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Remainders: Her night
Ben Smith's Blog — Obama's daughters wanted the Jonas Brothers. McCain's Hillary spots are video press releases. Biden sheds a tear. Sasha corrects her dad for confusing St. Louis and Kansas City. Bittersweet Wolfson. Carville shoe conspiracy. Labor's card-check campaign begins in earnest. Obama takes on Agriprocessors, the kosher meat company in Iowa accused on labor violations. Obama small-town dominance in Iowa? Rangel added to tonight's roster. ...

Guilting the controversy-hungry cable nets
Jonathan Martin's Blog — ... Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor sends out this email message to reporters, reminding them that McCain's Hillary spots are largely meant for earned media consumption (meaning us): ...

Email of the Day
The Stump — Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor mass-mails: Note to Cable Networks: The only time McCain's Clinton-themed ads are running is when they're included in your programming Evidence here. --Michael Crowley

This Is Why I've Stopped Reporting On The New McCain-Hillary Ads
The Atlantic Politics Channel — They're almost video press releases... running on fumes... 

Ads As Cable Soundbites
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — That's what it's getting to. McCain is getting the media air his Hillary ads for him: In the press releases accompanying each new ad, the McCain team pledges to air them in “key states.” But don’t expect to see many show up in battleground state living rooms. According to the Campaign Media Analysis Group, which monitors political advertising across the country, only one of the three Clinton-themed ads has been broadcast so far –- and that ad, featuring a Clinton delegate who now endorses McCain, is only airing in Toledo, Ohio. Obama is ...

From the Fact Check Desk: Did Obama Say Iran is a 'Tiny' Country that 'Doesn't Pose a Serious Threat'?
Political Punch — ... From the Fact Check Desk: Did Obama Say Iran is a 'Tiny' Country that 'Doesn't Pose a Serious Threat'? August 27, 2008 11:13 AM We in the media have given a lot of airtime to the TV ads of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., this week, starring as they do Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY. There's been evidence emerging that McCain's campaign isn't really running these ads anywhere, according to the Campaign Media Analysis Group. “These were basically video press releases,” CMAG’s Evan Tracey tells the Wall Street Journal . OK, so that's kind of dishonest of the McCain campaign. Today's ...

Around the Web: 2008
The Corner on National Review Online — ... End Their Rift Los Angeles Times [image] Clinton Delivers Emphatic Plea for Unity The New York Times [image] Many Clinton Supporters Say Speech Didn't Heal Divisions The Washington Post [image] Clinton Faithful Face Reality: "Time to Move On" The Denver Post [image] Did Hillary Heal the Wounds? Politico [image] Former Gov. Warner: Party Must Seize Opportunity The Boston Globe [image] [image] McCain Plans 3-State VP Rollout Politico [image] Hillary-Themed Ads Are Barely Broadcast The Wall Street Journal [image] Calls Obama Naive ...

Video press releases
Political Animal — VIDEO PRESS RELEASES.... Just about every day, the McCain campaign releases a new "ad," which is released to the media along with a vague promise that the commercial will air somewhere, at some point. Cable networks, predictably, run the ad over and over again, for free, as part of their coverage of the campaign. This has been especially true this week, with a series of McCain campaign "ads" featuring Hillary Clinton. The WSJ's Aaron Rutkoff noted that this is part of a well-executed scam that the news networks keep falling for. In the press releases accompanying each new ...

8/27: Did Hillary's Speech Work?
Blogometer — ... : "This is why I've stopped reporting on the new McCain-Hillary ads: They're almost video press releases ...running on fumes..." THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Never Saw This Coming ...