PressThinkPressThink: Ghost of Democracy in the Media Machine, by Jay Rosen.The Love Affair Between McCain and the Press Sprains the Brain of the Liberal Blogosphere- March 31, 2008 "Though I await further reports, talk of some blogospheric war makes little sense to me. We're in a dynamic situation here. And one of the biggest unknowns is: will Obama match McCain in radical openness with the press"http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2008/03/31/developing_as_m.html Just How Did John McCain Obtain What He Has in the Bank with the Press- March 26, 2008 "Maybe Iran is training Al Qaeda is McCain's way of signaling that he intends to pick up where Bush and Cheney left off in discarding the whole reality-based approach to policy-making and public communication."http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2008/03/26/mccain_bank.html Obama tells the Best Political Team on Television: You Have a Choice- March 18, 2008 In Wolf Blitzer's instant analysis, Obama's big speech on race in America boils down to a "pre-emptive strike" against attacks yet to come. In fact it was a speech aimed right at him and other makers of political television.http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2008/03/18/obama_to_the_be.html Getting the Politics of the Press Right: Walter Pincus Rips into Newsroom Neutrality- March 14, 2008 The important thing is to show integrity-- not to be a neuter, politically. And having good facts that hold up is a bigger advantage than claiming to reflect all sides equally well.http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2008/03/14/pincus_neutrality.html "An Attractively Against-the-Grain Enterprise..."- March 4, 2008 When editors try to provoke and newspapers dance in front of the mirror: the perils of misguided contrarianism. "If the Post is willing to smash idols like that--women's equality--it must be a pretty broad-minded place, right"http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2008/03/04/three_stories_f.html |