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Special Blagojevich Scandal Captionfest
Original Caption: "Gov. Rod Blagojevich leaves his home on Chicago's Northwest Side through the back alley Wednesday morning."
Nets Attack Vitamin Supplements After Study Casts Doubt on Disease Pre
CBS, NBC question the benefits of vitamin supplements for disease prevention, but ignore the positive nutritional aspects.
Unemployment Nearly as Bad as During Clinton
Media selectively spin downturn into foundation for new, New Deal.
Dan Gainor on Fox News, Discusses Decline of Media
Vice President for the Business & Media Institute, Dan Gainor, spoke with Gretchen Carlson, host of "America's News HQ," about the decline of media and particularly newspapers. "The model for media in general is not working. We had a great model for a long time for networks, great model for print, nobody's been able to come up with a way to deal with the internet and make a ton of cash just…
WaPo Writer: Caroline Kennedy Appointment as Senator Would Fulfill 'Fa
With all the attention being focused on the Rod Blagojevich scandal involving the attempted selling of the U.S. senate seat vacancy by the Illinois governor, another senate vacancy seems to have been almost forgotten. That is the New York senate seat to be left vacant by Hillary Clinton who will soon become the Secretary of State. So who should New York governor David Paterson appoint to that…
Dear WSJ: Market Logic Protects Us from 'Arrogance
Private contracts are good because decisions are not governed by outsiders' personal feelings.
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Camille Paglia must-read, "What do the Clintons have on Obama?"
Blago: Morning Shows Dance Around D-Word
If Rod Blagojevich were a Republican, what's the over-under on the number of times the network morning shows would have mentioned that fact in their coverage today?But Blago is a Democrat. So how often did Today, Good Morning America and the Early Show explicitly identify him as such during their opening half-hours today? Not once. The closest any came were references at Today and Early Show…
AP's Emotive Language For Gov. Rod Blagojevich
Evidence in abundance of AP's new "style" of news coverage.
Not long ago, the Associated Press informed its writers that they should be more emotive in their writing. Instead of an old newsy just-the-facts style of reporting, then AP was looking to goose it up and add more opinion and emotion to its reporting of the "news." Well, with the story of the arrest of corruption plagued Illinois…
CNN's Wolf Blitzer: 'Most of the Scandals... Have Involved Republicans
On Tuesday’s Situation Room, CNN host Wolf Blitzer tried to downplay the significance of the arrest of the Democratic governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich by making an unequivocal statement about Republicans: “You know, most of the scandals -- most of the political scandals...in recent years have involved Republicans...and they’re all pretty well-known.” He continued by labeling the Democrat’s…
Will Media Cover Obama/Rod Blagojevich Connection
The mainstream media aggressively covered the controversies surrounding Republicans such as Mark Foley and Jack Abramoff and speculated about their connections to President Bush and other high profile members of the GOP. So, it will be interesting to see how tenaciously journalists investigate any linkage between President-elect Barack Obama and scandal ridden Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich,…
