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Media Coverage of 2008 Election

The Other N-Word

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 07.20.2008 | 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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The Week That Should Have Ended McCain's Presidential Hopes

Max Bergmann | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, John McCain, Iraq War, Phil Gramm Mccain, Phil Gramm, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Iraq, 2008 Election, McCain Iran, McCain Iraq, Mccain Watch, Politics News
Max Bergmann

Any one of the embarrassing incidents and comments this week would dominate the news cycle if they came from the Obama campaign. Yet McCain barely gets a mention.

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Media Trolls

Joan Blades | Posted 07.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Jesse Jackson Remarks, Jesse Jackson, Media, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Obama Jesse Jackson, Media News
Joan Blades

Rev. Jackson thought he was off the air and speaking privately when he made those remarks about Obama. In a world with responsible media this would not have been the top story of the day.

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Philadelphia Inquirer Editor: Obama Disgracing Those Who Suffered or Died Wearing Uniform

Steve Young | Posted 07.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Obama, Mccain, Wesley Clark, Kevin Ferris, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Wes Clark Swift Boat, Philadelphia Inquirer, Media News
Steve Young

Wes Clark's comments were not a denigration of the uniform, but a reflection of our Constitution, a document that our troops have fought and died to protect for over 200 years.

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Artificial Dissemination

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 07.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Network, Democratic Primary, Old Media vs. New Media, Big Media, Howard Beale, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, 2008 Presidential Race, 2008 Democratic Primary Debates, The Kingmakers, Democratic Party, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Mike Gravel, Breaking Media News, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Trent Lott, Kennedy v. Louisiana, Strom Thurmond, Books, Media News
Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

Reading The Kingmakers evokes feelings not dissimilar to watching Mike Gravel during debates: you sympathize with him, but can't help concluding that he's a few bricks short of a load.

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Clinton and Obama: Love Will Keep Us Together

Danielle Celena Belton | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Democratic Primary, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Politics News
Danielle Celena Belton

The following is a snark filled rant/column by The Black Snob on a crippling addiction sweeping the American press -- Clinton Addiction. The affects a...

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Reading The Pictures: Barack Obama, Master Manipulator

Michael Shaw | Posted 07.01.2008 | Media

Read More: David Brooks, Barack Obama, Machiavelli, New York Observer, Michael Powell, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, 2008 Election, Media News
Michael Shaw

2008-06-24-shaw_obama_calculations.jpgIf the corporate media starts to latch on to this "Chicago boss" theme, you can expect a lot more photos, pulled out of context like this, to flesh out the picture.

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My Interview with Matt Taibbi on His Book, the Media, the Election and His Spat with Erica Jong

Ben Cohen | Posted 06.27.2008 | Media

Read More: Erica Jong Matt Taibbi, Matt Taibbi, Podcast, Campaign 2008, 2004 Election, 9/11, 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists, Feminism, 2008 Election, Mainstream Media, John Hagee, Erica Jong, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Rolling Stone, Hillary Clinton, Scooter Libby, Media News
Ben Cohen

Matt Taibbi: "I think there was a lot of real anger there and I got caught up in that, I think unfairly because I'm not a misogynist, I'm a misanthrope."

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Jason Linkins

Fortune Article Selectively Quotes Obama, Misleads On NAFTA Position

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama NAFTA, Nafta, Nina Easton, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Barack Obama NAFTA, Media Criticism, Fortune Magazine, Media Bias, Barack Obama, Politics News

An article from Fortune Magazine, entitled "Obama: NAFTA not so bad after all," captures the Democratic candidate walking back his previously stated p...

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Are We Not Allowed to Talk About McCain's Iraq Position?

David Sirota | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Right Wing Media, John McCain, McCain 100 Years, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, McCain Iraq 100 Years, Fox News, McCain Iraq, Politics News
David Sirota

Somehow, mentioning McCain's statement that he's OK with America being in Iraq for 10,000 years is billed as unfair by the media, and laughed at by Republican strategists.

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Did Hillary Clinton's Media Missteps Help Doom Her Campaign?

Eric Deggans | Posted 06.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Media, Presidential Campaign, Hillary Clinton, Sexism, Bill Clinton, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, 2008 Election and Gender, Gender, Media News
Eric Deggans

It remains an enduring legacy of the conservative media machine -- and their own past mistakes -- that a couple so admired by the public has such awful relations with the Fourth Estate.

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Jason Linkins

Tim Russert's Miraculous Idea: Maybe The Media Can Play A Responsible Role In Election-Year Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Video, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Media Criticism, Barack Obama, Tim Russert, Politics News

Wonder of wonder and miracle of miracles! Tim Russert, perhaps swept away in all the Hope and Change that's sweeping the nation tonight, has had hims...

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Hillary and Jackie

Paul Begala | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Jackie Robinson, Msnbc, Alex Castellanos, Jackie Robinson Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton MSNBC, Hillary Clinton 2008, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Glenn Beck, Hillary Clinton, Chris Matthews and Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Victoria Woodhull, Chris Matthews, Politics News
Paul Begala

Her figure, her clothes, her hair, her voice - all of it mocked and savaged in a way unimaginable if she were a man. She never answered their hate with rage. She just went on winning.

