Media

Fair Questions for Sarah Palin

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, John McCain, Politics, Media, Campaign, 2008 Election, Evangelicals, Republicans, Evangelical, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Republican, Politics News
Jim Wallis

While the Obama campaign made many mistakes in responding to Sarah Palin, they didn't resort to the attacks on her family and faith that some in the media did.

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The Future of Media: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying That the Internet Will Consume Print

Bob Guccione, Jr. | Posted 09.17.2008 | Media

Read More: The Internet, New Media, Spin, Newspapers, Old Media vs. New Media, Media, Imagination, Future of Media, Media News
Bob Guccione, Jr.

The future of media will boil down to, and pivot on the axis of, one thing: imagination -- how creative we are in exploiting technology and, equally important, with content.

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Just the Facts

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Media, 2008 Election, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Msnbc, Fox News, Media News
Jim Wallis

Unfortunately, the media (especially the cable television networks and talk radio shows) are of less and less help -- especially in presenting "just the facts."

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"The Media," Now Perpetually in Scare Quotes

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 09.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Sarah Palin Vice President, Media, Media Bias, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Media News
Andrew Sargus Klein

If influential blogs -- say, Drudge, Daily Kos, National Review Online or Talking Points Memo -- go out and say "X, Y and Z," it's now assumed then "the media" is saying "X, Y and Z".

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The Outrage Campaign

John McQuaid | Posted 09.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, News Cycle, John McCain, Media, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Media News
John McQuaid

The McCain campaign is violating what were considered immutable political laws, and it amounts to a giant and risky bet that those laws are no longer operative.

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Why the Democrats Need to Dumb It Down

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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Michelle Haimoff

She makes them laugh and lets them think that they'll all head over to Culver's later for frozen custard and ButterBurgers.

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#spinewatch: Help The Media Regain Its Spine

Craig Newmark | Posted 09.15.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Media, #Spinewatch, Barack Obama, Home News
Craig Newmark

There are signs that the media is resisting bullying from the McCain/Bush/Rove axis, and we should encourage them. One way is to send up cheers on Twitter whenever they hit hard on McCain's "facts don't matter" attitude.

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Wall Street isn't Main Street

Zachary Karabell | Posted 09.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Merrill Lynch, Media, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Economy, Business News
Zachary Karabell

To expect the group of people who report business news to have any perspective on the current drama is equivalent to asking a resident of New Orleans their feelings about hurricanes and floods.

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Don't Complain About Biased Media Coverage, Do Something About It

David Latt | Posted 09.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Alaska, Media, Women Voters, Sarah Palin Reaction, Barack Obama, Media Bias, Sarah Palin, Media News
David Latt

After the Friday surprise that John McCain had chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate, the media reacted with shock and awe. Since then, while some m...

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So McCain Can't Send An Email -- Reagan Rode A Horse

Adam Hanft | Posted 09.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Mccain Technology, Bill Clinton, 1992 Election, John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Campaign Ads, Media, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Media News
Adam Hanft

It wouldn't have helped to taunt Reagan because he knew more about riding horses than the workings of the internal combustion engine, and it won't help to skewer McCain because he can't download Adobe Acrobat.

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How Stupid Do They Think We Are? I Dunno. How Stupid Are We?

Billy Kimball | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Stupidity, Media, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Billy Kimball

While "how stupid do they think we are?" may be a rhetorical question, it deserves an actual answer. Let's start by asking the more basic question: "how stupid are we?"

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Friday Talking Points [47] -- Our First Anniversary

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Surprise! It's our first anniversary column! But before we get to that, I have to pass on this information, in the hopes nobody will get stung by a v...

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Do Dems Need Swift Boat Strategy of Their Own?

Caroline Presno | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Election 2008, Media, Paul Begala, Republicans, Democrats, Swift Boat Ads, Barack Obama, Politics News
Caroline Presno

Republicans are masters at slapping a silly label on something and making it stick. And it works. I keep thinking, not this time. Not this election. But the fact is, it may be this time yet again.

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Adulterer. Addict. Career-Obsessed Mom: Why No "Character Issue" in this Race?

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain, Cindy McCain, Addiction, Hypocrisy, Drugs, Media, Democrats, Palin, Republicans, Politics News
Maia Szalavitz

If any of these people were Democrats, we would read about how having an ex-junkie, prescription-forger thief as First Lady sends the wrong message to kids about drug use.

