This is an odd write-up: To the casual viewer, cable news coverage of Sen. Edward Kennedy’s death Wednesday lined up as neatly as the punch line in a joke about the alleged political agendas of those channels. Starting from the safe premise that Kennedy was a liberal, you can probably even guess the order. On …
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The political wisdom of Cokie Roberts
While I was googling the word “Joementum” to try to figure out if New Republic coined it, I stumbled across this classic piece of prognostication from Cokie Roberts in 2006 (excuse the Newsbusters link) about the perils of defeating Joe Lieberman in 2006 primary: …..I think, a disaster for the Democratic Party, and it’s going …
I still don’t understand this
MoDo quotes Leon Wieseltier of the New Republic saying: “The Internet is like closing time at a blue-collar bar in Boston. Everyone’s drunk and ugly and they’re going to pass out in a few minutes.” I get the drunk and ugly part and I understand why the patrons of the bar in Boston might be …
Finding their footing?
Joe Klein finds the fund-raising letter that motivated that “soft-spoken” winger to ask his Congressman his gentle question. Everyone should read the entirety of the James Fallows piece John linked to, especially for this: “Out of context” and “false” are useful caveats. But why is the story about Ezekiel Emanuel being on the hot seat …
The NY Times Does Not Recognize Cause and Effect Relationships
In a piece titled “Calm, but Moved to Be Heard on Health Care” at the NY Times, we learn the following: He skipped the antiwar protests of his college years, took a job as a regional salesman of paper and chemical products, and built for himself a quiet life of family and church (and hunting …
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The Jokes, They Write Themselves
Thank goodness for the Wall Street Journal: The author’s bio is r ich: William McGurn is a Vice President at News Corporation who writes speeches for CEO Rupert Murdoch. Previously he served as Chief Speechwriter for President George W. Bush. Fair and Balanced! Center-Right Nation!
New York Times goes all interactive
I was very surprised, pleasantly so, to see the New York Times adopt the FireDogLake/TalkingPointsMemo model for group journalism: Let us know, using the comments box below, what you think is interesting in the report and the other documents — and please be specific, citing page numbers and paragraphs along with your observations. (h/t Greg …