With heavy media coverage on the presidential election, you missed big news – “America’s three broadcast network news divisions have stopped sending full-time correspondents to Iraq,” according to The New York Times. The lack of traditional war time action stories and photos, the Obama administration’s focus on Afghanistan rather than Iraq, and media budget cuts [...]
We all know the significance of the recent presidential elect, or do we? I couldn’t believe when I came across this blog post on Gawker.com, it took a couple of minutes for my mouth to close.
There is an old saying that a dog is a man’s best friend. Well President Bush’s “best friend,” a Scottish terrier named Barney, obviously wasn’t named after the fun-loving, purple dinosaur. During Barney’s morning walk Thursday, Reuters reporter Jon Decker made an attempt to pet Barney, who was having none of it and bit Decker’s [...]
If you listen to the pundits – or possibly even your neighbors, friends or family – today’s election marks a stark choice between either the future safety of the free world – or the absolute destruction of our economy, security and life as we know it.
While narrow definitions of opposing candidates are hardly new, this [...]
On election day, I’d like to discuss a memo written by McCain’s campaign manager:
McCain campaign manager Rick Davis, in a memo explaining why his candidate remains confident despite trailing by an average of 6.5 in national polls: “Today, he expanded his buy into North Dakota, Georgia and Arizona in an attempt to widen the [...]
As I sit here the night before the biggest presidential election our generations have seen, I reflect on all the media coverage we witnessed this past year…
…Defining patriotism with a flag pin, Edwards being a baby daddy, and Sarah Palin’s daughter as a mom-to-be, and who can forget the infamous, Joe the Plumber.
Yes, policies were [...]
What does it say about today’s society when you read something and think about how it could be spun?
