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  • July 2008

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

      Slate  |  Jul 30, 08 7:55 PM CDT

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

      (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 all attacks and pre-admitted his mistakes, as far back as his book, Dreams From My Father . More »

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

    • 'Ferocious Kind of Love' Behind Times -Bashing

      Vanity Fair  |  Jul 16, 08 3:04 PM CDT

      'Ferocious Kind of Love' Behind Times -Bashing

      (Newser) - It seems these days everyone’s got a beef with the New York Times these days, so Vanity Fair set out to find out why, asking a panel of experts their thoughts. Simple envy is the primary culprit, some say; others cite "a ferocious kind of love"; the paper's "holier-than-thou" stance, even as it's in decline, also proved irksome. More »

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      New York Times  • media criticism  • newspapers  • Jack Shafer

  • June 2008

    • Murdoch's Journal Wins Back a Fan

      Slate  |  Jun 15, 08 8:08 PM CDT

      Murdoch's Journal Wins Back a Fan

      (Newser) - Rupert Murdoch's attempt to make the Wall Street Journal the "first read" for elites, rather than playing second to the New York Times on non-financial stories, looked like a recipe for disaster to Jack Shafer. It was likely to result in me-too coverage crowding out the Journal's signature reporting, he wrote earlier. Now he says he's pleasantly surprised. Not by the new stuff, but by the continuing strength of what the paper has always done best: financial enterprise reporting. More »

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      Rupert Murdoch  • Wall Street Journal  • journalism  • Jack Shafer

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