Barack Obama Media

The Permanent Campaign Has No Borders

David Hoffman | Posted 12.18.2008 | Media


David Hoffman

Instead of pre-packaged messages broadcast overseas, building the capacity of local media and investigative reporters promotes transparency and creates a culture of democratic activism.

The Media Parties Like It's 1997

John McQuaid | Posted 12.17.2008 | Media


John McQuaid

The media is falling back into old habits perfected during the Clinton scandals of the 90s. The not-so-subliminal message in this coverage: You thought things would be different with Obama. But they're not.

Study: Networks Much Tougher On Obama Than McCain

LA Times | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics


Haters of the mainstream media reheated a bit of conventional wisdom last week. Barack Obama, they said, was getting a free ride from those insuffera...

End Of The Affair: Press Breaks Up With Obama

TNR | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics


Around midnight on July 16, New York Times chief political correspondent Adam Nagourney received a terse e-mail from Barack Obama's press office. The ...

McCain Confides to Anonymous Campaign Source: "I'm Voting for Obama"

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


Ian Gurvitz

John McCain: "Frankly, I don't even know whose ass to kiss. Nobody loves me but my lobbyists, a bunch of old Jews in Florida, some armadillos in Arizona, and my mother."

New John McCain Ads Show Media In Love With Obama

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media


Two new ads from John McCain's campaign — one of which the campaign says will make it on air — show what they call the media's "love affai...

Obama Kids Tease Mom And Dad On Access Hollywood

Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama's wife and daughters say they're shocked that he's become a fashion icon in an interview with Access Hollywood: Obama has inspired a ...

The Pro-Obama Case Against MSNBC's Pro-Obama Coverage

TNR | Isaac Chotiner | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics


Two weeks ago, on the night of Barack Obama's big win and narrow loss in the North Carolina and Indiana primaries, respectively, I turned my televisio...

Honesty Not Race, Expediency Not Courage

Sylvia Welsh | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics


Sylvia Welsh

Claiming that his speech against the war was a brave moral act and contrasting himself with Mrs. Clinton's "injudicious" vote as a Senator strains credibility and echoes the dishonesty of his "I didn't hear it in the pew" excuse.