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Friday, November 14, 2008
Cyber Journalist.net Newsletter for November 14 2008
Study: Unlicensed stories reel in Internet readers
The Associated Press reports that the audience reading unauthorized online copies of newspaper and magazine articles is nearly 1.5 times larger, on average, than the readership on their own Web sites, according to a study released Thursday. Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under News · Comment
Don’t Count Matt Drudge Out
Jack Shafer says Matt Drudge’s demise is greatly exaggerated.
Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under Business Bytes, General News, News · Comment
Innovation: Twitter and Current TV founders discuss the future of news at the Web 2.0 Summit
Here is video and summary from Chris O’Brien of “The Media Business: New Approaches.” panel at the Web 2.o summit, which was moderated by Ken Auletta of the New Yorker and included Evan Williams of Twitter and Joel Hyatt of Current TV. Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under Convergence · Comment
Internet freedom in Egypt
Here is a short video that explains how blogs are being used in Egypt to expose human rights abuses, how Facebook and Twitter have been used to organize demos and strikes. Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under Citizen Media Monitor, Convergence, The Weblog Blog · Comment
Glamour.com redesigns
Glamour.com has launched a redesign, featuring more video, blogs, expanded editorial coverage and more interaction between high-profile editors and their readers, The Guardian reports. Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under Design and Usability · Comment
The Transformation of NPR
Long defined by its radio programming, National Public Radio is reinventing itself as a multiplatform force.
Written by Jon · Filed Under Future of Media · Comment
Interactive Forms Give Power to Election Perspectives
The 2008 presidential race inspired a lot of innovative storytelling, including how we experienced coverage of the historic finale last night, writes Poynter’s Sara Quinn. Here’s a look at two projects that captured events in unique ways. Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under Great Interactive Storytelling, Great Work Gallery · Comment
‘Video Your Vote’ in action
See the videos that have been submitted so far to the YouTube/PBS “Video Your Vote” project from voters around the country…
Written by Jon · Filed Under Cool stuff, Great Citizen Journalism, Great Ideas, Great Work Gallery, Innovation · Comment
Twitter Vote Report
Twitter Vote Report is an all-volunteer network of software developers, designers, and other collaborators who have teamed up to help track voting problems on Election Day. Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under Citizen Media Monitor, Cool stuff, Great Citizen Journalism, Great Ideas, Great Interactive Storytelling, Great Use of Community, Great Work Gallery, Innovation, The Weblog Blog · 2 Comments
Where to Get Live Election Night Coverage Online
Here’s a nice wrap-up at BusinessWeek.com on what the major sites are planning for election day coverage online… Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under News · 1 Comment
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20081114 Cyberjournalist Net Newsletter for November 14 2008
Today in the DC Examiner: Sarah Palin and the Future of the GOP
Today in the DC Examiner: Sarah Palin and the Future of the GOP
November 14, 2008
Examiner Editorial: Sarah Palin emerges from the 2008 campaign in a position somewhat like that of Ronald Reagan after 1964, but nothing is guaranteed without lots of work.
Timothy P. Carney: Rahm Emanuel used his political connections to make himself wealthy.
Irwin Stelzer: The financial system needs reform, not a straitjacket.
2008114 Today in the DC Examiner Sarah Palin and the Future of the GOP
TimesWatch Tracker: Poor, Dumb, Racist Southerners for McCain
TimesWatch Tracker: Poor, Dumb, Racist Southerners for McCain
TimesWatch Tracker: Our Latest Analysis Thursday, November 13, 2008
TimesWatch Tracker: Our Latest Analysis Thursday, November 13, 2008
Poor, Dumb, Racist Southerners for McCain Adam Nossiter: "Southern counties that voted more heavily Republican this year than in 2004 tended to be poorer, less educated and whiter, a statistical analysis by The New York Times shows....Many of those counties, rural and isolated, have been less exposed to the diversity, educational achievement and economic progress experienced by more prosperous areas."
Cutesy Shop Liberated Me from the Bush Years Mike Albo: "If you feel as if you have been emotionally, professionally and politically run over by a tank for the last, say, eight years, then the well-selected, fun merchandise and carbonated energy of Fred Flare will bring a smile on your cautious, crabby face."
"Iraq War Ends": NYT Parody Issue Hits Streets of New York A Times parody sounds a bit like the wish-list of the Times editorial page: "Articles described a nation turned hard left: nationalized oil companies, a 'maximum wage' law, the enactment of national health insurance, President Bush indicted for treason and evangelical churches providing sanctuary for Iraqi refugees."
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20081113 TimesWatch Tracker for November 13, 2008
Bailout man by Eva Moon
Bailout man by Eva MoonNovember 14, 2008 - Thank goodness it's Friday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZUXXSxZPhw
Can anything make the Wall Street bailout even slightly more palatable? Probably not. But Eva Moon mixes it up with a little funk and sex? Music and lyrics by Eva Moon. Ferko Saxmanov on sax, Tym Parsons bass and guitar. http://evamoon.net Category: Comedy
Photo from: “Bailout Man” by Eva Moon http://evamoon.net/ Oct. 6, 2008
20081114 Bailout man by Eva Moon
The Onion: Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are
Thank goodness it's Friday
Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are
20081113 Onion Obama Win Causes Supporters To Realize How Empty
The Onion - In The Know: Should The Government Stop Dumping Money Into A Giant Hole?
The Onion - In The Know: Should The Government Stop Dumping Money Into A Giant Hole? (1:56)
Thank goodness it's Friday
In The Know: Should The Government Stop Dumping Money Into A Giant Hole?
20081113 The Onion In The Know: Should The Government Stop Dumping Money Into A Giant Hole?
In The Know: Should The Government Stop Dumping Money Into A Giant Hole?
20081113 The Onion In The Know: Should The Government Stop Dumping Money Into A Giant Hole?
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Doug Ross - Breaking: Obama agrees to a bailout of the New York Times
Doug Ross - Breaking: Obama agrees to a bailout of the New York Times
November 13, 2008
In case you missed it, last Tuesday Doug Ross broke the news that at the top of the list of economic initiatives for President-elect Obama is to safeguard the financial viability of the New York Times.
Breaking: Obama agrees to a bailout of the New York Times
Only hours after Mediapost reported that The New York Times had a negative net worth, President-Elect Barack Obama announced a $5 billion bailout rescue package for the media concern. In a hastily arranged press conference at the newly constructed Office of the President-Elect, Obama noted the importance of the Times' ability to influence public opinion.
"It's not overstating things to say that I owe my presidency to the New York Times," he stated in his perfectly pitched, baritone voice.
[…]
Read the rest here: Breaking: Obama agrees to a bailout of the New York Times
Related: The Gray Lady's not dead, she's just restin'
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2008/11/breaking-obama-agrees-to-bailout-of-new.html
20081113 Doug Ross Breaking Obama agrees to a bailout of the NYT
Life work of Sargent Shriver began in Westminster by Kevin Dayhoff
Life work of Sargent Shriver began in Westminster by Kevin Dayhoff
Picture Caption: Sargent Shriver, director of the Peace Corps, (center) and U.S. President John F. Kennedy (right) at the White House. Source: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Date: August 28, 1961 Author: Abbie Rowe, photographer for the National Park Service Public Domain - Work of US Fed'l Gov't
Picture Caption: Sargent Shriver, director of the Peace Corps, (center) and U.S. President John F. Kennedy (right) at the White House. Source: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Date: August 28, 1961 Author: Abbie Rowe, photographer for the National Park Service Public Domain - Work of US Fed'l Gov't
November 12, 2008
Westminster - Twenty years ago this week the community was abuzz in anticipation of one of Carroll County's most celebrated native sons, Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. returning to town to help celebrate the City of Westminster's 150th Anniversary Dinner on Nov. 18, 1988.