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The Power of No

Alex Jones | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

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Alex Jones

There is something sinister about the press's complicity in allowing campaign coverage to feed hungrily on meaningless charges and counter-charges.

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The Media Sentinels Of Palin's God

Ellis Dean | Posted 09.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Religion, Pat Buchanan, Assembly of God, Government John McCain, Rachel Maddow, Sarah Palin, Media, Christian Base, God, Republican Party, Wasilla, Church and State, Home News
Ellis Dean

Pat Buchanan and his ilk would place Palin's religion beyond analysis. They would have her kind of faith be a one-way factor in government: capable of influencing decisions but protected from examination.

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Dubious Praise for The Daily Show

Norman Solomon | Posted 09.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Michiko Kakutani, Daily Show, Corporate Media, Jon Stewart, Satire, Presidential Election, New York Times, Media, The Daily Show, Media News
Norman Solomon

If -- as the New York Times soberly reported -- "straight news programs cannot" tackle the "big issues of the day" while "speaking truth to power," we should ask a key question: Why not?

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When Life Gives You Pigs with Lipstick, Make Sexy Bacon

Daniel Radosh | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Change, Lipstick, John McCain, Media, Pig, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Obama Pig Remark, Obama Pig Lipstick, Obama Pig Lipstick Remark, Politics News
Daniel Radosh

I sincerely hope the Obama camp does not miss that they can make this idiotic non-story work for him by repeating the line over and over again.

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McCain Plays Gender Card in Pig Ploy

Ari Melber | Posted 09.09.2008 | Media

Read More: Sarah Palin, Media Coverage, Pig Lipstick Remark, Media, Barack Obama, Media News
Ari Melber

Campaign journalists don't need to cover two sides to every lie; especially an outlandish gender card trick like this one.

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Seth Colter Walls

How To Understand Sarah Palin: The Issues, Not Biography

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Abortion, John McCain, Creationism, Trig Palin, Climate Change, Sarah Palin Vice President, Iraq, Media, Bristol Palin, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Politics News

Who is Sarah Palin? The question itself is open-ended to such a degree that it primes the reader for a complex answer. But what if the explanation tu...

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We Need to Structure, Organize the Web

Patricia Handschiegel | Posted 09.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Digital, Internet Business, New Media, Internet, Media, Web 2.0, Entertainment, Media News
Patricia Handschiegel

Imagine if broadcast television and radio audiences had to almost blindly seek out shows and stations upon turning on their devices. Rather than findi...

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The Conventions as Infomercials: I'm Sold!

Billy Kimball | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Media, Republican Convention, Conventions, Politics News
Billy Kimball

It would be churlish not to acknowledge that both teams put on a damn good show. But don't bother congratulating the news media on the enormous triumph of the convention broadcasts.

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Depress Conference

Ellis Weiner | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Media Coverage, Gop, Media, Press, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Media Coverage, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Ellis Weiner

GOP Spokesperson: "The American people are perfectly capable of making up their minds based on lies. That's what you liberal media refuse to recognize."

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Meet the Bloggers: Henry Rollins and Paul Waldman Spurn the Media's Love for McCain

Robert Greenwald | Posted 09.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Leadership, St. Paul, Brave New Foundation, Paul Waldman, Minnesota, Daily Show, Experience, Meet the Bloggers, Media Matters, Media, Jonathan Kim, 2008 Election, Foreign Policy, Henry Rollins, Liliana Segura, Sarah Palin, Robert Greenwald, Fox Attacks, Larry King, Gop, Fox News, Tucker Bounds, Alaska, Campbell Brown, John McCain, Alternet, Republicans, Media News
Robert Greenwald

2008-09-07-meetblogg.jpg Make no mistake, FOX is willing to do whatever it takes to advance their conservative agenda. They will lie, smear, and distort to their hearts' content.

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McCain Wimps Out, Country Shrugs

Paul Jenkins | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Latino Issues, Alaska, Democratic Convention, Christian Right, Economy, Cindy McCain, Mitt Romney, GOP Convention, Hispanic Issues, Media, Black Issues, Democratic Party, 2008 Election, Clarence Thomas, Recession, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Dick Cheney, Iraq War, Religion, Iran, Unemployment, Martin Luther King, Hillary Clinton, National Enquirer, Republican Party, Wassila, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

Far from the eccentric rebel he likes to portray, McCain is a sad pawn in the religious right's attempt to maintain power in the GOP and over the country.

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