Media

Right-Wing Pushes Violent Rhetoric To Frame Election

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 03.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Media, Republican Party, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Jeffrey Feldman

Just because the frame has been held by Obama does not mean that the Clinton 'experience' frame did not have an impact on the race. It had a very big impact -- on the Republican side.

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Surge in Suicides Among Iraq Vets Hits Close to Home

Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Suicides, Vets, War, Treatment, Iraq, Media, Press, Veterans, Warwire, US Soldiers, US Troops, Bush, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

As I have documented over the years -- few others in the media were interested until recently -- suicides in Iraq now total in the hundreds with many more than that among the returnees.

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Politi-Porn Show For Press Has To Close

Art Brodsky | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Media, Barack Obama, Howard Wolfson, Samantha Power Obama, Samantha Power, Samantha Power Resigns, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Samantha Power Barack Obama, Terry McAuliffe, Samantha Power Monster, Obama Ken Starr, 2008 Election, Politics News
Art Brodsky

Imagine Obama and Clinton (and their unruly surrogates) not spending valuable energy slamming each other, but instead competing to keep the McCain and Bush records in the news.

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Was Obama Advisor Felled by Act of Journalistic Malpractice?

Eric Deggans | Posted 03.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Election Media, Samantha Power, Monster, Off the Record, Media, Barack Obama, Presidential Campaign, Hillary Clinton, Samantha Power Monster, Samantha Power Men's Vogue, Samantha Power Obama, Samantha Power Resignation, Samantha Power Resigns, Samantha Power Barack Obama, Media News
Eric Deggans

We're at a point in the campaign where the world's media is on full-fledged "gaffe mode." If anyone should know how to conduct herself around a reporter she doesn't know in a situation like this, it should be Power.

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UPDATED: Some Pulitzer Finalists Leaked

Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.07.2008 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Washington Post, Media, Journalism, Pulitzer, Award, Pulitzer Finalists, Pulitzer Prize, Media News
Greg Mitchell

The jurors finished their work at Columbia U on Wednesday and usually by now we have our near-complete list. But the gag rule has worked better than usual.

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Poll: Over Half Of Americans Don't Trust The Press

Thinkprogress.org | Posted 03.07.2008 | Media

Read More: The Press, Media, Media Survey, Media News

A new Harris Interactive poll finds that over half of Americans -- 54 percent -- say they tend not to trust the press, "with only 30 percent tending t...

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Celebrating I.F. Stone's Birthday

Dan Froomkin | Posted 03.06.2008 | Media

Read More: I.F. Stone, Journalism, I.F. Stone Birthday, I.F. Stone Media, Media, Media News
Dan Froomkin

Our industry right now is suffering from a grave lack of independence, manifested in self-censorship and timidity. The pressures are clear.

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Will Hillary Clinton Have the Last Laugh in Spite of the Media? Or Will the Super Delegates Pull a Surprise?

Michael Russnow | Posted 03.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Texas Primary, Caucus, California Primary, Al Gore, Democratic Convention, John McCain, Russnow, George W. Bush, Media, New York Primary, Super Delegates, Michael Dukakis, Primary Elections, Barack Obama, Ohio Primary, Primaries, Gore, Cnn, David Gergen, John King, Michael Russnow, George H. W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Caucus Elections, 2008 Election, Media News
Michael Russnow

I'm really tired that the media doesn't take the trouble to put the charges through a filter to measure their actual veracity and significance.

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It Girls

Theresa Rebeck | Posted 03.05.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Paris Hilton, Chick Flicks, Woman and Media, Conrad Hilton, Nicky Hilton, Male Gaze, Media, Women in the Media, It Girls, Entertainment News
Theresa Rebeck

We've created a culture that celebrates girls as sex objects, turned that into a cultural ideal, and moved it to the center of a bunch of addictive narratives for women.

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Political News Trumps Deeper Crisis: Will it Go Away if We Don't Know?

Danny Schechter | Posted 03.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Debt, Media, Media Coverage of Economy, In Debt We Trust, Economy, Business News
Danny Schechter

Terms like "recession" are batted back and forth as the economy continues its slide with few candidates or media menshes doing much to illuminate where all this is leading.

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Maureen Dowd and Her Pearls

Taylor Marsh | Posted 03.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Sexism, Racism, Media, Republicans, Democrats, Feminism, Hillary Clinton, 1950s, Culture, Media News
Taylor Marsh

Women who stand above the firing line while drawing it obviously don't get that it's not about being "victimized." It's about being treated differently than men, especially in the traditional media.

