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The Media Writes A Story
Suburban Guerrilla —
About Hillary Clinton and her speech at the convention.
Quote of the Day
Shakesville —
"Even after all these months, I still don't completely understand why Clinton's essentially centrist campaign for the White House ginned up so much open contempt from the press corps, which has felt completely comfortable addressing her in an openly derogatory and condescending manner. The issue of her convention involvement simply allowed the press to whack her around like a piñata one more time, regardless of the facts."—Eric Boehlert, in a must-read piece bluntly titled "Hillary Clinton speaks at convention. The press concocts a story." Seriously, I cannot recommend ...
The Media's Clintonitis
Taylor Marsh —
... Only in America’s media would the only two-term president since F.D.R., and
the only woman to ever get 18 million votes and almost win the nomination be
considered "sunset figures." ...
Were Eric Boehlert and Bob Somerby separated at birth?
Corrente —
Go read.
Unity Through The Years
TalkLeft —
Eric Boehlert writes: At the Democratic National Convention in 1992, Jerry Brown, who finished a very distant second to the party's nominee, had his name placed into nomination and addressed the assembled convention. . . .Brown "did not specifically endorse presidential nominee Bill Clinton." [J]ust hours before the 1988 convention began, Jackson's supporters threatened to place the candidate's name into nomination for the vice presidency, which would have created a massive floor fight between Jackson and Dukakis' pick, Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of ...
Tuesday Night Convention Thread
Open Left - Front Page —
... , but it is, of course, completely fabricated. Clinton has helped raise millions for Democrats, done numerous campaign stops, and sent dozens of staffers to his campaign. While ...
Hullabaloo — ... linking Eric Boehlert is a good reminder of how the game works. The degree of Clinton-trashing Boehlert documents is striking, while New York magazine's "Obama Agrees to Roll-Call Vote for Clinton. Does That Make Him a Sissy?" plays into familiar dynamics. Somehow, I doubt that Hillary or Bill Clinton will deliver a true ...
Chuck Todd: Don’t believe the PUMA hype
Crooks and Liars —
... than Democratic National Committee.
As Amanda at Pandagon discovered, Murphy donated money to McCain in 2000. She has never donated money to Clinton. Disenfranchised Clinton supporter? I don’t think so. And Rumproast has documented how the PUMAs have sought to make themselves sound much larger and more organized than they are. 60 of them about to take charge of the convention? Not bloody likely.
Eric Boehlert at Media Matters adds:
Fact: Many in the press have portrayed ...
Pen-Elayne on the Web — ... Village Voice, where he brings, us among other things, The Harrowing Adventures of President Obama; and that Melissa "Shakespeare's Sister" McEwen continues to shine at the Guardian -- two recent posts of hers that I liked speculated about how the upcoming GOP con is the beginning of the end for the nutbar wing of the party, and how suddenly magnanimous the press was to Hillary Clinton for a brief moment before business as usual slunk in again. (Eric Boehlert has some good thoughts about this as well.) • Marisa Acocella Marchetto, the Cancer ...
