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Top Stories (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Reporters traveling with Obama told not to wear nail polish or Hamas-like green. See also: Slideshow of trip
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The Pink Flamingo (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
FAKE, BLING & GIANT I emailed one of The Pink Flamingo's readers earlier this evening that Obama is starting to believe his own press. When that happens, a person will soon be toast. The American people don't like arrogance or fakes. Barack Obama is a fake. Unfortunately he is getting 50% more media coverage than John McCain. When one considers how close the polls are, it makes you wonder how far...
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The Moderate Voice (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Was the campaign of Democratiic presumptive Presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama sending a publication — and perhaps the press in general — a petulant or hard-ball message? Or was it strictly coincidence? And if it is to explained and dismissed by some as a coincidence is it as believable as being a coincidence in the political world as to the weekend clarification through a spokesman (a U.S. military...
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The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
I suppose one would have to be a dedicated hermit not to know that Barack Obama is making a tour of the war zones this week. The networks sent all three anchors, the troops are cheering for him (Except of course for the generals, who fear for their jobs and reputations.) and the bullshit media hoopla is almost deafening. (Or at least it would be if I actually turned on my TV and allowed the hypnotism...
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The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
By Patrick Appel Ryan Lizza, who had a critical piece on Obama last week, was excluded from Obama's international tour: According to a Chicago pol interviewed by Lizza, [Obama] earned a reputation that “‘you’re not going to punk me, you’re...
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The Big Picture (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
I've found Erin Burnett to be a delightful addition on CNBC -- she gets the full NYT rising star treatment in the Sunday Business section: ONLY days into a new job at CNBC two and a half years ago, Erin Burnett was settling into orientation when the network decided to put her on camera. Viewers and executives of the cable business channel took note, and within weeks, Ms. Burnett started her first...
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Grasping Reality with Both Hands (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Tim Duy writes: > Economist's View: Tim Duy: Not So Bad': Brad DeLong is puzzled. Earlier this week, defending Greenspan-era monetary policy, > > Now we are not yet out of the woods. If the tide of financial distress sweeps the Fed and the Treasury away--if we find ourselves in a financial-meltdown world where unemployment or inflation kisses 10%--then I will unhappily concede, and say that Greenspanism...
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Marginal Revolution (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Via Mark Thoma, the highly intelligent Tim Duy offers an explanation. Here's one small bit: The impact of the consumer slowdown is partially offshored, a point which I think deserves greater attention. This shifts job destruction to an overseas producer....
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Stop the ACLU (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Cross posted from Wake up America According to Christoph von Marschall, who is the Washington bureau chief of Der Tagesspiegel, a German daily newspaper, Barack Obama has been snubbing the Foreign Press. Phone calls and emails ignored, and von Marschall says, “We Don’t Matter”. In the Washington Post today, von Marschall writes a piece which wonders [...]
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Say Anything (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Obama’s been really picky about what journalists he talks to lately. Not only is he not talking to any foreign journalists , his campaign gave the boot to the New Yorker magazine journalist who wrote the article that went with that controversial cover a few weeks back . ...the New Yorker writer Ryan Lizza, whose long, long article on Barack Obama’s early political days in Chicago’s ward politics (...
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Say Anything (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Obama would like the reporters traveling with him to refrain from wearing fingernail polish and open-toed shoes while visiting Israel and Jordan so as to not offend the locals. Oh, and stockings are a must . Reporters traveling overseas with Sen. Barack Obama were thrown a bit of curve last week when the campaign emailed a “dress code” for Israel and Jordan. Aides had passed along as a courtesy the...
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Towleroad (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Australia: Pope's apology for clergy abuse not good enough. Clash between pilgrims and protestors after condoms thrown. The Dark Knight shatters box office records, taking in $153.34 million. Check out the list of records it broke. Man claims possession of...
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Queerty (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
“…New Yorker writer Ryan Lizza, whose long, long article on Barack Obama’s early political days in Chicago’s ward politics (available here) was the reason for the magazine’s controversial cover by Barry Blitt depicting Obama as a Muslim, has been barred from traveling with Obama on his foreign field trip this week.” [LA Times]
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Salon.com (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Barack Obama's overseas trip is shaping up as one of the most significant events of the campaign season, but one important media outlet was left sucking jet fumes when his plane took off -- The New Yorker. Officially, the Obama campaign said there wasn't room on the tour for the magazine's Washington correspondent, Ryan Lizza, but some media watchers are interpreting the move as a snub because of...
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SCSUScholars (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Press corps women travelling with the Obama show to Israel and Jordan have been give explicit instructions regarding their dress codes. This article from Politico provides the list of "no-nos" for females. Restrictions include but are not limited to the following: “Do not wear nail polish.” “Women should only wear a limited amount of jewelry.” “Shoulders and arms must be fully covered (no strapless...
