Juan Williams: Don’t Blame Mainstream Media When GOP Has ‘Mediocre Field’
In a segment asking whether media coverage of the GOP election is biased, Fox & Friends showed a clip of Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC, expressing the need for an alternative to Newt Gingrich because of "desperation" among the Republican elite.
Daily Must Reads, Nov. 16, 2011
The best stories across the web on media and technology
1. Natasha Lennard: Why I quit the mainstream media (Salon)
2. How anonymous bloggers were identified using Google Analytics (Wired)
3. Will the anti-piracy Protect IP Act infringe on free speech? (New York Times)
4. Sting may ditch albums for apps (Guardian)
Jon Stewart Suggests Ron Paul Support War In Iran To Attract More Media Attention
Congressman Ron Paul appeared on Monday night’s Daily Show and talked with Jon Stewart about his campaign for the Republican nomination and his struggle to get media traction. Stewart asked Paul what it was about his candidacy that made the media so quick to dismiss him and consider him unelectable. Paul said the media was...
Sarah Palin’s 2009 “death panel” claims: How the media handled them, and why that matters
It’s been almost two years now since Sarah Palin published to Facebook a post about “death panels.” In a study to be presented this week at the 61st Annual International Communications Association Conference, we analyzed over 700 stories placed in the top 50 newspapers around the country to consider how the media reacted to her...
Are You Kidding? Sarah Palin Aide Complains About Not Enough Media Coverage
With Donald Trump dominating most of the political coverage lately, it seems supporters of Sarah Palin are missing the "love" from the media. Last night Palin's aide Rebecca Mansour took to Twitter to directly challenge various "mainstream media" outlets as to why they didn't cover Palin's Tea Party speech last weekend.
Chris Matthews Wonders Why Republicans Distrust The ‘Mainstream Media’
Chris Matthews asked his Sunday morning panel why Republicans derisively use the term "mainstream media" and whether 2012 presidential candidates could be successful if they avoided engaging with the media? Matthews heard varied responses, but ultimately thought that candidates might come out looking better after a "testy interview" rather than avoiding confrontation.
Herman Cain: Liberal Media Is ‘Scared That A Real Black Man Might Run Against Obama’
Potential Republican candidate for President Herman Cain apparently doesn't want Donald Trump to be the only presidential hopeful to get all the headlines this week. After sharing some comments about Muslims that raised eyebrows, Cain is back again with some theories regarding why the "liberal mainstream media" is scared of certain Republican candidates...
Why Hamilton Nolan is wrong.
I love Hamilton Nolan's work. It's always incisive commentary on the media world, and more often than not, I find myself nodding along in agreement as I read one of his acute -- and accurate -- digs against mainstream media, whatever that means today.T...
Why Hamilton Nolan is wrong.
I love Hamilton Nolan's work. It's always incisive commentary on the media world, and more often than not, I find myself nodding along in agreement as I read one of his acute -- and accurate -- digs against mainstream media, whatever that means today.T...
The rise, and fall, of (new) media (jobs)
From David Carr's endlessly quotable Media Equation column in last week's New York Times, "The Fall and Rise of Media":Young men and women are still coming here to remake the world, they just won’t be stopping by the human resources department of Con...
The rise, and fall, of (new) media (jobs)
From David Carr's endlessly quotable Media Equation column in last week's New York Times, "The Fall and Rise of Media":Young men and women are still coming here to remake the world, they just won’t be stopping by the human resources department of Con...
Reflections on Reflections of a Newsosaur
There's a great little piece by Priya Kumar in the latest American Journalism Review about the author of the popular journalism blog Reflections of a Newsosaur, Alan Mutter. There was one "turning point" moment for Mutter in the story that struck me as...