Shriver, who was born Nov. 9, 1915, lived several childhood years on Willis Street in Westminster.
He married Eunice Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy's sister and the daughter of Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy, on May 23, 1953. Mrs. Shriver is the founder and chair of Special Olympics International and the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation.
They have five children, one of whom, Maria Owings Shriver, is married to another well-known national personality, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The program for the 1988 event listed Shriver's "unparalleled record of public service at the local, national and international level: [...]
Read the rest of the column here: Life work of Sargent Shriver began in Westminster by Kevin Dayhoff
Westminster Eagle: http://www.explorecarroll.com/opinion/1548/life-work-sargent-shriver-began-westminster/
kdayhoff AT carr DOT org Posted on www.explorecarroll.com 11/12/08
20081112 Life work of Sargent Shriver began in Westminster by Kevin Dayhoff
Drudge: Bush Anger Obama Aides Leak Chat Details
Drudge: BUSH ANGER: OBAMA AIDES LEAK CHAT DETAILS
Tue Nov 11 2008
Just hours after President Bush and President-elect Obama met in the Oval Office of the White House, details of their confidential conversation began leaking out to the press, igniting anger from the president, sources claim.
"Senator Obama would be wise to keep close counsel," a top Bush source warned.
Read the rest here: BUSH ANGER: OBAMA AIDES LEAK CHAT DETAILS
http://www.drudgereport.com/flashbol.htm
20081111 Drudge Bush Anger Obama Aides Leak Chat Details
Tue Nov 11 2008
Just hours after President Bush and President-elect Obama met in the Oval Office of the White House, details of their confidential conversation began leaking out to the press, igniting anger from the president, sources claim.
"Senator Obama would be wise to keep close counsel," a top Bush source warned.
Read the rest here: BUSH ANGER: OBAMA AIDES LEAK CHAT DETAILS
http://www.drudgereport.com/flashbol.htm
20081111 Drudge Bush Anger Obama Aides Leak Chat Details
Drudge: Bush Anger Obama Aides Leak Chat Details
Drudge: BUSH ANGER: OBAMA AIDES LEAK CHAT DETAILS
Tue Nov 11 2008
Just hours after President Bush and President-elect Obama met in the Oval Office of the White House, details of their confidential conversation began leaking out to the press, igniting anger from the president, sources claim.
"Senator Obama would be wise to keep close counsel," a top Bush source warned.
Read the rest here: BUSH ANGER: OBAMA AIDES LEAK CHAT DETAILS
http://www.drudgereport.com/flashbol.htm
20081111 Drudge Bush Anger Obama Aides Leak Chat Details
Tue Nov 11 2008
Just hours after President Bush and President-elect Obama met in the Oval Office of the White House, details of their confidential conversation began leaking out to the press, igniting anger from the president, sources claim.
"Senator Obama would be wise to keep close counsel," a top Bush source warned.
Read the rest here: BUSH ANGER: OBAMA AIDES LEAK CHAT DETAILS
http://www.drudgereport.com/flashbol.htm
20081111 Drudge Bush Anger Obama Aides Leak Chat Details
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
President-elect Barak Obama on “Change”
President-elect Barak Obama on “Change”
Quote of the day
Hat Tip: Cj
November 12, 2008
“My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it.” -- Barack Obama
20081112 SDOSM President elect Barak Obama on change
Quote of the day
Hat Tip: Cj
November 12, 2008
“My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it.” -- Barack Obama
20081112 SDOSM President elect Barak Obama on change
Irate Congressman Demands Resignation of AIG CEO
Irate Congressman Demands Resignation of AIG CEO
Rep. Elijah Cummings: Latest "Junket" Violates AIG Pledge
By JOSEPH RHEE November 11, 2008—
A leading critic of AIG today demanded the company's CEO resign in the wake of the disclosure of yet another "junket" at a resort spa. In a letter to AIG's CEO Edward Liddy, Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said the decision to hold an event for independent financial advisors last week at a luxury Phoenix resort was "outrageous" given an earlier pledge by Liddy to curtail such events.
Cummings wrote that AIG can begin to restore its trust with Congress "by accepting your resignation from the positions of chairman and chief executive officer."
Reporters for abc15.com (KNXV) caught top AIG executives on hidden camera at a secretive gathering last week at the luxurious Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort in Phoenix. AIG instructed the hotel to make sure no company logos and signs were seen on the property, according to a company spokesman.
Click here to see the full KNXV report.
In his letter, Cummings questioned how the Phoenix event could have taken place given Liddy's earlier assurances that "not one cent of taxpayer dollars" would by used to pay for such events. The decision to hold the event while AIG was asking for billions of dollars more in federal loans was "even more shocking", wrote Cummings.
[…]
Click here to read letter.
[…]
Click here to read AIG's full response.
Cummings asked Liddy to provide him with details on who the sponsors were and how much money they were providing, as well as an itemized list of expenses incurred by AIG. Cummings also requested a list of each of the 160 planned events that AIG said it had cancelled on or after October 30.
[…]
Read the entire article here: Irate Congressman Demands Resignation of AIG CEO
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/WallStreet/story?id=6230818&page=1
20081111 Irate Congressman Demands Resignation of AIG CEO
Top Conservatives to Meet on Rebuilding Republican Party
After my column, “The Incredibly Shrinking Republican Party,” (http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=2869) was published in the Wednesday, November 12, 2008 edition of “The Tentacle,” I came across “Top Conservatives to Meet on Rebuilding Republican Party,” (http://www.truthout.org/103008M,) while I was doing some file maintenance… Nov. 12, 2008 Kevin Dayhoff
Truthout: http://www.truthout.org/103008M
Truthout: Top Conservatives to Meet on Rebuilding Republican Party by: Ewen MacAskill, The Guardian UK Wednesday 29 October 2008
Orlando - Senior Republicans are planning to meet at a rural retreat in Virginia within days of the election to discuss how to rebuild a party they expect to be badly beaten in the White House and congressional races.
[…]
Details of next week's post-election meeting, to be attended by state chairmen and prominent activists from the conservative wing of the party, are being kept secret for fear of being seen to preempt the outcome of the presidential contest.
It is intended to look at who should take over chairmanship of the party, whether the party needs to switch to the right, and to make plans for the next presidential election.
Sarah Palin, John McCain's running mate, though not present, will be a central figure in discussions about the party's future.
One of the biggest post-mortems, if McCain loses, is scheduled for the week after the election, the Republican governors' annual meeting in Miami. Sessions planned include one looking back on the election titled, An in-depth evaluation of the 2008 election cycle.
Another session is titled, Looking towards the future: the Grand Ole Party in transition. There is also a section on the "rising stars of the party".
One of the concerns of the party is that, if the polls prove accurate, the Democrats are poised to make huge advances into its traditional base in the south and in western states such as Colorado. With New York and the north-east and almost all of the West Coast primarily in Democratic hands, the question is where to rebuild their base.
The other problem is that the party is short of political "stars" in contrast with the Democrats, apart from Palin. The hunt for new potential leaders could shift to the younger generation, including figures such as Bobby Jindal, the governor of Louisiana.
[…]
At the governor's conference, from November 12 to 14, speakers lined up include Charlie Crist, the governor of Florida, and a host of southern governors, as well as retired general Tommy Franks, the right-wing columnist Bill Kristol and the pollster, Frank Luntz.
