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Greg Mitchell
The 'Online Campaign' -- Election 2.008 -- Rolls On
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 7, 2008 - 7:44pmLast updated: September 7, 2008 - 7:45pm
2008 has seen the first campaign strongly shaped -- even, at times, dominated -- by the new media, from viral videos and blog reports that "go mainstream" to profoundly successful online fundraising.
Jon Stewart Hails Newspapers' Campaign Coverage -- Hits Cable News
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 28, 2008 - 11:31amLast updated: August 28, 2008 - 11:32am
"Daily Show" host Jon Stewart ripped cable news networks but hailed newspapers for their political coverage. Yet Stewart observed that newspapers are fighting "a losing battle because they're getting overshadowed." Among other descriptives, he labeled the cable news networks "gerbil wheels." Other highlights from his talk, as observed by Howard Kurtz of The Washington Post: Stewart hit Fox News in particular as "an appendage of the Republican Party." He called Fox's "fair and balanced" slogan an insult "to people with brains.
Battle Over McClellan's Criticism of Media on War Rages
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 1, 2008 - 5:26pmIn the wake of the Scott McClellan revelations this week, reporters and TV anchors (past and present) have split on how much to take to heart his criticism of the media for getting "hoodwinked" by President Bush on the run-up to the Iraq war.
New Study Calls 'Embed' Program for U.S. Media in Iraq a 'Victory' -- for the Pentagon
Submitted by Benton Foundation on May 15, 2008 - 6:25amDebate over the "embedded journalist" program run by the Pentagon since the weeks before the Iraq invasion in 2003 has long raged, with some claiming that it gave reporters valuable close access to action while others saying that the journalists were severely compromised within it.
ABC Decides Top Issues Facing Americans Are Gaffes, Flag Pins and '60s Radicals
Submitted by Benton Foundation on April 17, 2008 - 7:36amLast updated: April 17, 2008 - 10:46am
In perhaps the most embarrassing performance by the media in a major presidential debate in years, ABC News hosts Charles Gibson and George Stephanopolous focused mainly on trivial issues as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama faced off in Philadelphia.