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HuffPost News Hunt: Keeping the Media Honest When It Comes to Covering McCain

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, McCain Maverick, John McCain, John McCain 2008, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Straight Talk Express, Maverick, Iraq, McCain Iraq, Media News
Arianna Huffington

The same journalists rendered "too deferential" by George Bush's soaring post-9/11 approval ratings now seem intent on providing cover for McCain. To try to keep that from happening, HuffPost is launching the John McCain News Hunt, an investigative project designed to take a clear-eyed look at the media's coverage of McCain.

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Russert Watch: 5-25-08: In Which Tim's Round Table Considers Gender and Race

Todd Gitlin | Posted 06.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Jon Meacham, Media News, Breaking Media News, Tim Russert, Barack Obama, Russert Watch, Tim Russert vs. Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton RFK, Media News
Todd Gitlin

The significant question Russert raised for his amiable bull session this week was: "What role did race, gender, and religion play in this campaign?"

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Hey Media: Lay Off Appalachia

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Primaries, Coal, Appalachia, Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Elections, Media, Democrats, Barack Obama 2008, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Hillary Clinton, Hillbillies, Media Bias, Sustainability, Media News
Jeff Biggers

Pundits missed the two best kept secrets about Appalachia: it is far from homogeneous and has been a burning ground of change for the past 250 years.

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RNC Bloggers Better Be Wired

The Uptake | Posted 05.28.2008 | Home

Read More: 2008 Republican National Convention, St. Paul, Rnc, Media Consolidation, Minnesota, Mn, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Republican National Convention, 2008 Election, Offthebus, Home News
The Uptake

Planning on using your laptop to blog the Republican National Convention? Plan again. There will be 15,000 members of the media packed into the event and wireless will be crippled beyond use.

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Jason Linkins

Obama Gives Media A Critical Valentine During Victory Speech

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, North Carolina, Indiana Primary, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Politics News

With the media stating explicit demands, and practically begging Obama to just let them give him a news-cycle win, Obama finally sucked it up and gave in last night, during his speech in North Carolina.

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The Primary Day Ritual

Al Giordano | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton North Carolina, Hillary Clinton Indiana, Indiana, Matt Drudge, Hillary Clinton Matt Drudge, Obama North Carolina, Keith Olbermann, Barack Obama, Keith Olbermann Hillary Clinton, Obama Indiana, North Carolina Primary, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, North Carolina Exit Polls, Hillary Clinton, Drudge Report, North Carolina, Indiana Primary, Indiana Exit Polls, Politics News
Al Giordano

The media talking heads will ask aloud why Obama can't "close the deal" (in Clinton's own words) and what is numerically a defeat for Clinton will get spun as a Clinton victory.

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What John McCain Told Me, and What it Says About How Far He's Fallen

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

At a dinner party in Los Angeles not long after the 2000 election, John McCain admitted to me that he hadn't voted for George Bush.

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Who Are You Calling a Tabloid?

Lara Cohen | Posted 05.13.2008 | Media

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Lara Cohen

At Us Weekly we know that every celebrity breakup has two sides -- yet the news media failed to apply that same basic due diligence to the Wright story.

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The Political Media Freakshow: What Went Wrong?

John McQuaid | Posted 05.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Maureen Dowd, 2008 Campaign, Jeremiah Wright, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Maureen Dowd Barack Obama, Obama Jeremiah Wright, Maureen Dowd Hillary Clinton, Media News
John McQuaid

What went wrong? It's a strange convergence of trends. One of those trends is ... Maureen Dowd.

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Of Sharks in the Water, Superdelegates, and Hannah Montana's Breasts

Andrew Foster Altschul | Posted 08.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Miley Cyrus, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Pundits, Superdelegates, Shark Attack, Media Coverage, Miley Cyrus Topless Pictures, Jeremiah Wright, Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair, Celebrity Skin, Media News
Andrew Foster Altschul

What the news media is selling is dangerous: Wright, Obama and Clinton, Iraq and health insurance and Hannah Montana all get stirred into the same idiotic, phony pot.

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Russert Watch, 4-27-08: In Which Tim and Team Play Inside Baseball

Todd Gitlin | Posted 05.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Superdelegates Howard Dean, Russert Watch, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Tim Russert, Media News
Todd Gitlin

I sometimes wonder whether the custodians of commentary realize how little they move the conventional wisdom when they deplore its inadequacies.

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Elizabeth Edwards Attacks "Cliffnotes" Media Coverage In NYT Op-Ed

NY Times | Elizabeth Edwards | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Elizabeth Edwards Op-Ed, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Elizabeth Edwards Media, Elizabeth Edwards, Media Coverage, Elizabeth Edwards Media Coverage, Politics News

For the last month, news media attention was focused on Pennsylvania and its Democratic primary. Given the gargantuan effort, what did we learn? Well...

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