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Emanuel, Axelrod offer more bad media criticism
After the firestorm of media blowback that greeted Anita Dunn's declaration of war on Fox News last Sunday, you might think a little caution would be used before the administration played media critic again.But there was Rahm Emanuel, White House chief of...
Posted by David Zurawik on October 18, 2009 11:35 AM
White House war on Fox: Echoes of Nixon-Agnew
I have been writing for several months about how thin skinned the White House has been about press criticism -- especially when it comes to the Fox News Channel. I have compared the current administration to the White House of Richard Nixon...
Posted by David Zurawik on October 12, 2009 5:50 AM
President Obama: A weak Sunday TV blitz
There he goes again, President Barack Obama playing media critic, -- and for all his many skills, media analysis is not one of them. But he can't seem to leave it alone. In that sense, he's getting less like JFK...
Posted by David Zurawik on September 18, 2009 7:09 PM
Van Jones, Glenn Beck and cable TV combat
The resignation Sunday of Van Jones, White House environmental jobs "czar," is as much a cable TV story as it is a Washington political one.Jones, who was appointed by President Barack Obama to a high level position as a special adviser...
Posted by David Zurawik on September 6, 2009 1:12 PM
Don Hewitt: Helping invent the wheel of TV news
If the only thing that Don Hewitt had done in his six decades starting at the birth of TV News was to invent the phenomenally successful "60 Minutes," he would still have been one of the most influential producers in...
Posted by David Zurawik on August 19, 2009 1:32 PM
Robert Novak on cable TV: A Polarizing Presence
I will leave it to his colleagues in Washington to place Robert Novak, who died Tuesday at age 78, on the political and journalistic map.But it is my job to talk about his TV presence over some 25 years -- most...
Posted by David Zurawik on August 18, 2009 1:21 PM
President Obama at his worst as media critic - again
There he goes again, President Barack Obama, sounding like Spiro Agnew or Richard Nixon complaining about the media. They also criticized TV for showing images of conflict, protest and confrontation. They too would have liked only to see the happy pictures...
Posted by David Zurawik on August 16, 2009 6:30 AM
Jackman gives Oscars a big musical opening
Shades of Billy Crystal -- host Hugh Jackman and producers Bill Condon and Lawrence Mark (Dreamgirls) certainly gave the Oscars telecast a big opening, one that is sure to keep viewers at least until the first commercial break. Well, older viewers anyway.The number...
Posted by David Zurawik on February 22, 2009 8:37 PM
No TV magic in Obama's press performance
After watching President Barack Obama's first primetime news conference, I am beginning to think the thrill is gone -- his TV magic and mojo have deserted him. Maybe, folks like me were just a little too quick in elevating him to...
Posted by David Zurawik on February 9, 2009 9:07 PM
Lee Atwater: The dark and dirty side of GOP politics
There is a tendency in this country to not want to look back. Once something positive happens, no matter how bad things have been, we want to turn the page.Last week's election was certainly one of those hopeful moments of passage,...
Posted by David Zurawik on November 10, 2008 6:27 PM
Obama: The last great TV candidate? We'll see tonight
Democratic presidential TV candidate Barack Obama is going to seem like he is everywhere on TV tonight thanks in part to a last minute flurry of interview bookings and media buys. And by the time he finishes his last appearance...
Posted by David Zurawik on October 29, 2008 5:29 AM
Palin-Biden debate draws 69.9 million viewers
The TV turnout for Thursday night's debate was even larger than expected -- and almost every analyst expected a huge audience. According to Nielsen ratings released late Friday, the showdown between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden was seen by 69.989...
Posted by David Zurawik on October 3, 2008 6:23 PM
Jim Lehrer looks ahead to Friday's presidential debate
One of the happiest developments in this increasingly partisan and hotly contested election is the fact that PBS' Jim Lehrer, the most trusted anchorperson on TV, will moderate the first presidential debate Friday night in Oxford, Miss. If there...
Posted by David Zurawik on September 23, 2008 6:40 PM
Is Bill Moyers the Olbermann of PBS?
Who thought this TV blog would get this political this fast? But we are living in the home stretch of a once-in-lifetime Presidential election, and TV and the media are at the center of it like they haven't been since the...
