Media

Amid Heath Ledger Fallout, Has Media Ignored Young Male Stars in Crisis?

Eric Deggans | Posted 01.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Gossip, Britney Spears, Heath Ledger, Celebrity, Media, Anna Nicole Smith, Journalism, Heath Ledger Dies, Kiefer Sutherland Jail, Mental Illness, Heath Ledger Pills, Kiefer Sutherland, Heath Ledger Died, Heath LEdger Dead, Heath Ledger Death, Kiefer Sutherland Drunk Driving, Celebrities, Media News
Eric Deggans

The hysteria over Ledger's death and the imbalance of coverage for women highlights an important need -- not for less journalism about troubled celebrities, but better journalism.

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Jason Linkins

Debate Moderators Asleep At The Switch

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Brian Williams, Rudy Giuliani, GOP Debate, Mike Huckabee, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Mitt Romney, Media, Tim Russert, Politics News

As always, I can't help seem to get to the end of these interminable debates without heaving a dumbstruck sigh, wondering how the people who get picke...

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Unmasking 'The Economy'

Philip Slater | Posted 01.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Media, Stimulus, Economy, Subprime Mortgages, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Business News
Philip Slater

The executive branch of our government operates on authoritarian principles that most corporations abandoned decades ago as too cumbersome.

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The Blog Swarm Chris Matthews Never Saw Coming

Eric Boehlert | Posted 01.23.2008 | Media

Read More: MyDD, Andrea Mitchell, Tweety Effect, Breaking Media News, Hardball, John Amato, Nbc, Matt Drudge, Media, Progresssive Blogosphere, Greg Sargent, Pam Spaulding, Barack Obama, Chris Matthews, Msnbc, Blogs, Crooks and Liars, Liberal Blogosphere, Christy Hardin Smith, New Hampshire Primary, Democratic Nomination, Dailykos, Netroots, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Talking Points Memo, Firedoglake, Jane Hamsher, Digby, Talkleft, Media News
Eric Boehlert

By getting Matthews to apologize, the blogs have already had more impact on how the traditional press covers this presidential campaign than they did during the entire 2004 White House run.

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Everyone's an Expert on the Latino Vote, Except Latinos

Roberto Lovato | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Of African AméRica, Immigration, Clinton, History, Media, Latino Politics, Elections, Obama, Hope, Latino Vote, Race, BORDER ISSUES, Black-Latino Relations, Esperanza, Uber-Hypocrisy, Politics News
Roberto Lovato

Coverage of the Nevada caucus illustrates how ill-equipped the news organizations, the political parties and society as a whole are to understand and deal with the the death of the black-white electorate.

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Question of the Day: What Would MLK Think?

Eric Deggans | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Martin Luther King Jr, Chris Matthews, Politics, Media, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton MLK, Robert Johnson and Obama Insult, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Day, Robert Johnson, Politics News
Eric Deggans

Now that there's the kind of candidate for president folks like Martin Luther King probably dreamed about in 1964, the first black American billionaire thinks it makes sense to take him down?

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The Media and Positive Role Models: the First Annual UN Alliance of Civilizations Conference

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 01.17.2008 | Media

Read More: Islam, Muslim Stereotypes, Muslims in the Media, Media, Muslim, Alliance of Civilizations, Participant Productions, Islamo-Fascism, Media News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

The more people receive positive images and see inspiring role models of Muslims, the better chance for peaceful relations, mutual understanding and self respect.

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Framing MLK And LBJ

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Civil Rights Act, Primary, Framing, 1964, Civil Rights, Mlk, Campaign Coverage, Racial, Campaign, Media, Race, 2008 Election, 08 Elections, Barack Obama, Dreamer, Racial Politics, Primaries, Martin Luther King, Lbj, Hillary Clinton, Lyndon Johnson, Race Card, Politics News
Chris Weigant

King's legacy is a third-rail issue -- touch it and you die in Democratic politics. Clinton was seen as somehow "slighting" King, and so she had to pay the price.

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Open Columnist: A Call for Input (January Edition)

David Sirota | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fcc, Huckabee, Columnist, National Popular Vote, Bankruptcy, Pundits, Creators Syndicate, Media, Global Warming, Politics News
David Sirota

This is the third installment of what I have been calling Open Columnist - a call for reader input into the nationally syndicated newspaper column I w...

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New Hampshire, the Press, and Incompetence

Eric Boehlert | Posted 01.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Howard Kurtz, Time, Abc, Chuck Todd, Media Criticism, The New Republic, Matt Drudge, Nbc, Dana Milbank, Jake Tapper, Media, New Hampshire Polls, Chris Matthews, Barack Obama, Msnbc, Reliable Sources, Cnn, New Hampshire Primary, Tom Brokaw, Karen Tumulty, New York Observer, New Hampshire, Politico, New York Times, Washington Post, Hillary Clinton, Eric Alterman, Swampland, 2008 Election, Media News
Eric Boehlert

In today's campaign coverage, what journalists think about unfolding events takes precedence over what voters think.

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Americans Need to Look Beyond the Media on Venezuela

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Venezuelan Economy, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Venezuela, Media, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

If we read the newspapers and watch TV in the United States, we are told that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela is a "dictator," "authoritarian," "a ...

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Can We Not Call It 'New Media'?

Pauline Millard | Posted 01.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Web, Blogs, Internet, New Media, Media, Web Journalism, Journalism, Media News
Pauline Millard

It's 2008: Anyone still calling it New Media probably still has AOL e-mail and a Geocites homepage.

