John McCain Gaffes, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Middle East, 236.Com, Mccain Gaffes, Media News
Lauren Kirchner

Helicopter with Petraeus: Golfcart with Bush Sr :: 200,000 screaming fans in Berlin : eatin' sausage in Ohio

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Former Knight-Ridder Editor Wins First I.F. Stone Medal

Dan Froomkin | Posted 07.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Knight-Ridder, Mcclatchy, Journalism, Iraq, John Walcott, I.F. Stone, Media, Media News
Dan Froomkin

The Nieman Foundation and its Watchdog Project this year established an I.F. Stone Medal for journalistic independence. I'm delighted to announce th...

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If We Drill in the US, We Don't Get the Oil

Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Drilling, Oil, Exxon-Mobil, Republicans, Offshore Drilling, Media, Democrats, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

Everyone seems to assume that if we drill for oil in the US, we will get the oil and won't be dependent on foreign oil anymore. But we won't get anything, Exxon-Mobil will.

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1,300 Journos Want to Witness "Victory Column" Speech

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 07.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Politics, Media, Washington Times, Bellantoni, Barack Obama Foreign Tour, Barack Obama, Media News
Christina Bellantoni

  BERLIN — Team Obama has received a record-breaking 1,300 requests for press credentials from reporters who want to cover his speech here...

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Olympic Security and the Media

Jeremy Haft | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media

Read More: NBC Coverage of the Olympics, Yunnan Province, Kunming Bus Explosion, Media, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Media News
Jeremy Haft

China is curtailing the hours when press can film in Tiananmen Square, and they'll try to censor the television narrative. But they won't be able to prohibit 24/7 coverage via the Internet of protests as they happen.

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Fox News: It's Eductaoinal!

Bob Harris | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media

Read More: News Corp, Education, Spelling Bee, Spelling Bee Champion, Adult Illiteracy, Spelling Bee Winner, Fox News, Fox, Media, Scripps Nationals Spelling Bee, National Spelling Bee, Media News
Bob Harris

Hat tips to ThinkProgress and NewsHounds. ...

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Every Picture Tells A Story, Don't It?

Eric Alterman | Posted 07.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Batman: The Dark Knight, Media, The Dark Knight, Entertainment News
Eric Alterman

The news is that the new Batman movie has set a new box office record for a single day. Thing is, those numbers are all pretty much nonsense.

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America's Two Faces

Hugh Hamilton | Posted 07.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Joker, Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia, Obama, Mccain, Media, Heath Ledger, Batman, Election, America, Entertainment News
Hugh Hamilton

The two images will dominate the American media this weekend are for once not Obama and McCain, but rather the competing movies at the box office, the images of which dare I say it, can be seen to represent the dichotomy of the American landscape.

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"'Show' and 'Business'"

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 07.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Media, Entertainment, Business, Home News
Earl Pomerantz

Pixar makes a ton of money for Disney. So when the Pixar guys want to do a movie about a rodent with a talent for gourmet cooking, or an affable trash compacting machine in a movie with almost no decipherable words uttered during the first half of the picture, Disney says,"Sounds cool!"

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I Long for The Good Ol' Days

Kevin Marousek | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Reporting, Sound Bites, Pundits, Obama, Mccain, Jesse Jackson, Media, Journalism, Home News
Kevin Marousek

Instead of hearing about the substance of the campaigns, we have to sit through countless political analysts and pundits weighing in on trivial remarks

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Corporation for Public Media

Lucy Bernholz | Posted 07.17.2008 | Media

Read More: Pbs, Philanthropy, Media, Bpp, Media News
Lucy Bernholz

How come the children's learning arm of PBS can figure out sustainable ways to develop media content that not only thrive in their original format but go on to be fabulous in others?

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McCain's Aging Cocoon

Lester Feder | Posted 07.17.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Media, Press, 2008, Age, Election, Old, Home News
Lester Feder

Doctors can alleviate any concerns about McCain's health. But Americans can rightly wonder whether he truly understands the faltering economy that he will have to steer back to health if he becomes president.

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The War Pundits: Sam Power, McJoan, Danner, Mitchell

Ari Melber | Posted 07.17.2008 | Media

Read More: Mcjoan, Greg Mitchell, Samantha Power, Ari Melber, Punditocracy, Netroots Nation, Pentagon Pundits, Pundits, War Coveevrage, Media Reform, Msm, Media, Iraq, Pentagon Propaganda, Mark Danner, War Pundits, Media News
Ari Melber

By relying too heavily on government sources from one party, most pre-Iraq war coverage misstated the threat and drastically underplayed opposition to the war among experts, political elites, and the general public.

