Archive for August, 2008

GOP Scales Back Convention Because of Hurricane

… ST. PAUL, Aug 30, 2008 (Media General Washington Bureau - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services … major speeches will be broadcast by network TV stations during primetime. Check your local listings … local listings for a schedule. On the Web, Republicans are offering a live video feed, …

Palin likely to perk up convention

… messaging. “But after that, I expect the media to start focusing on her experience.” Republicans … bait after the Democratic National Convention, a TV ratings hit. An estimated 24 million people … tune in. In this age of reality television and short attention spans, viewers need a …

Media’s infatuation with Obama is all too obvious

… STANFORD, Calif. — Anyone who thinks the media have been balanced and unbiased during the … news media. When Obama went, all three television network anchors joined him. According to The … hate-filled “sermons” have been all over the Internet. The Rev. Wright presided over Obama’s wedding, …

Media just doing its job, giving people what they want

… SEARCH Past 7 days Archives MarketPlace Google Media just doing its job, giving people what … national magazines and a collection of city newspapers and radio stations. They were the gatekeepers. The gate …

RNC’s First-Day Program Cancelled

McCain canceled the first day of his Republican National Convention, and his campaign made plans to turn the gathering into a giant fundraiser as they braced for the fallout from Hurricane Gustav. Bush and Cheney both had earlier called off appearances.

How to Cover the GOP Convention

… He’ s not the maverick the mainstream media have proclaimed him to be. The Democrats … If so, I humbly submit some juicy, made-for-television storylines to keep journalists busy all week: … Obama communications director Robert Gibbs, and former President Jimmy Carter, NBC and MSNBC correspondents used …

This one has moxy

… it is unreadable, unprecedented and unpredictable. REPUBLICAN presidential nominee John McCain has pulled one interesting … friend who writes for one America’s leading newspapers. McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin, the first … National Convention, McCain managed to turn the media spotlight to a largely unknown 44-year-old woman …

Obama: Palin against equal pay

… This is why I don’t trust the media - you are all bought and paid … the Press has gone from must see TV to more corporate propaganda. What a shame. … of those portrayed in the award winning television show, Madmen. She is so unappealing to …

Andy Martin says hurricane tragedy may offer GOP opportunity

… of the national anti-Obama movement, legendary Chicago Internet columnist and Obama author Andy Martin, will … WHEN: Monday, September 1, 11:00 A. M. MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639; CELL (917) 664-9329 TO … correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition …

7 Days: McCain and Palin — “Candidacy First,” w/ Shrum, Podesta, Reagan & Green

… in the country to succeed you as president should you be unable to serve - … their fire and instead insist that the media hold her accountable for performing at a … intensity, that you could see it on television, the crowd actually rose to its feet …