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MEDIA: The Annals Of Election Night Analysis

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MEDIA: The Annals Of Election Night Analysis

November 3, 2010 • As Republicans swept the House, top news outlets were focused on the big story of the night: the media.

Conservative Blogger Pushes For NAACP Takedown

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Conservative Blogger Pushes For NAACP Takedown

July 21, 2010 • MEDIA CIRCUS: Andrew Breitbart and his conservative allies see the the NAACP as hypocritical and want to wrest it from its privileged place in the national conversation on race. Someone like the Agriculture Department employee who lost her job amid the flap would simply be collateral damage.

Media Also 'Misspoke' On Blumenthal's War Record

May 18, 2010 • Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal was fighting for his political career Tuesday after The New York Times raised questions about whether he distorted his military service. But Blumenthal wasn't the only one who failed to present his record accurately. Several newspapers repeatedly mischaracterized his service.

Balloon Boy's Transfixing Effect On The Media

October 19, 2009 • The saga of "Balloon Boy" (or Falcon Heene, as he's known to his new friends at the Larimer Co., Colo., sheriff's office) proved irresistible to the media last Thursday — especially the 24-hour cable news channels, which went into commercial-free crisis mode for more than an hour.

Analysis

'New York Times' Considers Risk And New Revenue

July 19, 2009 • The newspaper long held up as the exemplar of American print journalism is exploring ways both large and small to alter its financial model. Two new examples have surfaced in recent days.

'New York Times' Considers Risk And New Revenue

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Fox News Thrives In The Age Of Obama

March 23, 2009 • Liberals may be ascendant around much of the nation — in control of both houses of Congress, a majority of governors' mansions and, of course, the White House — but times could hardly be better at the Fox News Channel, the cable channel liberals love to hate.

Fox News Thrives In The Age Of Obama

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Opinion

On 'Daily Show,' Stewart, Cramer Get Serious

March 13, 2009 • The running feud between Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and CNBC came to a head Thursday when the financial network's Jim Cramer appeared on Stewart's Daily Show. Cramer accepted many of Stewart's critiques but argued the network's reporters and analysts did their best to convey the news of the financial world.

On 'Daily Show,' Stewart, Cramer Get Serious

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Where Were The Media As Wall Street Imploded?

March 9, 2009 • There are plenty of people to share the blame for the collapse of the nation's financial system. But whether the media played an appropriate role in reporting on the health and status of the financial industry is a tough question. Some argue coverage was overlooked; others say it was incomplete.

Where Were The Media As Wall Street Imploded?

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Bartiromo Goes In For The Kill

January 29, 2009 • The transition from the age of bashing the media to the age of eulogizing the media may be in full swing, but CNBC's Maria Bartiromo shows that, dead or alive, the standards for good journalism are unchanging.

Coverage Alternates Between Giddy, Restrained

January 20, 2009 • Amid drowning rhetoric from media pundits leading up to President Barack Obama's inauguration, anchors and analysts cast about, sometimes in unexpected ways Tuesday, seeking to capture the moment as some 2 million spectators crowded the National Mall to watch the ceremony.

Brit Hume To Step Down As Fox News Anchor

November 6, 2008 • The longtime journalist plans to leave the nightly news anchor chair later this year to become a part-time pundit. Hume says he wants to devote more time to golf, grandchildren and Bible study — and that he's tired of the partisan sniping in Washington.

Brit Hume To Step Down As Fox News Anchor

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Media Report Election With Restraint — And A Wink

November 4, 2008 • The networks didn't jump the gun calling any states before they were closed. But emotions shone through as anchors offered projections and reported the home stretch of the historic 2008 presidential election.

Opinion

The Hatchet And The Scalpel: A Debate Parable

October 16, 2008 • John McCain and Barack Obama clashed Wednesday night at a debate over kitchen table issues. McCain displayed his ability and eagerness to strike, while Obama drew blood with pinprick precision. And he may have scored points by not going in for the kill.

Analysis

McCain Gets All Wound Up, Fails To Make Pitch

October 8, 2008 • In their town-hall-style debate Tuesday night, Barack Obama projected calm and John McCain unveiled a new plan for bad mortgages — but didn't explain how the $300 billion plan would work. McCain needed this debate to be a game-changer, but it wasn't.

Palin, Pundits And Partisans: A Made-For-TV Drama

October 3, 2008 • Pundits largely scored Thursday's VP debate a good night for Sarah Palin, because she beat their low expectations for her. Previous questions surrounding Palin's very fitness for office made Joe Biden almost an afterthought.

In St. Paul, The Media Were Evil And Perspicacious

September 5, 2008 • This week's GOP convention, in a nutshell: Journalists are sexist for asking who Sarah Palin is. Bill O'Reilly thinks Barack Obama was right on Iraq but wrong on the troop surge. And Bob Woodward says the surge that Republicans hail as so right maybe didn't do much at all.

Opinion

How Best To Charm GOP? Palin Bashes Press

September 4, 2008 • Sarah Palin's speech didn't really prove whether the 44-year-old former small-town mayor deserved the job of vice president after just 21 months as Alaska governor. But John McCain's running mate did show she knew how to take a punch, and how to deliver one, with a sly grin.

A Full-Fledged Feeding Frenzy On Sarah Palin

September 3, 2008 • The media continue to dig into Gov. Sarah Palin's past — from her foreign policy experience to her husband's affiliation with the Alaskan Independence Party. Cable news has 24 hours to fill. The McCain camp gave the media a gift with the Palin nomination.

Stormy Weather Might Just Help This GOP Ticket

September 1, 2008 • Gustav and the storms up next — Hanna and Ike — have so far upstaged the Republican convention, canceling the first big night of prime-time TV and limiting media coverage in general. Oddly enough, the GOP and the McCain-Palin ticket just might be finding some shelter from the storms.

A Soaring Speech? You Gotta Let It Sink In

August 29, 2008 • Only after time passed did John Kerry's 2004 Democratic acceptance speech, in which he saluted and said he was "reporting for duty," become one of the most painful moments in political history. The media were mixed on Obama's speech, but how will it play out later? Only time will tell.

Barack Obama's Acceptance Speech

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The McEnroe Rule: Less Punditry Is More

August 28, 2008 • Sportscaster John McEnroe, who as a tennis champ was known for his temper tantrums, has declared that in covering a great match, sometimes the key is to withhold comment till things play out. If only his brethren in the cable news world followed suit more often in covering politics.

Opinion

Everyone Trashes The Media — Especially The Media

August 27, 2008 • It's not unusual to hear accusations of journalistic bias in political reporting. Some of the loudest accusations come from journalists who, like CNN's Lou Dobbs or MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, have made their own biases abundantly clear.