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Mark Penn on the Press & Palin

Lee on Sep 12 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Media

Boy, this was an awfully interesting exchange. Democratic strategist Mark Penn, absurdly invited by Brian Goldsmith to argue the press has been soft on Sarah Palin, instead slams the media for counterproductively biased and vindictive coverage:

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Us not Them

Lee on Sep 09 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web

It seems Us Magazine’s anti-Palin cover-story has backfired badly. They’re suffering a flood of mass cancellations from subscribers and have been forced to issue an apology along with free issue incentives. Yikes.

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Palin Media Poll

Lee on Sep 04 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web

According to a new Rasmussen poll, 51% of the public believes the media is intentionally trying to injure Sarah Palin. Only 35% feels the coverage of her has been unbiased.

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The Origin of Messages

Lee on Jul 31 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page

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Yesterday I suggested that it was unwise for Obama to have titled and predicated a video on a line from a rather slanted New York Times editorial, given the growing public perception of media bias in his favor. But he has now built an entire microsite and subcampaign on the title of that editorial, [...]

World of Weigant

Lee on Jun 21 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web

Chris Weigant demands an immediate end to the “pervasive” pro-McCain and anti-Obama bias of the media. Yeah. No word yet on when Chris will take up the equally necessary cause of converting the Pope to Catholicism.

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Citizen McCain

MichaelW on Feb 28 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Law, Media, MichaelW's Page

THE LATEST non-issue hyped by (who else?) the New York Times is that “some” people are questioning whether or not John McCain is eligible to be a sitting President:
The question has nagged at the parents of Americans born outside the continental United States for generations: Dare their children aspire to grow up [...]