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Straight talk

Posted by The Phoenix on 16 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, 08 Election, McCain

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By Adam Reilly, The Phoenix
It’s time to cover John McCain again - and here are ten good places for the media to start.

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Those Obama “Concerns”

Posted by Columbia Journalism Review on 15 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Obama, 08 Election

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By Clint Hendler, Columbia Journalism Review
What’s talked about when we don’t talk about race.

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Tapper Gets It Right

Posted by Columbia Journalism Review on 14 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, 08 Election

By Zachary Roth, Columbia Journalism Review
Good for Jake Tapper of ABC News, for handling the fake controversy over Obama’s recent comments on Israel in exactly the right way.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Karl Rove and the Media-Politico Revolving Door: It Goes Further Back than Stephanopoulos

Posted by Huffington Post on 13 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Journalism, 08 Election, Karl Rove

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By Robert Schlesinger, Huffington Post

The NY Times looks at Karl Rove’s new role as multi-media bloviator.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Obama now faces his biggest media challenge

Posted by MarketWatch on 12 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Obama, 08 Election, McCain

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By Jon Friedman, MarketWatch
To win the election, he must find a way to trump McCain.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Election Mania in Europe

Posted by Columbia Journalism Review on 09 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Obama, Hillary, 08 Election, McCain

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By Lynn Berger, Columbia Journalism Review
European media and their audiences catch the U.S.’s Election Fever

Popularity: 1% [?]

The World’s Best Health Care - Really?

Posted by Columbia Journalism Review on 08 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, 08 Election, McCain

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By Trudy Lieberman, Columbia Journalism Review
Do you let a candidate’s remarks stand unchallenged even if they are wrong or misleading?

Popularity: 1% [?]

Clinton is Toast?

Posted by AP on 07 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, 08 Election

By AP
Hillary Rodham Clinton lost North Carolina on Tuesday and with it her last best chance at the White House.

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Obama’s Clarifying Win: The Fly on the Wall Is the Wall

Posted by Norman Solomon on 07 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Commentary, Obama, 08 Election

Barack Obama’s triumph on Tuesday night was a victory over a wall that pretends to be a fly on the wall. For a long time, the nation’s body politic has been shoved up against that wall — known as the news media.

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The Pastor’s Press Tour is the Week’s Big Newsmaker

Posted by Project for Excellence in Journalism on 06 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Obama, Hillary, 08 Election, Media Analysis, McCain

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By Mark Jurkowitz, PEJ
Jeremiah Wright’s media tour drove the campaign narrative last
week, no story line has had as much staying power as the minister and the
candidate.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Getting Bit

Posted by Columbia Journalism Review on 05 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, 08 Election

By Michael Schudson & Danielle Haas, Columbia Journalism Review
When sound bites get snack-sized.

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Fox trumps Netroots; bloggers rebel

Posted by Politico on 02 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Fox News, USDemocrats, Obama, Hillary, 08 Election

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By Mike Allen, Politico.com
The nation’s top Democrats are suddenly rushing to appear on the Fox News Channel, which they once had shunned as enemy territory as the nemesis of liberal bloggers.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Media Tenor: Media Push For Clinton

Posted by Media Tenor on 02 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Commentary, 08 Election, Media Analysis

  • Clinton has succeeded in presenting herself as the more electable candidate.
  • Is the party over? Not at all!
  • All three candidates lack a solid image to survive media crises.
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    The Listening Post - Clinton vs Obama

    Posted by MediaChannel on 30 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: USDemocrats, VIDEO, Obama, Hillary, 08 Election

    Al Jazeera’s Listening Post takes a look at how the US media has been covering the Democratic nomination race.

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    The 50 most influential US political pundits

    Posted by Telegraph on 29 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, 08 Election, Agenda Setting

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    By Toby Harnden, Telegraph
    The Daily Telegraph today unveils its list of the 50 most influential political pundits to help readers sort through whose opinions matter.

    Popularity: 1% [?]

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