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SNL or The Red Phone Ad: Which TV Display Turned the Tide for Hillary Clinton?

Eric Deggans | Posted 03.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Politics, Hillary Clinton, Saturday Night Live, Media, Election, Barack Obama, Media News
Eric Deggans

Amid all this talk about the media going easy on Obama, what kind of coverage do people want? Is it harping on issues which aren't really substantive?

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Who Wears the Pants in This Media Outlet?

Jessica Wakeman | Posted 03.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Women and Media, Feminist, Fox News Pantsuits, Fox News Wear the Pants, Fox News, Fox, Pants, Media, Feminism, Journalism, Ainsley Earhardt, Media News
Jessica Wakeman

Is a FoxNews anchor's implication that being feminine -- being a female -- means not wearing "the pants"?

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Good Knight, What is ESPN Thinking?

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 03.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Sports, Media, Bobby Knight, Coaching, Espn, Media News
Robert J. Elisberg

ESPN has hired Bobby Knight to be a critic. And worse, Knight has agreed.

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Why Has Joe Scarborough Rolled Up His Sleeves?

Marty Kaplan | Posted 03.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Chuck Todd, Joe Scarborough, Tom Brokaw, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Media, Cable News, 2008 Election, Media News
Marty Kaplan

When did the Fourth Estate become the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? Who hired these media personalities to be the hosts of some nightmarish Democracy Gong Show?

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This Opportunity Has Been Brought to You by Feminism

Marie Wilson | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Obama, Media, Presidential Primary, Feminism, Hillary Clinton, Gender, Politics News
Marie Wilson

Feminism has made it possible for Obama to do what Clinton, and many other women leaders, feel that they can't: actually own those leadership traits that are seen as feminine.

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Media Enable Denier Spin: A (Sort of) Cold January Doesn't Mean Climate Stopped Warming

Joseph Romm | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Weather, Media, Global Warming, Climate Change, Politics News
Joseph Romm

I can't understand why the media keeps treating disinformers as if they were a genuine part of the scientific process.

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Political Quickie: How to be a Media Pundit

Xeth Feinberg | Posted 03.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Media, Talking Heads, Pundits, 236.Com, Media News
Xeth Feinberg

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Media Expert Decries Campaign Coverage

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 03.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Primary, Clinton Media, Media, 2008 Election, Obama Media, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Media Bias, Politics News

DALLAS — The founder of a prestigious institute on media and politics added his voice Saturday to the chorus of complaint over perceived press b...

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Nearly 70 Percent Of Americans Believe Media Is Out Of Touch

Reuters | Posted 02.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Zogby Poll, Journalism, Msm, Media, Media News

Nearly 70 percent of Americans believe traditional journalism is out of touch, and nearly half are turning to the Internet to get their news, accordin...

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Relevance, Please? Bloomberg, Nader, & Angelina Jolie

Dorothy Bendel | Posted 02.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Mainstream Media, Michael Bloomberg, Angelina Jolie, Ralph Nader 2008, Washington Post, Media, 2008 Election, Ralph Nader, Offthebus, Home News
Dorothy Bendel

The main stream media must be experiencing a lull in political stories they feel are news-worthy. We have been deluged with coverage that seems questionably relevant.

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Media Has Large, Often Unnoticed Role In National Politics

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Democratic Primary, US Election, Media Bias, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Polls, Mainstream Media, 2008 Elections, John McCain, Hillary Clinton 2008, Nafta, John Edwards, Media, Media Narratives, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

Obama knew how to define his candidacy within the limits of the media's constraints and still have a mass appeal.

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Even Paranoid People Have Real Enemies

Gina Nahai | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Hillary Clinton 2008, Media, Debate, Politics News
Gina Nahai

How could anyone watch last night's debate and not come away with the conclusion that the press goes out of its way to give Hillary a hard time and Obama a free pass?

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At Long Last, Some New Political Blood

David Margolick | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, Bill Clinton, Presidential Politics, Media, Fox News, Meet the Press, Tim Pawlenty, Vice Presidential Politics, Tim Kaine, Vice President, Vice Presidential Nominees, Politics News
David Margolick

No matter who wins in November, it will be a distinct improvement over what we've got. And unexpectedly, at least to me, my relief is bipartisan.

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Media Manuvers: Credit Crunch for Dummies

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 02.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Credit Crunch, Bond Insurance, Subprime Mortgages, CDO, CLO, Siv, Media, Media News
Yvette Kantrow

Where's a good villain when the media needs one? Pity the ink-stained wretches and bleary-eyed bloggers tasked with covering the credit crisis, with ...

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