Another post-election meeting is one to be hosted by the South Carolina Republican chairman, Katon Dawson, who has invited state party leaders and others to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to ""discuss the lessons learned from the 2008 campaign, what we can do better and what it will take to win in 2010", the congressional mid-terms will be held. Dawson is among those seeking to become the next party chairman.
Read the entire article here: Top Conservatives to Meet on Rebuilding Republican Party
20081029 Truthout Top Conservatives to Meet on Rebuilding Republican Party
This week in The Tentacle
This week in The Tentacle
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
The Incredibly Shrinking Republican Party
Kevin E. Dayhoff
The ink is hardly dry on the “historic” election of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and already those with 20/20 hindsight are dissecting and revising the two-year ordeal, known as the 2008 presidential election, with the conviction of someone who has just seen a flying saucer land in the backyard.
Where to begin?
For one thing, the Republican Party vigorously participated in its own victimization. It was as if the party had a psychotic episode of multiple manifestations and as a result, carefully choreographed its own suicide.
The Republican Party forgot its historic roots as standing for conservative fiscal policies, optimism and opportunity, personal accountability, and small, but responsive and efficient government.
Instead of reaching out to seize the opportunities afforded by changing political dynamics and demographics, it pathologically groped its navel in narcissistic delight.
However, my disdain is not heaped upon Arizona Sen. John McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Although, let’s be clear, their campaign was undisciplined, inarticulate, uninspiring, and unfocused.
Much of my scorn is reserved for the failure of the national party leadership in general and the Republican congressional leaders in particular.
Read the entire column here: The Incredibly Shrinking Republican Party
Just Bustin’ Out All Over
Tom McLaughlin
It was as if a massive salt water wave swept over the country and washed away all of the hate and intolerance. I felt cleansed, jubilant and am still high from the November 4 election results. No more African-Americans, or Chinese-Americans, or Native Americans. We are all Americans.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Please, Jennifer, Not Again
Roy Meachum
Jennifer Dougherty's loss record for elections stands four-to-one after Tuesday's drubbing by Rep. Roscoe Bartlett. The only time she won, incumbent Mayor Jim Grimes shot himself in the foot. Repeatedly. When she tried for a second term, her own party dumped her; the first mayor in modern times to be defeated in a primary.
“It’s Good To Be A Teacher…”
Nick Diaz
Work-to-rule, teachers’ contract, planning time, Board of Education, FCTA, negotiated agreement – these topics, and more, have surfaced recently in Frederick concerning local education issues.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Election Post Mortem
Steven R. Berryman
Election 2008 is over. America now has a new president-elect, and an opportunity to evaluate just what Barack Obama’s victory means. Here are some lessons learned along with some 20/20 hindsight.
Friday, November 7, 2008
A Reason for Hope
Roy Meachum
In the middle of the Clintons' primary struggle to take away the people's nomination of Barack Obama, I threatened to resign from the Democratic Party if they succeeded. Between them and their cohorts they had the means in their grasp.
Whither Goes America?
Joe Charlebois
What does it mean to be a patriotic American? Recently that question was brought up by some politicians and pounced on by many pundits. Well, if you don't jump to conclusions, like so many have, this subject can be looked at as a way to follow up on the true transformation of our society since its founding 232 years ago.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Democrats Get Their Turn
Chris Cavey
Election Day 2008 was a depressing, gut-wrenching day for the Republican Party. The citizens of the United States continued their flogging of the party of Lincoln with the ongoing removal of Republican seats from both chambers of Congress, and a rejection of their candidate for president, John McCain.
Landfill & Waste-to-Energy Facts
Joan McIntyre
In the words of Joe Friday, Jack Webb's on Dragnet: “Just the facts ma'am." That's what you are about to get – facts and more facts.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
It’s the Congress, Stupid!
Kevin E. Dayhoff
When historians look back on the 670-day, $2.5 billion 2008 presidential campaign, the observations, analysis, second-guessing, and finger pointing will fill volumes. In the end, it was once again, “the economy, stupid” that ruled the day.
A Tale of Two Campaigns
Tom McLaughlin
This election, I was proud to be a part of two Democratic congressional campaigns. The First District in Maryland, mostly on the Eastern Shore, was where I lived while in Ocean City. I moved to the Sixth District when I relocated to Middletown.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
The Long, Messy Campaign
Roy Meachum
Today arrives as Boxing Day for Christmas and Ash Wednesday for Mardi Gras. Take your pick. The presidential campaign for all intents and purposes ended yesterday. The number of voters who might be persuaded by last minute exhortations is certainly miniscule.
Local Issues ARE Important, Too
Farrell Keough
What an interesting time slot to post a column. Today we engage in one of our most auspicious rights – the ability to vote for our representatives. Good luck!
Monday, November 3, 2008
The Big Non-Surprise
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
Former Secretary of State and highly decorated U.S. Army Gen. Colin Powell, a registered Republican, rocked the political establishment recently. On NBC's Meet the Press, General Powell revealed that he is abandoning his political party and endorsing Sen. Barack Obama, for President of The United States.
Predicting The Result
Steven R. Berryman
I have no crystal ball, but considering the events upcoming on Election Day, I feel compelled to prognosticate aloud. John McCain and Sarah Palin will be your next president and vice president of the United States of America. And here’s why:
It’s Your Choice – Part 3
Bill Brosius
We’ve seen the Reverend Wright rant “God damn America” on TV; seen his contempt for and hatred of America, and of whites. He preached: “America is a country run by rich white men.” You could not more succinctly combine racism, contempt of those hard workers who accumulate wealth, and socialism in fewer words.
20081112 This week in The Tentacle
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
The Incredibly Shrinking Republican Party
Kevin E. Dayhoff
The ink is hardly dry on the “historic” election of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and already those with 20/20 hindsight are dissecting and revising the two-year ordeal, known as the 2008 presidential election, with the conviction of someone who has just seen a flying saucer land in the backyard.
Where to begin?
For one thing, the Republican Party vigorously participated in its own victimization. It was as if the party had a psychotic episode of multiple manifestations and as a result, carefully choreographed its own suicide.
The Republican Party forgot its historic roots as standing for conservative fiscal policies, optimism and opportunity, personal accountability, and small, but responsive and efficient government.
Instead of reaching out to seize the opportunities afforded by changing political dynamics and demographics, it pathologically groped its navel in narcissistic delight.
However, my disdain is not heaped upon Arizona Sen. John McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Although, let’s be clear, their campaign was undisciplined, inarticulate, uninspiring, and unfocused.
Much of my scorn is reserved for the failure of the national party leadership in general and the Republican congressional leaders in particular.
Read the entire column here: The Incredibly Shrinking Republican Party
Just Bustin’ Out All Over
Tom McLaughlin
It was as if a massive salt water wave swept over the country and washed away all of the hate and intolerance. I felt cleansed, jubilant and am still high from the November 4 election results. No more African-Americans, or Chinese-Americans, or Native Americans. We are all Americans.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Please, Jennifer, Not Again
Roy Meachum
Jennifer Dougherty's loss record for elections stands four-to-one after Tuesday's drubbing by Rep. Roscoe Bartlett. The only time she won, incumbent Mayor Jim Grimes shot himself in the foot. Repeatedly. When she tried for a second term, her own party dumped her; the first mayor in modern times to be defeated in a primary.
“It’s Good To Be A Teacher…”
Nick Diaz
Work-to-rule, teachers’ contract, planning time, Board of Education, FCTA, negotiated agreement – these topics, and more, have surfaced recently in Frederick concerning local education issues.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Election Post Mortem
Steven R. Berryman
Election 2008 is over. America now has a new president-elect, and an opportunity to evaluate just what Barack Obama’s victory means. Here are some lessons learned along with some 20/20 hindsight.
