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 Obama Says 
 'Wee-Weed'; 
 Press Goes Nuts 

Phrase now has own Web site, Twitter handle

Aug 21, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Around this time every year, “everybody in Washington gets all wee-weed up,” President Obama said yesterday—and immediately, the media was aflutter, Politico reports. “WTF does wee-weed up mean and how do you spell it?” wondered a reporter for the Hill. Soon after, the jokes started rolling... More »

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media • Internet • press • Washington, DC • Twitter • President Obama

OPINION

 Media Should 
 Learn From 
 Cronkite: Grow 
 a Backbone 


Today's press too cozy with Washington

Jul 26, 09 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - It wasn’t Walter Cronkite’s “avuncular persona” or his reaction to the JFK assassination that made him “the most trusted man in America,” Frank Rich writes in the New York Times—it was his willingness to challenge the halls of power. That’s become increasingly rare... More »

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media • Washington Post • press • Frank Rich • American media • Iraq war • Walter Cronkite • Mark Sanford

 Forget Best: Colbert 
  Wants to Be Worst  

Demands title from Olbermann over sweet-talking email to Mark Sanford

Jul 16, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stephen Colbert is a glutton for punishment. Keith Olbermann dished some out to conservative media outlets Tuesday, spanking them for plying Gov. Mark Sanford with email offers of friendly treatment, and awarding them “Worst People in the World” honors. But he omitted Colbert, despite Colbert’s email offering Sanford... More »

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entertainment • press • journalism • Keith Olbermann • American media • Stephen Colbert • The Colbert Report • Mark Sanford • conservative media

Media Sucked Up to Sanford
to Get Access, Emails Show

News outlets offered aides a 'friendly' ear

Jul 15, 09 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - No surprise that a lot of media outlets tried to butter up Mark Sanford’s aides in order to win interviews with the governor when he was AWOL in Argentina. But their emails, obtained by the State, show the lengths they were willing to go to, some coming about... More »

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ethics • media • South Carolina • press • sympathy • governor • scandal • interview • Mark Sanford • media frenzy

Brit Cops Face Probe Over Media Bribes

MPs may investigate whether journos pay police for information

Jul 12, 09 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - British Parliament may investigate police over reports that journalists pay them for dirt on celebrities and criminal suspects, the Guardian reports. Since police opted not to reopen a probe into alleged phone hacking by Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid News of the World, several politicians have been seeking to determine if... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • police • press • bribery • journalist • Britain • News of the World • British media

analysis

 Emanuel's Media Blitz 
 Goes 'Relentlessly' 24/7 

'Aggressive,' 'relentless' Rahm 'in constant touch'

Jun 23, 09 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rahm Emanuel is “in constant touch” with journalists, offering a “round-the-clock offensive” on behalf of the White House, writes Howard Kurtz in the Washington Post. “He calls, drops a few F-bombs, makes his point and hangs up,” says one commentator. Brief he may be, but “... More »

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media • White House • press • Rahm Emanuel • David Axelrod • Obama administration • chief of staff • Howard Kurtz

OPINION

Fawning Press Glosses Over Obama's Agenda


Jun 1, 09 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has enchanted the media more than any president this side of Jack Kennedy, writes Robert Samuelson of the Washington Post. A recent Pew study concluded that Obama had enjoyed “substantially more positive media coverage,” than either Bush or Clinton during their first months. “On... More »

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Barack Obama • press • American media • media bias

OPINION

 Hey, Media: 
 US Jails Journos, Too 

'First duty' of press is to hold own gov't accountable

May 11, 09 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The American media are celebrating Iran’s release of journalist Roxana Saberi in a case the press doggedly pursued. But today’s back-patting is hypocritical, writes Glenn Greenwald in Salon: the US media have all but ignored foreign journalists imprisoned by our own government, often with little reason. Case in... More »

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media • propaganda • press • photographers • journalist • American media • freedom of press • media bias • American press • Roxana Saberi • Jay-ZTV

OPINION

 Obama's Auto 
 Boss Faces 
 Charges of 
 ... Nothing 

Rattner's pay-to-play 'scandal' is common practice

Apr 22, 09 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The press is abuzz over Obama auto-recovery boss Steven Rattner’s ties to a pay-to-play scandal, but every story about Rattner mentions he’s not accused of anything. What he apparently did—paid to receive part of a public pension fund to manage—is “an open practice,” so... More »

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media • press • bribery • political scandal • Obama administration • Steven Rattner • auto task force • pay-to-play

Email Error Reveals Obama Staffers' PR Calculations

Back-and-forth over schedule shows administration's inner workings

Apr 9, 09 1:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - A daily email from the White House Press Office outlining President Obama’s schedule accidentally included in-house correspondence among staffers, CNN reports. The error revealed the political calculations that go into the missive—among them deliberations on emphasizing “real people”—homeowners Obama and his economic team would be... More »

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Barack Obama • email • press • public schedules • Obama administration • President Obama

 A New Day Dawns 
 for Black News 

Will cover presidency in return to newsier days

Jan 3, 09 11:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s victory has inspired a newsier turn in the black press, Politico reports. Essence, the bestselling magazine among black women, will name its first full-time White House reporter as Ebony sends a journo to DC and sister mag Jet promises a Washington report in each issue. “Who... More »

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Barack Obama • media • African Americans • news • press


 Has Obama 
 Got Game on 
 the Green? 