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P-Whipped by Paglia

Laurie Kilmartin | Posted 01.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Arianna Huffington, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Bashing, 23/6, Media, Politics News
Laurie Kilmartin

You win, media. I'm voting for Barack Obama. I'm positive I can't take four more years of Hillary-bashing.

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I Have A Dream (A John Edwards Press Conference)

Susan Madrak | Posted 01.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Issues, John Edwards, Politics, Democracy, Poverty, Chris Matthews, Media, Media News
Susan Madrak

(At front of hotel ballroom, ELIZABETH EDWARDS taps the podium mike.) ELIZABETH: Is this thing on? Oh good. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for comi...

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Friday Talking Points [14]

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fisa, Campaign Coverage, Legacy, Campaign, Media, Auschwitz, Peace, 08 Elections, Telecom, Bush, Primaries, 2008, Middle East, Midotw, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Heck of a Job, Peace Process, Primary, Party of Ideas, Democrat, Congress, 2008 Elections, 08, Approval Rating, Democrats, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, 08 Election, New Hampshire Primary, Mddotw, Wiretapping, Schip, Wiretap, Hillary Clinton, Aclu, Fbi, Warrantless, Incompetence, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Time for another fun round of Democratic talking points for the weekend ahead! After a hiatus for the year-end awards, and then a special "all electi...

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Barack Obama, John Kerry and Access Hollywood

Sherman Yellen | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kerry Barack Obama, Mainstream Media, John Kerry Endorsement, Erica Jong, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Hillary Clinton Sexism, Ageism, Hillary Clinton, Media, Barack Obama, Hollywood, Politics News
Sherman Yellen

Thanks to the Hollywoodization of the news, exemplified in the Obama candidacy, candidates are put on a red carpet to be examined much as film stars on the way to the Oscars.

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Media Misses Story: Obedwards Won New Hampshire

Paul Loeb | Posted 01.10.2008 | Home

Read More: 2008 Elections, Second Choice, Polls, Momentum, Media, New Hampshire, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Home News
Paul Loeb

Those backing Obama or Edwards solidly pick the other as their second choice. So if only one were running, they'd be opening up an unambiguous lead.

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Wash Post's Gerson Exposes His Uglier Side

David Sirota | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Media, Michael Gerson, Michael Gerson Obama, Politics News
David Sirota

Gerson praises Obama for being a black guy who behaves, dresses and talks like the "nonthreatening," "well-tailored," JFK-looking white people who populate Gerson's elite world in Washington.

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Jason Linkins

DeLay, Reed, Passed Off As 'Political Analysts' By Cable News

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, Media, Keith Olbermann, Tom Delay, Political Analysis, Chris Matthews, Politics News

In the clearest sign yet that the shifting standards of the press have tilted so violently to the inane that just about any hack, criminal, or fool is allowed to offer their "insight" into the electoral process, your NH Primary coverage included analysis from people like Tom DeLay and Ralph Reed.

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We Got It Wrong. New Hampshire Voters Got It Right.

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Statistics, Democratic Primary, Media, Campaign, Idiots, Primaries, 2008, New Hampshire, Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow, 2008 Campaign, Disraeli, Mark Twain, New Hampshire Primaries, Democratic Primaries, Primary, Primary Results, Msm, George Clinton, Democrat, 2008 Elections, Damned Lie, 08, 2008 Election, Democrats, Lie, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Mainstream Media, Elections, 08 Campaign, New Hampshire Primary, 2008 Presidential Race, Mea Culpa, Hillary Clinton, Free Your Mind, New Hampshire ELection, Results, Politics News
Chris Weigant

On the morning after the New Hampshire primary, one strong conclusion can be drawn: the media collectively blew it. This should be seen as downright ...

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Is Clinton's Premature Eulogy a Self-fulfilling Prophesy by the Media?

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Caucus, Hillary Clinton, Media, Gary Hart, Barack Obama, Msnbc, Politics News
Blake Fleetwood

The Media Gods have decided. The pile-on is afoot. After Iowa - an odious, undemocratic, unrepresentative caucus state - and before any actual primar...

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Is the Press Helping Obama? It's Not That Simple.

RJ Eskow | Posted 01.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Media, New Hampshire, Barack Obama, Media News
RJ Eskow

Hillary was able to dominate the race (at least until Iowa) because journalists uncritically repeated ideas that were carefully planted by her campaign, i.e. that she was the overwhelming favorite.

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When Nashua Met Harry and Nancy

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pelosi, New Hampshire Primary, Clinton, Congressional Democrats, New Hampshire, Obama, Congress, Media, Election, Reid, Nashua, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Granite-staters are fed up with anything that constitutes politics-as-normal inside the Beltway and that includes anyone who is perceived -- rightly or wrongly -- associated with it.

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Jason Linkins

The Media And The Military: A Tale Of Modern Love

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, Media Iraq War, Media, War in Iraq, Success of the Surge, David Petraeus, Politics News

In New York Times we learn that the press and the Pentagon are back in love with one another. Such good news!

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Pentagon And The Media Fall In Love Again

NY Times | Tom Shanker | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Success of the Surge, Media Coverage of the Surge, Media, Media Coverage of Iraq, Iraq, War in Iraq, Media Coverage of the War, Politics News

The anguished relationship between the military and the news media appears to be on the mend as battlefield successes from the troop increase in Iraq ...

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