Friday, November 7, 2008
A Reason for Hope
Roy Meachum
In the middle of the Clintons' primary struggle to take away the people's nomination of Barack Obama, I threatened to resign from the Democratic Party if they succeeded. Between them and their cohorts they had the means in their grasp.
Whither Goes America?
Joe Charlebois
What does it mean to be a patriotic American? Recently that question was brought up by some politicians and pounced on by many pundits. Well, if you don't jump to conclusions, like so many have, this subject can be looked at as a way to follow up on the true transformation of our society since its founding 232 years ago.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Democrats Get Their Turn
Chris Cavey
Election Day 2008 was a depressing, gut-wrenching day for the Republican Party. The citizens of the United States continued their flogging of the party of Lincoln with the ongoing removal of Republican seats from both chambers of Congress, and a rejection of their candidate for president, John McCain.
Landfill & Waste-to-Energy Facts
Joan McIntyre
In the words of Joe Friday, Jack Webb's on Dragnet: “Just the facts ma'am." That's what you are about to get – facts and more facts.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
It’s the Congress, Stupid!
Kevin E. Dayhoff
When historians look back on the 670-day, $2.5 billion 2008 presidential campaign, the observations, analysis, second-guessing, and finger pointing will fill volumes. In the end, it was once again, “the economy, stupid” that ruled the day.
A Tale of Two Campaigns
Tom McLaughlin
This election, I was proud to be a part of two Democratic congressional campaigns. The First District in Maryland, mostly on the Eastern Shore, was where I lived while in Ocean City. I moved to the Sixth District when I relocated to Middletown.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
The Long, Messy Campaign
Roy Meachum
Today arrives as Boxing Day for Christmas and Ash Wednesday for Mardi Gras. Take your pick. The presidential campaign for all intents and purposes ended yesterday. The number of voters who might be persuaded by last minute exhortations is certainly miniscule.
Local Issues ARE Important, Too
Farrell Keough
What an interesting time slot to post a column. Today we engage in one of our most auspicious rights – the ability to vote for our representatives. Good luck!
Monday, November 3, 2008
The Big Non-Surprise
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
Former Secretary of State and highly decorated U.S. Army Gen. Colin Powell, a registered Republican, rocked the political establishment recently. On NBC's Meet the Press, General Powell revealed that he is abandoning his political party and endorsing Sen. Barack Obama, for President of The United States.
Predicting The Result
Steven R. Berryman
I have no crystal ball, but considering the events upcoming on Election Day, I feel compelled to prognosticate aloud. John McCain and Sarah Palin will be your next president and vice president of the United States of America. And here’s why:
It’s Your Choice – Part 3
Bill Brosius
We’ve seen the Reverend Wright rant “God damn America” on TV; seen his contempt for and hatred of America, and of whites. He preached: “America is a country run by rich white men.” You could not more succinctly combine racism, contempt of those hard workers who accumulate wealth, and socialism in fewer words.
20081112 This week in The Tentacle
Always check your children's homework
When I grow up I want to be just like Mommy…
Hat Tip: Analog
Read below for the rest of the story…
Actually...
Mommy works at Home Depot... she was selling a shovel.
As for the child’s drawing; you’ll have to get the Pillage Idiot explain it.
20081111 Always check your childrens homework
Hat Tip: Analog
Read below for the rest of the story…
Actually...
Mommy works at Home Depot... she was selling a shovel.
As for the child’s drawing; you’ll have to get the Pillage Idiot explain it.
20081111 Always check your childrens homework
Kevin Dayhoff Tribune, Patuxent Publishing Group, Baltimore Sun, The Tentacle, and WEAA, disclosure
Tribune, Patuxent Publishing Group, Baltimore Sun, The Tentacle, and WEAA, disclosure
November 11, 2008
Kevin Dayhoff writes for three of the newspapers in the Patuxent Publishing Group, the Sunday Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle and Eldersburg Eagle. (http://www.explorecarroll.com/opinion-talk/)
The Patuxent Publishing Group is owned by “Tribune.”
Tribune also owns the Baltimore Sun. The Sunday Carroll Eagle is distributed in the Sunday edition of the Baltimore Sun – see: 20071021 Baltimore Sun: “To our readers.”)
Additionally he writes for an online magazine, “The Tentacle.” (http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41)
He is also a periodic guest on the Marc Steiner Show on WEAA. (http://www.centerforemergingmedia.org/)
“When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.” Tennessee Williams
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Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.
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20081111 KED Trib Patuxent Pub BaltSun TT WEAA disclosure
November 11, 2008
Kevin Dayhoff writes for three of the newspapers in the Patuxent Publishing Group, the Sunday Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle and Eldersburg Eagle. (http://www.explorecarroll.com/opinion-talk/)
The Patuxent Publishing Group is owned by “Tribune.”
Tribune also owns the Baltimore Sun. The Sunday Carroll Eagle is distributed in the Sunday edition of the Baltimore Sun – see: 20071021 Baltimore Sun: “To our readers.”)
Additionally he writes for an online magazine, “The Tentacle.” (http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41)
He is also a periodic guest on the Marc Steiner Show on WEAA. (http://www.centerforemergingmedia.org/)
“When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.” Tennessee Williams
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
President Bush Visits Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
President Bush Visits Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
November 11, 2008
President Bush Visits Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
John F. Kennedy International Airport
New York, New York
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Presidential Remarks
Audio
In Focus: Veterans
10:16 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: As you can see, I have the honor of traveling with men and women who have volunteered to serve our nation in a time of war. Behind me are five outstanding Americans representing each branch of the military service. I am with them today because we are celebrating Veterans Day.
Veterans have inspired troops such as these. Veterans have inspired me. I was raised by a veteran. I appreciate the commitment to our country that the veterans have made. I am committed to making sure that today's veterans get all the health care and support they need from the federal government for agreeing to serve in a time of danger.
Our nation is blessed because our liberties have been defended by brave men and women in the past. And we are blessed to have brave men and women defend our liberties today.
God bless our veterans. Thank you. (Applause.)
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The President’s Radio Message for November 8 2008
The President’s Radio Message for November 8 2008
For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press Secretary
November 8, 2008
President's Radio Address
President's Radio Address
Audio
En Español
In Focus: Transition
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Earlier this week, more than 120 million Americans went to the polls and voted for a new President and Congress. No matter how we cast our ballots, all Americans have reason to be proud of our democracy. Our citizens have chosen a President who represents a triumph of the American story -- a testament to hard work, optimism, and faith in the enduring promise of our Nation.When I called President-Elect Obama to congratulate him on his historic victory, I told him that he can count on my complete cooperation as he makes his transition to the White House. Ensuring that this transition is seamless is a top priority for the rest of my time in office. Our country faces economic challenges that will not pause to let a new President settle in. This will also be America's first wartime presidential transition in four decades. We're in a struggle against violent extremists determined to attack us -- and they would like nothing more than to exploit this period of change to harm the American people.
So my Administration will work hard to ensure that the next President and his team can hit the ground running. For more than a year now, the White House and agencies throughout the Federal government have been preparing for a smooth transition. We've provided intelligence briefings to the President-Elect, and the Department of Justice has approved security clearances for members of his transition staff. In the coming weeks, we will ask Administration officials to brief the Obama team on major ongoing policy issues, ranging from the financial markets to the war in Iraq. I will keep the President-Elect fully informed on important decisions during this critical time for our Nation. Taken together, these measures represent an unprecedented effort to ensure continuity throughout the executive branch.
