September 27th, 2008
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Fucking awesome. The possibilities are endless.
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September 26th, 2008
The Only Honest Response to Sarah Palin’s Recent Interview with Katie Couric
September 26th, 2008
Wow.
Everyone conservative in America should be forced to watch this tape and then say that this woman should be Vice President. Honestly, if you went person by person and had a video camera, I’m pretty sure at the end of it you’d end up with a 99% Obama/Biden win.
September 26th, 2008
Palin as Miss South Carolina.
September 26th, 2008
If you know it’s bad it’s ok.
Ezra is right, Politico’s editors Harris and Vandehei’s weird self-conscious “we’re ruining America” routine is really strange:
Why do John Harris and Jim Vandehei keep doing this?
Media madness. Reporters complain about the lack of spontaneity in politics. Then we punish spontaneity by ensuring that any impolitic comment gets played and replayed, often simplified and distorted in each replaying—usually accompanied with disapproving analysis about a candidate’s lack of discipline and inability to stay on message.The lack of press access to both candidates this fall is frustrating. But the truth is McCain would be foolish to indulge in the kind of free-flowing, free-associating conversations that won such notice in 2000. Obama’s natural instincts are to tightly control his image and words, which works nicely in this media environment.
An unscripted campaign would be more interesting and more useful to voters, but it would require two unlikely ingredients: Candidates self-confident enough to throw out the script, and a news media that would devote as much attention to ideas as to gaffes.
Every couple of months, they come out with a new op-ed that lambastes the media’s role in cheapening our democracy and creating a substanceless, horserace-obsessed politics. Then, in the interim, they run a major political publication whose latest innovation is crowning a daily winner of the day’s news cycle. Either they should become that “news media that would devote as much attention to ideas as to gaffes” or they should admit that it’s impossible and quit their jobs in a very public protest.
September 26th, 2008
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September 24th, 2008
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September 23rd, 2008
Good for CNN.
They’re not allowing themselves to be a cog in the Palin Propaganda Machine:
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who has not held a press conference in nearly four weeks of campaigning, on Tuesday banned reporters from her first meetings with world leaders, allowing access only to photographers and a television crew.
CNN, which was providing the television coverage for news organizations, decided to pull its TV crew, effectively denying Palin the high visibility she had sought. …
The campaign told the TV producer, print and wire reporters in the press pool that follows the Alaska governor that they would not be admitted with the photographers and camera crew taken in to photograph the meetings. At least two news organizations, including The Associated Press, objected and were told that the decision was not subject to discussion.
Via: the mothership.
September 23rd, 2008
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Similar to what we're doing but with less info shared and without blogging or an interface to bring up collective recommendations.
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Interesting. Not sure what the incentive is, but whatevs.
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The partnerships continue.
September 23rd, 2008
Maddow doubles 9 pm slot for MSNBC.
In the two weeks since Maddow took over the 9pmET slot, the program’s nine shows have averaged 556,000 demo viewers and 1.6M Total Viewers. Maddow’s averages are more than double the final two weeks (eight shows) of Verdict with Dan Abrams (225,000 demo / 601,000 Total Viewers.)