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TV Ad Wars: Global O v. Latin Mac

William Bradley | Posted 07.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Politics, Latino, Barack Obama, Presidential Campaign, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, Media, Nuclear, Iraq, John McCain, Media News
William Bradley

McCain has a problematic new ad for Latino voters. It won't work -- and he was already far behind where Team McCain thought he'd be with Latinos a few months ago.

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MSNBC: Hillary's New Hairdo is VERY IMPORTANT (VIDEO)

Media Matters | Posted 07.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Hillary's Hair, Video, Msnbc, Media, Hillary Clinton, Media News

During the 10 a.m. ET hour of the July 16 broadcast of MSNBC Live, host Monica Novotny devoted a segment to discussing Sen. Hillary Clinton's "new loo...

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Rock 'N Roll Junior

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 07.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Media, Entertainment, Living News
Earl Pomerantz

Have you ever been in a stadium filled with eighteen thousand people, where you had the unquestionable certainty that you were by far the oldest perso...

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Women's Media Events in the Bay Area: BlogHer, Momentum, and PARTY!

Jennifer L. Pozner | Posted 07.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Women in Media & News, Social Justice, Media Justice, Jennifer L. Pozner, Media Activism, Media Criticism, Jenn Pozner, Jeff Perlstein, Lisa Jervis, Media Commentary, Media, Women in Media and News, Robert Greenwald, Bitch Magazine, Feminism, Politics, Progressive, Lisa Rudman, Mdia Analysis, Op-Ed Project, Catherine Orenstein, Momentum, Media Reform, Jennifer Pozner, Feminists, Martha Wallner, Sarah Olson, Wimn, Blogher, Media News
Jennifer L. Pozner

On behalf of Women In Media & News, I'm taking our show on the road tomorrow. Over the next two weeks, San Francisco/Bay Area journalists, bloggers, m...

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Forget the Petitions - Show Me the Money

Elizabeth Ross | Posted 07.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Fox News, The New Yorker, Media, Advertiers, Boycott, Petition, Grassroots, MoveOn.Org, Home News

How about a good old fashioned grassroots boycott to get our point across to the New Yorker?

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Party for Feminist Media Justice!

Jennifer L. Pozner | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Women in Media & News, Media Justice, Social Justice, Jennifer L. Pozner, Media Alliance, Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media, Jeff Perlstein, Lisa Jervis, Media, Pop Culture, Women in Media and News, Making Contact, Bitch Magazine, Women's Media, Feminism, Journalism, Bay Area, Philanthropy, Politics, Progressive, Lisa Rudman, Oakland, Media Reform, Jennifer Pozner, Feminists, National Radio Project, San Francisco, Wimn, Media News
Jennifer L. Pozner

This goes out to all my Bay Area friends -- if you've been reading my occasional blog posts about women, media, politics and pop culture here at Huffi...

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Jesse's Obama Problem: He Needs Barack More Than Barack Needs Him

Eric Deggans | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Black People, Politics, Barack Obama, Ralph Nader, Jesse Jackson, Presidential Election, Fox News, Media, Race, Barack Obama Jesse Jackson, Obama Jesse Jackson, Politics News
Eric Deggans

If tradition civil rights leaders are stuck on the outside when Obama gets elected president, what does that mean for them and for the struggle to free black folks from oppression?

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The New Yorker's Fear of a Black President

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 07.14.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Michelle Obama, Media, Barry Blitt, New Yorker, Barack Obama, Home News
Leonce Gaiter

It's hard to believe that the editorial staff of the New Yorker did not see this straight depiction of Obama and his wife as militant/Muslim terrorists for the Red State red meat that it is. Parroting is not parody.

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New Washington Bureau Chief Saving The AP Or Destroying It?

Politico | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: AP Washington Bureau, Associated Press, Matt Drudge, Media, Beth Fouhy, Reporters 2008 Election, Ap 2008 Election, Ap, Journalism, Ron Fournier, Politics News

Ron Fournier says he regards Sandy Johnson, his predecessor as head of The Associated Press's Washington bureau, as "a mentor." Johnson, though, rega...

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The Other N-Word

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corporations, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, 2008 Presidential Race, Green Party, Media, 2008 Election, Ralph Nader, Barack Obama, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

Obama has catered to the middle with gun control, telecom immunity, the death penalty, faith-based initiatives, and troop withdrawal landmarks. The only man who can save us now is Ralph Nader.

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Meet Mac's New Supremo: Steve Schmidt And His Tumultuous First Week

William Bradley | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Maria Shriver, Politics, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Karl Rove, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Media, Mike Murphy, Steve Schmidt, John McCain, 2008 Election, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Politics News
William Bradley

Schmidt's experience with Schwarzenegger tells him about the problems with the conservative base as the candidate runs a campaign aimed at independents.

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