blogs.usatoday.com - 8/1/2008
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As they've argued over the Celeb TV ad that Republican John McCain's presidential campaign released Wednesday (best known for its use of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton), aides from both major contenders' campaigns have made a number of charges. One thing that McCain campaign chief Rick Davis and others who work for the Republican senator have said is that it was Democrat Barack Obama's team ...
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Case study in bad journalism: USA Today
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
... It is beyond me how good newspapers hire such morons. Seriously. I'm sure the guys who write at USA Today are nice people and all, but where do they get off publishing a piece asking readers to vote on who they "think" went negative first, after basically telling the readers that it was McCain and the RNC who went negative first? This is classic neo-journalism, as I may start calling it. They take an issue that's decided, that we already know the answer to, that THEY already know the answer to, and they muddy it up and pretend that there are actually two sides to the story ...
Applause please
Newshoggers.com —
... for making this wise observation from the bench, where he presided over a trespassing case against some people trying to make a citizen's arrest of Karl Rove.
There's no award associated with this project yet, but I bet they could borrow a trophy from John Cole once Josh finishes tracking the media complicity in McCain's smear attacks. I'm betting a clear winner will emerge from the statistics. You can help.
And kudos to those wise respondents who voted correctly in this poll. Add your voice. ...
Remainders: First blood
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Like d’uh! He is a celebrity! You can be a celebrity too!
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Definition of celebrity , from Wikipedia :
A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention. The word stems from the Latin verb “celebrere” but they may not become a ...
DNC: You're proud of that ad? —
First Read 8/1/2008
From NBC's Mark MurrayThe Democratic National Committee has released a Web video criticizing McCain for saying yesterday that he's proud of his campaign's Britney-Paris ad.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Republican presidential candidate John McCain is warning an influential black organization that rival Barack Obama’s ideas are not always as impressive as his rhetoric.
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