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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Jonathan Alter

Jonathan Alter stories: 2 news summaries
OPINION

 Obama, Biden Earn A-Minuses 

Pundits offer wide-ranging report card

Apr 29, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - On President Obama’s 100th day in office, Mark Halperin of Time provides a White House report card:
  • Barack Obama: A-. “Instantly comfortable and highly skilled at the hardest job in the world.”
  • Joe Biden: A-: Operates "precisely in the manner he and
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Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • media • Michelle Obama • pundits • Grover Norquist • grades • Obama administration • analyst • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Jonathan Alter • 100 days • Marcy Wheeler

ANALYSIS

White House Reporters Trade Puff for Access

The 'beat sweetener' laudatory profile is early-term tradition

Mar 4, 09 1:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Readers of just about any national news outlet might’ve noticed a flood of good press about top White House aides lately. It’s not coincidence, and it’s not bias, Michael Calderone writes for Politico. Called a “beat sweetener,” such pieces aim to cultivate sources by praising... More »

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New York Times • Newsweek • Rahm Emanuel • journalistic ethics • Obama administration • reporters • Robert Gibbs • President Obama • White House press corps • Jonathan Alter • Mark Leibovich

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