President-elect gets mixed reviews

Dec 30, 08 12:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Sure, he cleaned up in the electoral college, but how’s Barack Obama’s golf game? According to one vocal observer, it beats his bowling, the Chicago Tribune reports. The “protective pool” of press that tails Obama 24/7 offers a play-by-play of his day on a Hawaiian green, describing... More »

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Barack Obama • golf • press • Hawaii • President Obama


 Journos, Citizens Get 
 Inaugural Warning 

'Crush-level' crowds expected for historic event

Dec 30, 08 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Despite an ailing industry, journalists have requested a record number inaugural press credentials, and many will be denied, Politico reports. “We’re going to have to be very stingy this year,” said one press gallery director. As for the millions expected to turn out for Inauguration Day, stay... More »

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media • press • overcrowding • inauguration • press credentials • crowd • President Obama • Inauguration Day

ANALYSIS

Recession Shreds Publishing Industry; Is Literature Next?

Until outfits learn to cope with digital challenges, it'll be a tough go for writers

Dec 23, 08 4:04 PM CST
(Newser) - The publishing industry has been battered in the past month, as large houses hemorrhage editors and consolidate divisions, leading some to wonder if literary publishing will ever be the same, Jason Boog writes on Salon. The list of ills is long: too-high advances paid to a dwindling number of sure... More »

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press • literature • book • corporate governance • ebooks • publishing industry • economic downturn

OPINION

Media Gets 'Silly' Over
Obama Ties to Blago  

There's little evidence of ties as questions pour from press

Dec 12, 08 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - The media is aflutter with questions over Barack Obama’s connection to Rod Blagojevich, and although it’s fair for the press to probe, things are getting “silly,” Joan Walsh writes on Salon. The only tie we’ve seen is Blagojevich caught on tape ranting obscenely that Obama... More »

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media • press • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • hype • President Obama • pay to play

ANALYSIS

 Media May Need 
 Rahm-to-English Dictionary 

Incoming White House chief of staff Emanuel leaves trail of mangling idiom

Nov 11, 08 4:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Now that Rahm Emanuel is back in the spotlight, political junkies can look forward to more of his malapropisms, Politico reports. Emanuel is affectionately remembered from his first White House stint as an inveterate phrase-mangler. When the President-elect’s chief of staff appeared on Face the Nation on Sunday, he... More »

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Barack Obama • press • Rahm Emanuel • Sundays • speech • President Obama • chief of staff

Palin to Finally Meet the Press

ABC's Gibson
gets first shot at
grilling McCain's
running mate

Sep 8, 08 1:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin will sit for her first press interview since accepting the Republican vice presidential nomination, reports the Chicago Tribune. She'll be interviewed by ABC anchor Charlie Gibson in Alaska later this week. The McCain camp has kept Palin from the press so far, calling its coverage of the Alaska... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • press • ABC News • Sarah Palin • interview • Charlie Gibson

OPINION

Sympathy for Elizabeth
Big Reason Media Held Back

Mainstream media, not knowing what to do, fumbled reportage

Aug 11, 08 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mainstream media found itself in an awkward bind when evidence of John Edwards' affair began trickling in, writes Howard Kurtz in the Washington Post. Why such a half-hearted effort to confirm the story? Kurtz doesn't think the liberal bias charge holds up and says sympathy for Elizabeth Edwards, disdain... More »

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John Edwards • press • American media • Rielle Hunter • MSM

OPINION

He's the King of Teflon,
But Will It Last?

General-election voters want answers, not just a clean suit

Jul 30, 08 7:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has admitted that all politicians have a “reptilian side,” but the candidate’s slipperiness is so well-cloaked by his affable persona that he must be the “koala of iguanas,” Jack Shafer writes for Slate. Nothing sticks to Obama in part because he has anticipated... More »

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Barack Obama • press • Election 2008 • political criticism • Jack Shafer • politician

For Obama the Nominee, Even More Discipline

Acutely aware of scrutiny, campaign takes control of image

Jun 19, 08 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Barack Obama's campaign transitions from Democratic frontrunner to nominee, his team is ratcheting down control over the candidate's public image and media access to him. But yesterday's revelation that Obama campaign volunteers prohibited two Muslim women wearing headscarves from sitting behind him at a rally underscores the challenges facing... More »

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Barack Obama • media • press • image • nominee • Election 2008

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