A successful transition is just one of the many important tasks remaining for my Administration. Yesterday we learned that America's economy lost jobs in the month of October, and I will continue working hard to return our Nation to the path of prosperity and growth. To help address the global financial crisis, my Administration will host an historic international summit in Washington on November 15. We will also keep urging Congress to approve America's free trade agreements with Colombia and Panama and South Korea. We will continue working to defeat the terrorists and extremists abroad, to keep the American people safe here at home.
Americans expect their President to conduct the people's business. I will continue to uphold this solemn obligation for as long as this office remains in my trust. In the meantime, I join the American people in wishing President-Elect Obama every success. Laura and I wish the Obama family as much joy and happiness as our family has found in this wonderful house.
Thank you for listening.
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Dr. Ecker invites folks to visit schools during American Education week
Dr. Ecker invites folks to visit schools during American Education week
An invitation, from the Carroll County School Superintendent Dr. Charles Ecker, to parents and the community to visit schools during American Education Week
Tue 11/11/2008
Dear Editor,
The week of November 16 – 22 is American Education Week. I would like to extend a warm welcome to our parents and members of the community to come see firsthand the wonderful things taking place in our schools.
The theme for American Education Week this year is Great Public Schools: A Basic Right and Our Responsibility. More than ever before this statement is true. Every one of our students deserves the best education we can provide for them. It is their right and our responsibility as a school system. It is also the responsibility of parents and the community to support education in Carroll County. As part of that responsibility, I encourage you to take the time to visit a school in your community this week. I think you will be amazed at what our students and staff are accomplishing.
And please consider this. The time to visit our schools is not just during American Education Week. You are welcome to visit our schools anytime throughout the year. Our doors are always open to you. Take the time to be involved. As I have said many times before, we cannot do it alone. We need you. For us to be successful and for our student to succeed, we must all work together.
Chuck Ecker
Superintendent of Schools
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Patriotic, misty-eyed and corny about our Election Day By Kevin Dayhoff
Patriotic, misty-eyed and corny about our Election Day
Last Tuesday, after two years, 45 debates and $2.4 billion spent, American voters finally had their day. Is it just me, or does $2.5 billion seem an obscene amount of money for a country to spend on politics?
Nonetheless, I recently read an article in the London Sunday Times which stated: "This may seem a lot, but Americans annually spend $8 billion on hair care products, $64 billion on soft drinks ... so $2.4 billion isn't too much to pick the leader of the free world."
In Carroll County
By late afternoon, when I checked with Marty Radinsky and Frank Baylor, Carroll Countians had generously donated five huge 150 cubic foot containers of food for the needy.
Radinsky said he hopes "to build (the food collection effort) into a Carroll County
I've always been unrepentantly, patriotically, misty-eyed and corny about Election Day. It's a wonderful day to celebrate being an American… http://explorecarroll.com/opinion/1509/patriotic-misty-eyed-corny-about-our-election-day/
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Semper Fi Happy Birthday Marines
Semper Fi Happy Birthday Marines
November 10 2008
For Corps and Country
Semper Fi, and as always… check six
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November 10 2008
For Corps and Country
Semper Fi, and as always… check six
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20081110 Semper Fi Happy Birthday Marines
20081110 Semper Fi Happy Birthday Marines
AP: Obama Bush complete private White House meeting
AP: Obama, Bush complete private White House meeting By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer Ben Feller, Associated Press Writer – November 10, 2008
Featured Topics: Barack Obama Presidential Transition
WASHINGTON – The Bushes welcomed the Obamas to the White House on Monday, visiting for nearly two hours and offering the nation a glimpse of a new first family at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. President-elect Obama and President Bush met in the Oval Office, their first substantive one-on-one session, while first lady Laura Bush and Obama's wife, Michelle, talked in the White House residence.
[…]
Mrs. Bush was to give Mrs. Obama a tour of the first family's living quarters, including the bedrooms used by children of past presidents. White House press secretary Dana Perino said the two women were expected to talk about living in one of the world's most famous buildings, from family life to the help provided by executive staff.
The Obamas have two daughters: Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7. Obama started his day in Chicago, dropping the two girls at school, each with a kiss, and then going to a gym for a workout.
Obama told reporters last week that he was headed to the White House meeting with "a spirit of bipartisanship."
He ran a campaign in which he relentlessly linked Republican opponent John McCain to Bush and presented his ideas as a fresh alternative to what he called Bush's failed policies. Yet the tone changed almost immediately after Obama's win last Tuesday.
Bush, who had endorsed McCain, lauded Obama's victory as a "triumph of the American story." He warmly invited the Obama family to the White House.
Obama, in turn, thanked Bush for being gracious. The president-elect has made clear in public that there is only one president and for now that's Bush. Obama takes the oath of office on Jan. 20.
Josh Bolten, Bush's chief of staff, said Bush and Obama probably each had a list of issues to discuss.
[…]
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Happy Birthday United States Marines
Happy Birthday United States Marines
For Corps and Country
Semper Fi, and as always… check six
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY MESSAGE - 10 NOVEMBER 2008
Date Signed: 10/10/2008
ALMAR Number: 042/08
R 082000z OCT 08
ALMAR 042/08
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CMC//
SUBJ/UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY MESSAGE - 10 NOVEMBER 2008//
POC/SSGT M. BELL/ADMIN CHIEF/UNIT:CMC STAFF GROUP/-
/TEL:(703) 614-2326//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/
1. DURING THE SUMMER OF 1982, IN THE WAKE OF A PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE, MARINES WENT ASHORE AT BEIRUT, LEBANON.
FIFTEEN MONTHS LATER, ON 23 OCTOBER 1983, EXTREMISTS STRUCK THE FIRST MAJOR BLOW AGAINST AMERICAN FORCES - STARTING THIS LONG WAR ON TERRORISM.
ON THAT SUNDAY MORNING, A SUICIDE BOMBER DROVE AN EXPLOSIVE-LADEN TRUCK INTO THE HEADQUARTERS OF BATTALION LANDING TEAM 1/8, DESTROYING THE BUILDING AND KILLING 241 MARINES AND CORPSMEN.
2. EXTREMISTS HAVE ATTACKED OUR NATION, AT HOME AND ABROAD, NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE THAT FATEFUL DAY IN BEIRUT.
THEIR AIM HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME - TO KILL AS MANY INNOCENT AMERICANS AS POSSIBLE. THE ATTACKS OF 11 SEPTEMBER 2001 CHANGED OUR NATION FOREVER, AND OUR PRESIDENT HAS RESOLVED THAT THIS NATION WILL NOT STAND IDLE WHILE MURDEROUS TERRORISTS PLOT THEIR NEXT STRIKE.
MARINES WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE ENEMY - HITTING THEM ON THEIR OWN TURF, CRUSHING THEM WHEN THEY SHOW THEMSELVES, AND FINDING THEM WHERE THEY HIDE.
3. ONLY A FEW AMERICANS CHOOSE THE DANGEROUS, BUT NECESSARY, WORK OF FIGHTING OUR NATION'S ENEMIES.
WHEN OUR CHAPTER OF HISTORY IS WRITTEN, IT WILL BE A SAGA OF A SELFLESS GENERATION OF MARINES WHO WERE WILLING TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR OUR NATION; TO DEFEND THOSE WHO COULD NOT DEFEND THEMSELVES; TO THRIVE ON THE HARDSHIP AND SACRIFICE EXPECTED OF AN ELITE WARRIOR CLASS; TO MARCH TO THE SOUNDOF THE GUNS; AND TO ABLY SHOULDER THE LEGACY OF THOSE MARINES WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE.