Posted by David Zurawik on September 9, 2008 9:00 AM
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After the firestorm of media blowback that greeted Anita Dunn's declaration of war on Fox News last Sunday, you might think a little caution would be used before the administration played media critic again.But there was Rahm Emanuel, White House chief of...
Posted by David Zurawik on October 18, 2009 11:35 AM
White House war on Fox: Echoes of Nixon-Agnew
I have been writing for several months about how thin skinned the White House has been about press criticism -- especially when it comes to the Fox News Channel. I have compared the current administration to the White House of Richard Nixon...
Posted by David Zurawik on October 12, 2009 5:50 AM
President Obama: A weak Sunday TV blitz
There he goes again, President Barack Obama playing media critic, -- and for all his many skills, media analysis is not one of them. But he can't seem to leave it alone. In that sense, he's getting less like JFK...
Posted by David Zurawik on September 18, 2009 7:09 PM
Van Jones, Glenn Beck and cable TV combat
The resignation Sunday of Van Jones, White House environmental jobs "czar," is as much a cable TV story as it is a Washington political one.Jones, who was appointed by President Barack Obama to a high level position as a special adviser...
Posted by David Zurawik on September 6, 2009 1:12 PM
Don Hewitt: Helping invent the wheel of TV news
If the only thing that Don Hewitt had done in his six decades starting at the birth of TV News was to invent the phenomenally successful "60 Minutes," he would still have been one of the most influential producers in...
Posted by David Zurawik on August 19, 2009 1:32 PM
Robert Novak on cable TV: A Polarizing Presence
I will leave it to his colleagues in Washington to place Robert Novak, who died Tuesday at age 78, on the political and journalistic map.But it is my job to talk about his TV presence over some 25 years -- most...
Posted by David Zurawik on August 18, 2009 1:21 PM
President Obama at his worst as media critic - again
There he goes again, President Barack Obama, sounding like Spiro Agnew or Richard Nixon complaining about the media. They also criticized TV for showing images of conflict, protest and confrontation. They too would have liked only to see the happy pictures...
Posted by David Zurawik on August 16, 2009 6:30 AM
Jackman gives Oscars a big musical opening
Shades of Billy Crystal -- host Hugh Jackman and producers Bill Condon and Lawrence Mark (Dreamgirls) certainly gave the Oscars telecast a big opening, one that is sure to keep viewers at least until the first commercial break. Well, older viewers anyway.The number...
Posted by David Zurawik on February 22, 2009 8:37 PM
No TV magic in Obama's press performance
After watching President Barack Obama's first primetime news conference, I am beginning to think the thrill is gone -- his TV magic and mojo have deserted him. Maybe, folks like me were just a little too quick in elevating him to...
Posted by David Zurawik on February 9, 2009 9:07 PM
Lee Atwater: The dark and dirty side of GOP politics
There is a tendency in this country to not want to look back. Once something positive happens, no matter how bad things have been, we want to turn the page.Last week's election was certainly one of those hopeful moments of passage,...
Posted by David Zurawik on November 10, 2008 6:27 PM
Obama: The last great TV candidate? We'll see tonight
Democratic presidential TV candidate Barack Obama is going to seem like he is everywhere on TV tonight thanks in part to a last minute flurry of interview bookings and media buys. And by the time he finishes his last appearance...
Posted by David Zurawik on October 29, 2008 5:29 AM
Palin-Biden debate draws 69.9 million viewers
The TV turnout for Thursday night's debate was even larger than expected -- and almost every analyst expected a huge audience. According to Nielsen ratings released late Friday, the showdown between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden was seen by 69.989...
Posted by David Zurawik on October 3, 2008 6:23 PM
Jim Lehrer looks ahead to Friday's presidential debate
One of the happiest developments in this increasingly partisan and hotly contested election is the fact that PBS' Jim Lehrer, the most trusted anchorperson on TV, will moderate the first presidential debate Friday night in Oxford, Miss. If there...
Posted by David Zurawik on September 23, 2008 6:40 PM
Is Bill Moyers the Olbermann of PBS?
Who thought this TV blog would get this political this fast? But we are living in the home stretch of a once-in-lifetime Presidential election, and TV and the media are at the center of it like they haven't been since the...
Posted by David Zurawik on September 9, 2008 9:00 AM
20091018 sdosm This and That from David Zurawik
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