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WaPo Sacrifices Twitter Transparency in Attempt to Look Objective
The Washington Post's new employee guidelines for the use of online social networks such as Twitter and Facebook have sparked a debate over the proper role of new media for journalists, and the objectivity of major media outlets generally.
The Post's new guidelines, handed down from on high by Senior Editor Milton Coleman, disregard the potential of new media to engage readers in a…
October 2nd, 2009 3:51 PM
Newsweek Political Correspondent: Losing Olympics Good for Obama
It goes without saying the Obama-loving media will be in full damage control mode this weekend trying to spin Friday's announcement that Chicago will not be the host of the 2016 Olympics, but this one has to take the cake:Losing the Olympics Bid Is Good for Obama Such was the headline of an article posted at Newsweek's "The Gaggle" blog Friday.The author, Katie Connolly, is a political…
October 2nd, 2009 2:53 PM
Reich Laughed At For Saying Stimulus 'Keeping People Employed
Former Clinton Labor Secretary and current Obama economic advisor Robert Reich was laughed at Friday for claiming "the stimulus package is the thing that is actually keeping the economy up, keeping people employed."
In a discussion on CNBC about the larger than expected September job losses reported Friday by the Labor Department, Reich was explaining to hosts Melissa Francis and Lawrence Kudlow…
October 2nd, 2009 1:25 PM
Dr. Nancy On Olympics Loss: 'Can't Hide It, I'm Very Disappointed
Nancy Snyderman—huge fencing fan? Ping-pong aficionado perhaps? I mean, what could explain the doctor being so down in the dumps over Chicago's loss of the Olympic games?Here's how a crestfallen Snyderman opened her MSNBC show today: "A profound loss for Chicago . . . a stunning blow to the United States . . . I'm one of those people who is profoundly disappointed. I can't hide this one."There'…
October 2nd, 2009 1:10 PM
Chuck Todd: Biggest Political Loser Not Obama But Daley in Olympic Los
Although he led the full-court press for Chicago, including the first-ever in-person lobbying effort by a sitting U.S. president for the host site for an Olympic Games, Barack Obama wasn't the biggest political loser from today's stunning fourth-place finish in selection process, MSNBC's Chuck Todd insisted. [audio available here]It was Mayor Richard M. Daley (D-Chicago).See the video embedded at…
October 2nd, 2009 1:07 PM
Networks Allow Letterman to Play ‘Victim
Just contrast the current David Letterman sex scandal against the 2004 Bill O'Reilly sex scandal.
Last night, left-leaning CBS Late Show Host David Letterman announced on his program that he had sex with female staffers. Letterman's announcement was spurred by the plot of a CBS producer to force the host to pay $2 million in exchange for his silence on the matter.
ABC, CBS and NBC largely…
October 2nd, 2009 12:57 PM
ABC’s Charlie Gibson in Chicago for ‘Crushing’ Olympic Defeat
World News host Charlie Gibson appeared bewildered on Friday as ABC broke into regular coverage to report the "stunning," crushing" news that Barack Obama had lost his bid to secure the 2016 Olympics for Chicago. The anchor reported live from the disappointed city and fretted over how this failure was a "kick in the pants for the President." Clearly, the network bought into the hype that the…
October 2nd, 2009 12:50 PM
Time's Sullivan: Abstinence Ed 'Not the End of the World' Under a De
One sign your news magazine might be out of touch with average Americans is when you take a look at abstinence-only sex ed guidelines and declare that, in the Obama administration's hands, it's "not the end of the world." Time's Amy Sullivan, however, aims to reassure skittish liberals weary of the Bush administration's socially conservative tack on sex ed funding:
October 2nd, 2009 12:40 PM
Influential NY Times Editor Calls Anti-Tax Protesters 'Tea-Baggers
New York Times Week in Review and Book Review editor Sam Tanenhaus is discussing his recent book "The Death of Conservatism" with Reihan Salam on Slate's Book Club feature. The tone of these Slate debates is usually civilly contentious, but in his Thursday afternoon posting, Tanenhaus leaves his lofty chambers of rhetoric to insult the conservatives he purports to be an expert on with a well-…
October 2nd, 2009 12:40 PM
CNN's Tony Harris Expresses Utter Disbelief: 'Chicago is Out
On Friday’s Newsroom, CNN anchor Tony Harris apparently couldn’t believe the news as the International Olympic Committee eliminated Chicago, as well as Tokyo, from consideration as the deciding body made its final votes on which city would get the Olympic Games in 2016.Within the course of just over a minute at 25 minutes into the 11 am Eastern hour, Harris uttered the phrase “Chicago is out”…
October 2nd, 2009 12:39 PM
CBS Asks: Will Obama ‘Bring Home Gold’ in Olympic Bid?...Not Even
On Friday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez speculated on the impact of President Obama’s personal appeal for the 2016 Olympics to be held in Chicago: “President Obama arrives in Copenhagen, carrying the torch for Chicago as the best candidate for the 2016 summer Olympics...Will he bring home the gold?” When the announcement came, Chicago was immediately eliminated from contention. In…
October 2nd, 2009 12:23 PM
Breaking: Chicago Eliminated From Olympics Consideration
CNBC is reporting that Chicago has been eliminated by the International Olympics Committee from consideration to host the 2016 Olympics.How will the Obama-loving media report this stunning announcement?
October 2nd, 2009 11:31 AM