4. ON OUR 233RD BIRTHDAY, FIRST REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AND THOSE "ANGELS" WHO HAVE FALLEN - OUR REPUTATION WAS BUILT ON THEIR SACRIFICES.
REMEMBER OUR FAMILIES; THEY ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES WHOSE SUPPORT AND DEDICATION ALLOW US TO ANSWER OUR NATION'S CALL.
FINALLY, TO ALL MARINES AND SAILORS, KNOW THAT I AM PROUD OF YOU AND WHAT YOU DO.
YOUR SUCCESSES ON THE BATTLEFIELD HAVE ONLY ADDED TO OUR ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY.
GENERAL VICTOR H. "BRUTE" KRULAK SAID IT BEST WHEN HE WROTE, "... THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT NEED A MARINE CORPS ... THE UNITED STATES WANTS A MARINE CORPS." YOUR ACTIONS, IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, AND ACROSS THE GLOBE, ARE AT THE CORE OF WHY AMERICA LOVES HER MARINES.
5. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARINES AND SEMPER FIDELIS! JAMES T. CONWAY, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS//
http://www.marines.mil/news/messages/Pages/UNITEDSTATESMARINECORPSBIRTHDAYMESSAGE.aspx
20081010 Happy Birthday United States Marines
For Corps and Country
Semper Fi, and as always… check six
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY MESSAGE - 10 NOVEMBER 2008
Date Signed: 10/10/2008
ALMAR Number: 042/08
R 082000z OCT 08
ALMAR 042/08
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CMC//
SUBJ/UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY MESSAGE - 10 NOVEMBER 2008//
POC/SSGT M. BELL/ADMIN CHIEF/UNIT:CMC STAFF GROUP/-
/TEL:(703) 614-2326//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/
1. DURING THE SUMMER OF 1982, IN THE WAKE OF A PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE, MARINES WENT ASHORE AT BEIRUT, LEBANON.
FIFTEEN MONTHS LATER, ON 23 OCTOBER 1983, EXTREMISTS STRUCK THE FIRST MAJOR BLOW AGAINST AMERICAN FORCES - STARTING THIS LONG WAR ON TERRORISM.
ON THAT SUNDAY MORNING, A SUICIDE BOMBER DROVE AN EXPLOSIVE-LADEN TRUCK INTO THE HEADQUARTERS OF BATTALION LANDING TEAM 1/8, DESTROYING THE BUILDING AND KILLING 241 MARINES AND CORPSMEN.
2. EXTREMISTS HAVE ATTACKED OUR NATION, AT HOME AND ABROAD, NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE THAT FATEFUL DAY IN BEIRUT.
THEIR AIM HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME - TO KILL AS MANY INNOCENT AMERICANS AS POSSIBLE. THE ATTACKS OF 11 SEPTEMBER 2001 CHANGED OUR NATION FOREVER, AND OUR PRESIDENT HAS RESOLVED THAT THIS NATION WILL NOT STAND IDLE WHILE MURDEROUS TERRORISTS PLOT THEIR NEXT STRIKE.
MARINES WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE ENEMY - HITTING THEM ON THEIR OWN TURF, CRUSHING THEM WHEN THEY SHOW THEMSELVES, AND FINDING THEM WHERE THEY HIDE.
3. ONLY A FEW AMERICANS CHOOSE THE DANGEROUS, BUT NECESSARY, WORK OF FIGHTING OUR NATION'S ENEMIES.
WHEN OUR CHAPTER OF HISTORY IS WRITTEN, IT WILL BE A SAGA OF A SELFLESS GENERATION OF MARINES WHO WERE WILLING TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR OUR NATION; TO DEFEND THOSE WHO COULD NOT DEFEND THEMSELVES; TO THRIVE ON THE HARDSHIP AND SACRIFICE EXPECTED OF AN ELITE WARRIOR CLASS; TO MARCH TO THE SOUNDOF THE GUNS; AND TO ABLY SHOULDER THE LEGACY OF THOSE MARINES WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE.
4. ON OUR 233RD BIRTHDAY, FIRST REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AND THOSE "ANGELS" WHO HAVE FALLEN - OUR REPUTATION WAS BUILT ON THEIR SACRIFICES.
REMEMBER OUR FAMILIES; THEY ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES WHOSE SUPPORT AND DEDICATION ALLOW US TO ANSWER OUR NATION'S CALL.
FINALLY, TO ALL MARINES AND SAILORS, KNOW THAT I AM PROUD OF YOU AND WHAT YOU DO.
YOUR SUCCESSES ON THE BATTLEFIELD HAVE ONLY ADDED TO OUR ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY.
GENERAL VICTOR H. "BRUTE" KRULAK SAID IT BEST WHEN HE WROTE, "... THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT NEED A MARINE CORPS ... THE UNITED STATES WANTS A MARINE CORPS." YOUR ACTIONS, IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, AND ACROSS THE GLOBE, ARE AT THE CORE OF WHY AMERICA LOVES HER MARINES.
5. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARINES AND SEMPER FIDELIS! JAMES T. CONWAY, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS//
http://www.marines.mil/news/messages/Pages/UNITEDSTATESMARINECORPSBIRTHDAYMESSAGE.aspx
20081010 Happy Birthday United States Marines
Washington Magazine: Bob Novak On Valerie Plame Affair: "The Hell With You"
Washington Magazine: Bob Novak On Valerie Plame Affair: "The Hell With You"
Hat Tip: Huffington Post:
Here’s how the Huffington Post introduced the story:
Washingtonian Magazine November 10, 2008 01:02 PM
Bob Novak has been covering politics--and making people mad--for half a century. Now battling a brain tumor, he talks about his illness, the best and worst presidents, and what he'd do differently.
Whether you like him or hate him, Robert Novak's combination of insider dope, political pronouncements, and glowering TV presence have made him a Washington institution. So the announcement in July that he was suspending his newspaper column because of a brain tumor came as a jolt. What other journalist has been tearing up the town with so much relish for the past 51 years?
I spent some time with Novak five years ago for The Washingtonian, chronicling his journey from secular Jew to devout Catholic. Somewhat to my surprise, the scowling, sardonic columnist turned out to be a peach of a subject. He gave me plenty of time in spite of his killer schedule and seemed utterly candid. No subject was off limits.
Read the whole story here.
Read the Huffington Post lead here: Huffington Post
20081110 Washington Magazine Bob Novak on Plame Affair
Hat Tip: Huffington Post:
Here’s how the Huffington Post introduced the story:
Washingtonian Magazine November 10, 2008 01:02 PM
Bob Novak has been covering politics--and making people mad--for half a century. Now battling a brain tumor, he talks about his illness, the best and worst presidents, and what he'd do differently.
Whether you like him or hate him, Robert Novak's combination of insider dope, political pronouncements, and glowering TV presence have made him a Washington institution. So the announcement in July that he was suspending his newspaper column because of a brain tumor came as a jolt. What other journalist has been tearing up the town with so much relish for the past 51 years?
I spent some time with Novak five years ago for The Washingtonian, chronicling his journey from secular Jew to devout Catholic. Somewhat to my surprise, the scowling, sardonic columnist turned out to be a peach of a subject. He gave me plenty of time in spite of his killer schedule and seemed utterly candid. No subject was off limits.
Read the whole story here.
Read the Huffington Post lead here: Huffington Post
20081110 Washington Magazine Bob Novak on Plame Affair
Media Bistro Daily Media News Feed for November 10 2008
Media Bistro Daily Media News Feed for November 10 2008
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'Wired' Obama Presidency Could Sidestep Media in Getting Message Out (WaPo)
President-Elect Barack Obama's aides and allies are preparing a major expansion of the White House communications operation, enabling them to reach out directly to the supporters they have collected over 21 months without having to go through the mainstream media. Obama is poised to transform the art of political communication, said Joe Trippi, a Democratic strategist.
