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Obama Has Off-The-Record Lunch With Journalists At White House

Politico | Posted by Michael Calderone 03:13 PM | Posted 11.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Andy Rosenthal, Jon Meacham, Cynthia Tucker, David Gergen, Mara Liasson, Howard Fineman, David Brooks, Mike Allen, Obama Journalists, Josh Marshall, Obama Journalists Lunch, Chris Cillizza, Gail Collins, Media News

The attendees for Friday's lunch were as follows: CNN's David Gergen, Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, Newsweek's Jon Meacham and Howard Fineman, the...

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Elections: The New National Pastime That Could Save Journalism

Glynnis MacNicol | Posted 11.05.2009 | Media

Read More: The State of Journalism, Baseball, Election 2009, Barack Obama, Michael Bloomberg, Mike Allen, Politico, Cable News, Election 2008, Murray Chase, Media News
Glynnis MacNicol

Apparently the future of journalism is politics. Can anyone remember this level of attention being paid for a handful of local elections? I can remember presidential elections that barely got this level of coverage.

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The Myth of Fox News' Ratings Spike

Eric Boehlert | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Kathleen Parker, Ruth Marcus, Pbs, Nielsen, Mike Allen, David Brody, Sally Quinn, Michael Wolff, Cnn, David Gergen, Travis Smiley, Politico, Fox News, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune Swamp, Bill O'Reilly, Media News
Eric Boehlert

The breathless claim that Fox News' ratings recently spiked thanks to the White House's public critique is bogus hype.

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Jason Linkins

White House, Lawmakers, Knock Down Politico Article On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Politico, Public Option, Mike Allen, Health Care Reform, . Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, Media News

Over at the Politico this morning, Mike Allen has an "exclusive" on the public option's chances that basically differs from everything else everyone i...

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Sam Stein and Ryan Grim

Seething Dems Hit Back At Report That Public Option Is Dead In House

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pelosi Public Option, Democrats Public Option, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Dems Seething, Politico Report, Allen Public Option, Mike Allen, Politics News

Democratic lawmakers including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are adamantly pushing back against reports that she does not have the necessary votes to pas...

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Obama and the Cowardly Goons; or, Politico's Incorrect and Appallingly Stupid "Analysis" of the President's Response to his Critics

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: News Media, Conservatives, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Wall Street, Rush Limbaugh, Mike Allen, Jim VandeHei, US Chamber of Commerce, Politics News
Michael J.W. Stickings

Obama is fighting back only because Republicans have so far spent his entire presidency trying to obstruct his every move.

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Fox News Is the Story

Eric E. Burns | Posted 10.22.2009 | Media

Read More: The O'Reilly Factor, Josh Gerstein, White House, Happening Now, Bill Shine, The Nation, Martha MacCallum, Politico, FOX Report, America’s News HQ, Dick Morris, Ruth Marcus, Cavuto, Jake Tapper, Tea Parties, Roger Ailes, Fox News Sunday, Fox Business Network, Trace Gallagher, Julie Banderas, Jon Scott, Chris Wallace, Mike Huckabee, Rupert Murdoch, The Fox Nation, Washington Post, Bernard Goldberg, Fox News Channel, Greg Gutfield, Brian Kilmeade, Bernie Goldberg, Bill Clinton, News Corp, Red Eye, Tom Rosenstiel, Greta Van Susteren, Studio B, Shepard Smith, Bill Hemmer, Mike Allen, Center for Media and Public Affairs, FoxNation.Com, Steve Doocy, The Live Desk, Barack Obama, Harris Faulkner, Special Report, Fox News Watch, Gretchen Carlson, Sean Hannity, America’s Newsroom, Fox & Friends, Fox News, Neil Cavuto, Project for Excellence in Journalism, Glenn Beck, Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly, ABC News, John Nichols, Robert Gibbs, Bill O'Reilly, Media News
Eric E. Burns

The White House has exposed Fox News for what it is: not a news organization, but a partisan political entity that is waging a war against the Obama administration and its progressive agenda.

