Tag: media
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Freyne exits stage right
Peter Freyne, R.I.P I am not familiar with Seven Days, the publication that Peter Freyne last worked for, but I don’t believe that’s the paper he worked for when I toiled as a general assignment reporter at the Burlington Free Press from 1988 to 1990. I was always wary of him but, since I did…
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Enough, already, about Palin’s clothes!
I’ve got no love for Sarah Palin. I think she’s awful on many levels. But I’ve about had it with stories about how much her clothes cost. The most recent revelation appears to be that the RNC spent $165,000 on three stylists to give the Alaska governor a wardrobe makeover. So what? Yes, it sounds…
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an ode to a great guy and a great editor
I arrived at the Burlington Free Press in Vermont 20 years ago almost to the day. I stayed in Vermont for almost two years, first visiting frequently after leaving, then those visits peterring out to where I have not been to Vermont in several years now. As it turned out, my Vermont time was a…
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Learnin’
What I’m Learning (Slowly) From Obama By Jim Sleeper, TPMCafé, November 11, 2008 It’s well known by now that Barack Obama learns from his mistakes and tries hard not to make them twice. So can those of us who supported him. Even here on what we fancy is the right side of history, we can…
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Bernie Sanders’ note from Denver
As I sat on the convention floor and watched the television monitors showing CNN and other corporate media outlets, I saw the presidential campaign being treated as if it were a football game, an academy awards ceremony or a beauty contest. That’s unfortunate, because this campaign is not really about John McCain or Barack Obama.…
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A question for McCain's fans in the press corps
What About the Curve? By Josh Marshall, 08.04.08 — 11:30AM Out of general fondness, the Washington press corps (which is not just a phrase but a definable community of people) has for almost a decade graded John McCain on a curve, especially in the last eighteen months when he’s slipped perceptibly. Now, in response to…
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Conditions on the Ground
The big political news of the last week has been Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s embrace of Sen. Barack Obama’s position on the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and Sen. John McCain’s subsequent embrace of Maliki’s position on withdrawal. As Josh Marshall observes, “Sen. McCain has gone from predicting a decades long presence of…
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No Fair, McCain Complains
John McCain, who often jokes that the media is his “base,” is now complaining that the media is too much in love with Sen. Barack Obama. And, not only does he have the videos to prove it, his campaign has compiled them into a couple mind-bending (I was going to say mind-bendingly stupid but I…