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NEWS ABOUT: Frank Rich

Frank Rich stories: 19 news summaries
Frank Rich

 NY 23rd: GOP's Lose-Lose War 

Righties are now a 'wacky, paranoid cult eager to eat' their own

Nov 1, 09 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck are the undisputed standard-bearers for true conservatives, and they've just led a suicidal attack in upstate New York in what's become "a riotous and bloody national GOP civil war." For Frank Rich , there's only one sure outcome: 'Republicans are the sure losers" in... More »

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Frank Rich • Glenn Beck • right wingers • Sarah Palin • Doug Hoffman • Dede Scozzafava • 23rd District

OPINION

 Obama Using 
 Tired Tricks 
 of the Trail 

The brouhaha followed by speech is getting old

Sep 13, 09 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s strategy for dealing with fallout from political controversy is growing tired, writes Frank Rich in the New York TImes. First, Obama stays cool as the crazies and 24-hour news networks explode; then, at a “superdramatic moment,” he delivers a speech the media “reliably hypes... More »

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Frank Rich • health care reform • speech • campaign trail • President Obama

analysis


 Obama Love 
 Affair Over for 
 Liberal Pundits 

One-time cheerleaders' support is 'wobbly'

Aug 31, 09 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - During the campaign, lefty pundits offered Barack Obama some of “the most favorable coverage that any White House contender has drawn in a generation.” Now, those same commentators’ support for the president is looking “wobbly,” writes Howard Kurtz in the Washington Post. “I find myself... More »

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media • Frank Rich • pundits • Paul Krugman • liberal media • President Obama • Howard Kurtz

(Newser) - Republicans sometimes trot out the word "socialist" to slam President Obama, but they've got it exactly backward, writes Frank Rich in the New York Times. The bigger fear—the one causing disillusionment and justified cynicism among his supporters—"is that he might be just another corporatist, punking voters... More »

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Frank Rich • health care reform • President Obama • Billy Tauzin

OPINION

Beck, Dobbs Fear the Rise of Minorities: Rich

White elites too often succumb to 'Village People populism'

Aug 2, 09 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - A nation bored by dreary, knotty debates about health care found relief in another National Conversation on Race. “This one,” as Frank Rich writes in the New York Times of last week’s ballyhooed Beer Summit, “ended with a burp,” but the hangover could last well... More »

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Barack Obama • race • Frank Rich • Glenn Beck • Lou Dobbs • Sonia Sotomayor • Henry Louis Gates Jr • birther • James Crowley

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

OPINION

 Right Fans 
 Flames of 
 Extremist 
 Fury: Rich 

Right-wing rhetoric complicit in rise of extremism

Jun 14, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - When a Fox News anchor cautions against the rising extremism of hate-driven Americans, as Shepard Smith did after the Holocaust Museum shooting, we should take note, argues Frank Rich in the New York Times. Unlike his fear-mongering colleagues, says Rich, Smith—not known for having an agenda—had "... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill O'Reilly • Fox News • Frank Rich • domestic terrorism • culture wars • Shepard Smith • right-wing extremism

OPINION

Sotomayor Shows Democrats' True Face

Confirm her, but make sure the country sees what it voted for

May 29, 09 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The people voted for Democrats, and Sonia Sotomayor reflects the views of the winning party. For that, writes Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post, she deserves confirmation. But Republicans should seize the moment to illustrate what liberalism leads to. They should call Frank Ricci, the firefighter Sotomayor denied promotion. “... More »

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affirmative action • Frank Rich • US Supreme Court • Obama administration • Sonia Sotomayor

OPINION

 With News, 
 'We Get What 
 We Pay For' 

Sick media must not die

May 10, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - We know the mainstream media is sick, but it doesn’t have to die, writes Frank Rich in the New York Times. When television appeared, people worried it would eat movies, Broadway, and radio; all these forms still exist, having “learned to adapt and to collaborate with the monster.... More »

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Internet • newspaper • journalism • free • Frank Rich • new media • business models • reporting • investigative journalism

Old Gray Lady Grabs Obama
by the Ear

Krugman, Friedman, Dowd, Rich, editorial board all pile on prez

Mar 22, 09 4:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration bore an avalanche of criticism this weekend from the usually friendly New York Times. Influential columnists Paul Krugman, Frank Rich, Thomas Friedman, and Maureen Dowd—plus the paper’s editorial board—all piled on a president who “is increasingly overwhelmed, and not fully appreciative of the... More »

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Barack Obama • New York Times • security • editorial • Maureen Dowd • Frank Rich • AIG • bonuses • Thomas Friedman • columnists • Paul Krugman • newspaper editorials • blog posts • Obama administration