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Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Nomination: Obama Gives the Nation Another Teaching Moment

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Latina, Karl Rove, Alberto Gonzalez, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, President Obama and Judge Sotomayor, Kkk, La Raza, President Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Mike Allen, " Immigration, The Minutemen, Judge Sotomayor, Lou Dobbs, G. Gordon Liddy, Newt Gingrich, Glen Beck, Jonathan Martin, Clarence Thomas, Tom Tancredo, Dolores Huerta, Cnn, "Racism, Latino, Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's Nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor, Mark Krikorian, Latino Vote, David Duke, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Colbert, Stephen Colbert, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

One thing is clear: President Obama's choice of a Latina woman has sparked the ugliest reaction from the Republican Right we've seen years.

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Jason Linkins

Media Matters Highlights Journalistic Integrity, Even At Fox News (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Video, Cnn, Andrea Mitchell, Media Matters, Shepard Smith, Media Criticism, Mike Allen, Fox News, Rick Sanchez, Bill O'Reilly, Media News

Most media organizations are used to getting dogged and criticized by Media Matters For America, but, via Greg Sargent, it seems that the organization...

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Arianna Joins Katie Couric's Live Webcast To Discuss Obama's First 100 Days

Huff TV | Posted 05.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Marc Ambinder, Video, Jeff Greenfield, Chip Reid, Obama Press Conference, CBSNews.Com, Mike Allen, Katie Couric, Katie Couric Webcasts, Obama's First 100 Days, Arianna Huffington, Media News
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Tonight Arianna joins Katie Couric's live webcast on CBSNews.com, directly following President Obama's First 100 Days press conference. The Atlantic'...

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Lone Wolves and Missing Bodies: Denying the Reality of Rightwing Terrorism

RJ Eskow | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rightwing Terrorism, Civil Liberties, Hudson Institute, Alan Berg, Newt Gingrich, American Legion, Mike Allen, Sean Hannity, Arianna Huffington, Bill O'Reilly, Politics News
RJ Eskow

Why aren't we hearing from responsible voices on the Right who, while defending their colleagues' freedom of speech, deplore incitements to hatred or violence?

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Cheney Sets the Trap

Rick Horowitz | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Al-Qaida, Interrogation, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, Mike Allen, Cheney on Terrorism, Black Sites, Cheney and Torture, Jim VandeHei, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, Obama Administration, Dick Cheney, John F. Harris, Bush Administration Torture, Cheney in Politico, Cheney on Obama, Torture, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

You'd think that the at-long-last-former Vice President of the US might take his eight years of power and his 13 points of public approval and slink off to one of those undisclosed locations he liked so much.

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Waving Goodbye to Bill Kristol, Colin Powell "Might" Endorse Obama

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Richard Armitage, Colin Powell, William Kristol, Barack Obama, Mike Allen, Politics News
Steve Clemons

I have no idea what General Powell might do with regard to his Meet the Press appearance on Sunday -- but I know that he's pondering something big.

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Bush to EPA: "Hi. Thanks for Writing. Between Now and January 20, I Won't Have Access to Email."

Marty Kaplan | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Executive Power, Helen Thomas, Bush Envrionmental Policy, Mike Allen, Bush EPA, Epa, George W. Bush, Politics News
Marty Kaplan

The Bush White House has come up with an ingenious new way to take care not to faithfully execute the laws of the land.

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Salon's Glenn Greenwald: Politico A Right Wing "Cesspool"

Salon | Glenn Greenwald | Posted 06.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Politico, Glenn Greenwald Mike Allen, Glenn Greenwald Politico, Mike Allen, Glenn Greenwald, Media News

Politico reporter Mike Allen, formerly of The Washington Post and Time, appeared yesterday on the show of right-wing radio host Mike Gallagher. The tw...

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Politico's Mike Allen: McLellan Has Adopted "Rhetoric Of Left Wing Haters"

ThinkProgress | Posted 06.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Politico, Mike Allen Scott McLellan, Mike Allen, Media News

On Tuesday night, former Bush adviser Karl Rove responded to former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's explosive memoir by saying he "sound...

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