BusinessWeek: Obama weighs choices for FCC chairman.
WaPo Ombud: Our Campaign Coverage Favored Obama (WaPo)
Deborah Howell: The Post provided a lot of good campaign coverage, but readers have been consistently critical of the lack of probing issues coverage and what they saw as a tilt toward Democrat Barack Obama. My surveys, which ended on Election Day, show that they are right on both counts.
E&P: WaPo doubles its number of White House reporters with four.
MGM to Post Full Films on YouTube (NYT)
With critical plaudits and advertising dollars flowing to Hulu, the popular online hub for television shows and feature films, YouTube finds itself in the unanticipated position of playing catch-up. Today, the Google-owned company will move forward a little, announcing an agreement to show some full-length television shows and films from MGM, the financially troubled 84-year-old film studio.
Hearst Consolidating O at Home Into O: The Oprah Magazine (FishbowlNY)
In a release announcing that Sarah Gray Miller will be the new editor-in-chief of Hearst Corporation's Country Living comes the news that the struggling company (not that this adjective sets is apart from other media conglomerates) will fold its O: The Oprah Magazine spinoff, O at Home, back into the original title.
NYT: Much of the magazine's staff will move to Country Living.
Axes Are in Vogue (NYP)
In the lavish world of Conde Nast, every year brings a winter of discontent -- and the one coming up might be particularly cruel. That's because following a shocking round of job cuts last month involving 5 percent of Conde's staff, people inside the publishing empire fret the company could be in for even more drama.
Time Inc. Names Matters New Money M.E. (Portfolio)
Money, which laid off its managing editor, Eric Schurenberg, Thursday, has named a successor. The job is going to Craig Matters, a Money veteran who's been serving as executive editor of sister title Fortune since May. Part of the reason for releasing Schurenberg was a feeling on the part of the business side that he had allowed the magazine to become "too downscale."
Right-Wing Media Feeds Its Post-Election Anger (LAT)
A healthy skepticism is not only the media's right but its obligation. Indeed, commentators at many mainstream outlets have already argued that Obama's best bet to succeed will be if he hews to a centrist path. But many on the losing end of last week's election want to hold on to their anger. And there are those in the media only too ready to feed that animus, along with their own ratings.
Marketwatch: Assessing Fox News in an Obama world.
Malcolm Gladwell: Geek Pop Star (New York Mag)
Malcolm Gladwell's writing largely consists of taking the work of academics and translating it in a way that makes it understandable to a lay audience. His job, as he describes it, "is to be this intermediary between the academic world and the public." But the big criticism of Gladwell is not that he's unoriginal but that he's unserious -- that he takes substantive academic work and applies it to frivolous things.
Networks Hope for a Post-Election Ratings Rebound (LAT)
Conventional wisdom has it that the fall TV season was undermined by the huge and unprecedented interest in the historic presidential campaign between President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain. "The election did, on most nights, take away from the urgency to view prime-time television," NBC Executive Vice President Mitch Metcalf said.
AdAge: In a sign of how the balance of power has shifted in TV news, Fox News Channel drew more viewers on election night (9 million) than CBS (7.8 million).
Stakes Are High for Ted Turner Book (WSJ)
Colorful and candid, sometimes eccentric, sometimes visionary, Ted Turner was a true business celebrity in his day. Now, a bit more than two years after he resigned from the board of Time Warner Inc., his publisher is about to learn whether Mr. Turner's presence -- and more important, his new autobiography, Call Me Ted -- is still capable of drawing crowds.
NYT: When Bill Burke was still in his 30s, he set aside his career in the media business and decamped to Maine to raise his family and perhaps indulge vague ideas he had about teaching and writing. Then Ted Turner came calling.
Fretful Booksellers Count on Name Authors for Holiday Sales (USAT)
Booksellers and publishers are hoping a post-election flood of titles by brand-name authors can rescue their holiday season, which arrives amid the worst economy in 50 years. Several big releases were timed to avoid the campaign and are out this week, including Wally Lamb's The Hour I First Believed, Stephen King's Just After Sunset and Toni Morrison's A Mercy.
CBS News Boss McManus Plots Resurgence (TV Week)
If journalism awards and nominations announced this year were viewers, CBS News' two weekday newscasts would not still be deep in third place. But Sean McManus, president of CBS News and CBS Sports, is not about to give up hope that improvements in the content of The Early Show and The CBS Evening News With Katie Couric will eventually bring in more viewers and revenue.
Conde Nast Expands Video With New Partnership (Folio:)
In a broad expansion of its online video offerings, Condé Nast announced today a partnership with video platform Brightcove to manage its video initiatives company-wide. The first sites to utilize the platform are Glamour.com, Wired.com, Portfolio.com, Parade.com and Self.com.
Adapt Web Aggregation to Print? (AdAge)
Rance Crain: The answer is for newspapers to become aggregators of information by outsourcing their news holes to others already producing the material. Already, firms such as CNN and Bloomberg are gearing up to offer such services, and niche magazines could supply features for lifestyle pages, including fashion and home furnishings.
Revolving Door Newsletter: Obama Win Prompts D.C. Bureau Changes, Sells Out Newspapers (mediabistro.com)
ABC News announced its new Washington D.C. team: Jake Tapper will head the White House beat, while Martha Raddatz steps in as senior foreign affairs correspondent, and Jonathan Karl covers Congress as senior congressional correspondent. The New York Times is also assembling a White House team, which will include Jeff Zeleny, Helene Cooper, Peter Baker, and Sheryl Gay Stolberg.
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20081110 Media Bistro Daily Media News Feed for November 10 2008
CyberAlert for Monday November 10, 2008
CyberAlert for Monday November 10, 2008
The 2,768th CyberAlert. Tracking Liberal Media Bias Since 1996
8:50am EST, Monday November 10, 2008 (Vol. Thirteen; No. 213)
The 2,768th CyberAlert. Tracking Liberal Media Bias Since 1996
8:50am EST, Monday November 10, 2008 (Vol. Thirteen; No. 213)
1. Reuters Laugher: 'Media Bias Largely Unseen in Presidential Race' File under: Don't believe your lying eyes and ears. Barely two weeks after a Pew Research Center for the People and the Press survey determined that "by a margin of 70%-9%, Americans say most journalists want to see Obama, not John McCain, win on Nov. 4," as even 62 percent of Democrats recognized how journalists hoped Obama would be victorious, Reuters set out to prove any and all favorable Obama coverage had nothing to do with liberal bias. In a November 6 dispatch, "Media bias largely unseen in U.S. presidential race," Steve Gorman of the Los Angeles bureau focused his story on undermining the "perception that mainstream news organizations routinely gave Obama preferential treatment en route to his election as the first black U.S. president." Gorman contended: "But media scholars, including a former top aide to McCain, disagree. They said campaign coverage often did lean in Obama's favor, though not -- as many conservatives have suggested -- because of a hidden liberal agenda on the part of the media. Instead, academic experts said, Obama benefited largely from the dynamics of the campaign itself and the media's tendency to focus on the 'horse race'..."
2. Colby King on GOP's Make Up: Nationalist Party of South Africa Washington Post columnist Colby King charged Friday night that a look those who attended McCain-Palin rallies -- presumably meaning all-white -- versus those who went to Obama events, plus a "look at the census projections and what do you see? The Nationalist Party of South Africa."
