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  • August 2008

    • Sympathy for Elizabeth Big Reason Media Held Back

      Washington Post  |  Aug 11, 08 3:24 PM CDT

      Sympathy for Elizabeth Big Reason Media Held Back

      (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 for the National Enquirer , and even staff cutbacks for such investigations played bigger roles. More »

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      John Edwards  • Rielle Hunter  • press  • American media

    • Even in Tight Election, Media Struggle to Retain Audience

      New York Times  |  Aug 4, 08 9:30 AM CDT

      Even in Tight Election, Media Struggle to Retain Audience

      (Newser) - Even as the 2008 election attracts more voter interest than it has in decades, media efforts to translate that into financial success have had mixed results, reports the New York Times. While cable news has enjoyed an uptick—and websites are setting record for online video—viewership for mainstream news media has been flatlining or worse. More »

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      election 2008  • presidential campaign  • cable TV  • web traffic  • ad revenue  • TV ratings  • American media  • network news

  • July 2008

    • Obama Appears Cocky, Presidential

      New York Times  |  Jul 23, 08 12:19 PM CDT

      Obama Appears Cocky, Presidential

      (Newser) - The better Barack Obama’s foreign excursion goes, the more nervous Republicans get,  Maureen Dowd writes in the New York Times. Images of John McCain happily sharing a golf cart with Bush 41 don’t contrast well with images of Obama happily sharing a helicopter with David Petraeus. But there is also an element of arrogance in the trip. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Iraq  • Israel  • Iraq exit strategy  • foreign policy  • Jordan  • media bias  • American media

    • Black Media Outlets Focus on Obama Ads

      Advertising Age  |  Jul 14, 08 6:29 PM CDT

      Black Media Outlets Focus on Obama Ads

      (Newser) - The Barack Obama campaign hasn't spent much on advertising in African-American media, a trend many hope the candidate will reverse as he gears up for the general election, Advertising Age reports. "The audience has to be motivated to get out and vote," says a BET exec who cautions against taking the support of networks' viewers for granted. More »

    • Sports Columnists Lost in Digital Transition

      Columbia Journalism Review  |  Jul 8, 08 4:03 PM CDT

      Sports Columnists Lost in Digital Transition

      (Newser) - Sports columnists are leaving behind their local teams and newspaper readership in droves for the greener pastures of the online and television worlds, and it's "something to be lamented," writes Robert Weintraub in the Columbia Journalism Review . “The gifted sports columnists often delivered the best writing in the entire paper,” serving as an insightful cheerleader or investigative instrument of a city’s frustration. More »

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      Internet  • American media  • columnists  • blogs  • sports journalism  • ESPN.com

  • June 2008

    • Time for Mac to Get Interesting Again

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 27, 08 9:15 AM CDT

      Time for Mac to Get Interesting Again

      (Newser) - John McCain is getting lost in the giant media shadow thrown by Barack Obama, but there's plenty of time to fix things, writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal . For every two Obamania stories, there's one "deadly" boring report declaring: "McCain Unveils Proposal.” Now would be a good time for McCain to get interesting again, Noonan says. To the McCain who in 2000 spoke with unblinking candor, she pleads: Please step up. More »

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      John McCain  • election 2008  • media coverage  • Peggy Noonan  • American media

  • May 2008

    • White House Blasts NBC Over Interview Edit

      The Hill  |  May 20, 08 11:36 AM CDT

      White House Blasts NBC Over Interview Edit

      (Newser) - The White House went after NBC yesterday, accusing the network of doctoring a recent interview with President Bush, the Hill reports. Asked if comments about Iran were directed at Democratic candidate Barack Obama, Bush declined to answer directly, but White House counselor Ed Gillespie says the interview was purposely edited to make it appear as though Bush was affirming that speculation. More »

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      Barack Obama  • George W. Bush  • Iran  • White House  • NBC  • NBC News  • appeasement  • American media  • Ed Gillespie

  • August 2007

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