SOTU: The Media's Malformed Narratives
So, how is our mainstream media doing at entrenching its narratives ahead of tonight's State Of The Union address? Comically well, it seems! Let's ta...
So, how is our mainstream media doing at entrenching its narratives ahead of tonight's State Of The Union address? Comically well, it seems! Let's ta...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
The last time a Virginia governor was tasked with the rebuttal it was Tim Kaine, and the big takeaway was that the DNC was going to have to add a line item for eyebrow wrangling into their operational budget.
AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
On Tuesday, President Obama laid out his Afghanistan war strategy in an address at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The president talked about...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
President Obama's address before Congress on Tuesday night was heavy on optimism, short on numbers, filled with lofty rhetoric and lined with emotion....
Politico | Posted 05.25.2011
In his response to Barack Obama tonight, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal spoke glowingly of the late Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee. It was a curious...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011
On his way into the House chamber to deliver his first address to Congress, President Obama shook hands with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- the...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011
"I know there are some in this chamber and watching at home who are skeptical of whether this plan will work," Obama said. The camera quickly flashed ...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011
In the CBS introductory coverage of President Obama's first address to Congress, Katie Couric poked fun at Vice President and white male Joe Biden. "N...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
Gov. Bobby Jindal's task tonight, to rebut President Obama's first address to a joint session of Congress, was a thankless one. But it still constitut...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011
Barack Obama's first address to Congress started with a funny and slightly awkward moment, as the president began speaking without being introduced. S...
Leah McElrath Renna | Posted 05.25.2011
The Obama infomercial was a risk -- but the piece will likely go down in history as yet another way the Obama campaign has forever changed the face of political campaigning through its creative use of media.
Daniel Menaker | Posted 05.25.2011
Barack Obama's infomercial -- fairly long on the mercial and comparatively short on the info, or at least on new info -- was moving and effective. It was also slick and sleek, like its protagonist.
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011
Barack Obama's half-hour commercial/mini-documentary aired on Wednesday evening. Watch the full video below. Following the produced segment, viewer...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011