Obama Meets With Lefty
Media Pundits

Convo with liberals follows dinner with conservatives

Jan 14, 09 4:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama recalibrated his bipartisan scale today, CNN reports, meeting with liberal commentators a day after convening with conservative writers at columnist George Will's home. The left-leaners included Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich of the New York Times and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. Obama aides remain mum about both off-the-record... More »

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Barack Obama • Maureen Dowd • Frank Rich • American media • columnists • Rachel Maddow • liberal media • President Obama • conservative media • Bill Maher Grid

OPINION



 Blago the 
 Only Rat 
 Paying 
 the Piper 

'Chicago punk,' sure, but ever heard of Bush, Rumsfeld, Lay, Rubin?

Dec 14, 08 1:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Poor Rod Blagojevich: He merely tried to auction off the president-elect’s Senate seat and could be imprisoned for it. But the men who bungled Iraq and crashed our economy can anticipate vacations and White House jobs, Frank Rich writes in the New York Times. Luckily for us, Blagojevich “... More »

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corruption • Lewis Scooter Libby • Illinois • Frank Rich • governor • Robert Rubin • Ken Lay • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • George W. Bush

 Oprah IDs Mystery Man 

Supportive election- night shoulder belonged to Obama campaigner, on the show today

Nov 7, 08 9:36 AM CST
(Newser) - The shoulder Oprah Winfrey cried on during Barack Obama’s election-night rally belonged to a mystery man the media mogul has now identified as a top Silicon Valley Obama operative, the Chicago Tribune reports. Sam Perry, a complete stranger before the celebration, will appear on Oprah’s show today. Having... More »

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Chicago • Oprah Winfrey • Obama 2008 • Frank Rich • George Stephanopoulos • Election 2008 • President Obama • Sam Perry

OPINION

He's Not 'Post-Race,' But Barack's Coming to Dinner

Americans still getting to know man who isn't post-race after all

Nov 2, 08 2:30 PM CST
(Newser) - If there’s anything that the candidacy of Barack Obama proved, it’s that America isn’t “post-race,” Frank Rich writes in the New York Times. White liberals in politics and the news media trip have gotten him consistently wrong, Rich writes, in trying to compare him with... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Karl Rove • race • Frank Rich • slavery • Election 2008 • election

OPINION

 'Real' America's Not Racist 

Image of rural whites distorted by McCain, media

Oct 26, 08 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The media focus on the “Bradley effect" and the notion of a divided nation—"real" vs. "elite"—hyped by the McCain campaign suggests that racism among small-town whites will prove a stumbling block for Barack Obama, Frank Rich writes. But the alleged racism is nowhere near... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • racism • Frank Rich • American media • small towns • Election 2008 • white people • Bradley effect

OPINION

 Time to Change 
 the Slogan, Obama

Obama must tell story of our economic future

Aug 24, 08 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s time for Barack Obama to drop the “Change We Can Believe In” slogan in favor of something closer to “Change Before It’s Too Late,” writes Frank Rich in the New York Times. The former phrase fit the Democratic primary throwdown, but now Obama must... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • US economy • Frank Rich • slogans • change • campaign tactics

OPINION

Obama and JFK: A Third Way

Can gift for oratory enable bring about change without partisan trench warfare?

Feb 3, 08 5:42 PM CST
(Newser) - On the now familiar territory of JFK-Obama comparisons, Obama shares Kennedy's weaknesses more than his strengths, Frank Rich points out in the New York Times.  Kennedy, too, was judged too glib and inexperienced, a purveyor of mere pretty words. But the dichotomy between Obama's inspirational speech and  Hilary Clinton's... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Frank Rich • Democratic presidential candidates

Clinton 2008 Looks Oddly
Like Gore 2000

Frontrunner forces warmth and seems too calculating, Rich says

Sep 30, 07 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is riding high in the polls now, but so was Al Gore around this time in 2000, Frank Rich warns. Worse, the New York Times columnist says, Clinton displays an alarming number of the ex-VP’s worst qualities as a campaigner. During TV appearances, she provides “... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • Republican • Al Gore • Bill Clinton • filibuster • Frank Rich • presidential election

Times Will Eliminate
Pay Access to TimesSelect

Op-ed columnists to burst out from behind firewall

Aug 7, 07 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times will shut down TimesSelect, the pay section of its website that keeps columnists such as Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich beyond the reach of the great unwashed. The fate of the $7.95-a-month subscription service sparked hot debate among publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and other Times ... More »

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Internet • newspaper • New York Times • news • journalism • TimesSelect • paid content • Maureen Dowd • Frank Rich • Arthur Sulzberger Jr.

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