3. ABC Allows Jeremiah Wright to Spin Himself as Victim of Media Good Morning America co-host Diane Sawyer on Friday uncritically highlighted an address given by the Reverend Jeremiah Wright on Thursday and parroted his talking points about being a scapegoat. In a tease for the segment, she recited: "Reverend Jeremiah Wright is now speaking out again. He says he was turned into a weapon of mass destruction." Regarding his speech, given in a church in Milford, Connecticut, Sawyer blandly added that Senator Barack Obama "distanced himself from Reverend Wright during the campaign and labeled some of his sermons divisive." She then proceeded to play a 47 second long clip of Wright complaining that the media intended to use his sermons to destroy Obama. An ABC graphic almost apologetically read, "First Comments From Rev Wright: Media's 'Weapon on Mass Destruction'"
4. CNN's Campbell Brown: 'Right-Wing Rage' at Obama Victory CNN anchor Campbell Brown introduced a segment on Thursday's Election Center program by contrasting the "[p]eople all over the world dancing in the streets" over the election of Barack Obama to the "really, really angry" reaction of conservatives, which she then labeled "right-wing rage." A graphic with the same label flashed on-screen, accompanied by a picture of Obama smiling. During the segment, which aired just after the bottom-half of the 8 pm Eastern hour of the CNN program, CNN correspondent Joe Johns played an audio clip of conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh as an example of such "rage." Limbaugh, who reacting to the appointment of liberal Illinois Representative Rahm Emanuel as Obama's White House Chief of Staff, called Emanuel a "good old-fashioned Chicago thug, just like Obama is a good old-fashioned Chicago thug," and gave an anecdote about how Emanuel used a steak knife to demonstrate his own anger towards Bill Clinton's enemies after the 1992 election. Johns' reply after the clip: "So if you were thinking the country is now unified, think again. There are still deep divisions."
5. ABC's Claire Shipman Bizarrely Spins Rahm Emanuel as 'Centrist' Good Morning America reporter Claire Shipman continued a time honored media bias tradition on Friday when she mislabeled Congressman Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama's newly selected chief of staff, as "centrist." Emanuel, who was elected to Congress in 2002, has a lifetime American Conservative Union score of 13. In 2006, his rank was only four. In contrast, the House member's average from the liberal group Americans for Democratic Action is a very high 96. And yet, Shipman erroneously asserted: "More than anything, the 48-year-old Illinois representative is a pragmatic, centrist politician who likes to get things done. Clearly, Obama wants the same thing." So, can Americans expect Obama to be the same type of "centrist" that Emanuel has been?
6. On Friday Night, ABC & NBC Fail to Correct Obama's 'Seance' Gaffe Friday night stories on ABC's World News and the NBC Nightly News ran a clip of President-elect Barack Obama's gaffe at his press conference in which he related he had talked to all of the "living" former Presidents, as "I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about, you know, doing any seances." But both newscasts failed to note it was Hillary Clinton, not Nancy Reagan, who reportedly had seances in the White House. ABC's Jake Tapper called Obama's comment "a lighter moment" while NBC's Lee Cowan described it as "the only awkward moment of his first meeting with the press." FNC's Jim Angle, however, managed to point out in his 6 PM EST story: "It was actually Hillary Clinton who was reported to have engaged in seance-like sessions in which she communed with the spirit of Eleanor Roosevelt."
7. CBS's Smith: 'Will Obamas Return to Camelot in the White House?' Continuing the narrative of Barack Obama as John F. Kennedy, on Friday's CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith described how: "As the nation prepares for President-Elect Barack Obama to move into the White House, many Americans can't help but draw similarities between him and the late President John F. Kennedy." Co-host Julie Chen earlier teased the segment: "The new first family has been compared to JFK and Jackie and their young children. Can the Obamas bring that 'one brief shining moment,' that was known as Camelot, back to the White House?" Smith narrated the segment, which juxtaposed images JFK with Obama: "It was a presidency filled with idealism, glamour, and excitement...A young Senator had been elected to lead his country. Now 47 years later, America has chosen another young Senator." Smith went on: "And the similarities are striking...."
8. CNN's Rick Sanchez Urges Obama to Bring Back FDR's WPA & CCC President-elect Obama's economic plans aren't left-wing and government-centered enough for CNN anchor Rick Sanchez, who about 20 minutes after Obama's Friday afternoon press conference shared his personal suggestion for another WPA (Works Progress Administration) and/or CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps), two government make-work programs from the 1930s. To a guest who lived through the Depression as a child, Sanchez proposed: "I'm thinking WPA, I'm thinking it may be time for Americans to do something like that once again because there's so many people unemployed and there's so much that needs to be done in this country." With another guest in the same 3:30 PM EST segment, Sanchez cited energy requirements and wondered: "Isn't this the kind of need that could be met by American workers if the government created a WPA or CCC plan?"
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Doug Ross: Did media bias just save America?
Doug Ross: Did media bias just save America?
Doug Ross nailed it…
Sunday, November 09, 2008 A love story for the ages: the press and Barack Obama
Even foreign journalists were stunned by the love affair between the press and Obama:
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Only a day or two late, the Washington Post helpfully admitted it was in the tank for Barack all along. Today Post Ombudsman Deborah Howell issued a half-hearted apology.
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At least the Post 'fessed up. Blithering idiot Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Daily Birdcage-liner says that media bias just saved America.
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Mr. Ross’ entire post is a must read. And the cartoon is right on. Please find it here: A love story for the ages: the press and Barack Obama
Cartoon: Chuck Asay. Hat tips: YWL and Larwyn. Linked by: Gateway Pundit. Thanks!
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First Bush-Obama Meeting: Hard Feelings and Hand Sanitizer
As President Bush and President-elect Barack Obama prepare for their post-election meeting at the White House on Monday, memories of their first encounter linger.
Bill Sammon FOXNews.com Sunday, November 09, 2008
President Bush and President-elect Barack Obama are probably hoping their meeting Monday goes better than their first get-together, which left a bad taste in the mouths of both men.
Four years ago, Obama and other newly elected members of the Senate were invited to the White House for a breakfast meeting with Bush, who pulled the young Chicagoan aside.
"Obama!" Bush exclaimed, according to Obama's account of the meeting in his second memoir, "The Audacity of Hope." "Come here and meet Laura. Laura, you remember Obama. We saw him on TV during election night. Beautiful family. And that wife of yours -- that's one impressive lady."
The two men shook hands and then, according to Obama, Bush turned to an aide, "who squirted a big dollop of hand sanitizer in the president's hand."
Bush then offered some to Obama, who recalled: "Not wanting to seem unhygienic, I took a squirt."
The president then led Obama off to one side of the room, where Bush said: "I hope you don't mind me giving you a piece of advice."
"Not at all, Mr. President," Obama told the commander-in-chief.
"You've got a bright future," Bush said presciently. "Very bright. But I've been in this town awhile and, let me tell you, it can be tough. When you get a lot of attention like you've been getting, people start gunnin' for ya. And it won't necessarily just be coming from my side, you understand. From yours, too. Everybody'll be waiting for you to slip, know what I mean? So watch yourself."
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I thought I was actually showing some kindness," Bush said indignantly. "And out of that he came with this belief?"
The president added with a bit of a scowl: "He doesn't know me very well." (Ed: My emphasis)
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Remove all heavy and sharp objects from the room and read the entire article… First Bush-Obama Meeting: Hard Feelings and Hand Sanitizer. It should remind you of the Ann Coulter admonishment – sometimes, you can never be nice to a liberal. Wow, did I ever learn that lesson the hard way…
Bill Sammon is Washington Deputy Managing Editor for FOX News.
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