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Howard Kurtz on the post-election media frenzy over Barack Obama

WaPo’s media watcher extraordinaire Howard Kurtz writes today about the types of fawning “cool, hip guy/family” articles we’ve seen routinely from the mainstream media since the election of Barack Obama, something I’ve addressed in a couple of posts here. In his piece, Kurtz first notes a short list of the types of headlines and stories he’s read since Nov. 4:.....   [Read More]

How many more front page puff pieces will the Charlotte Observer print on the Obamas?

The week of the election, we were treated to two fawning multi-paged sections devoted to the election of Barack Obama, with the one on Saturday the 8th having an image of him that spanned 3/4ths of the page. Yesterday, the hot story on page 1 was a glowing piece on Michelle Obama and how she had become an inspiration for black women across America. It was a nice piece, but why was it on the front page? For that matter, wouldn’t a better place for it been Parade magazine? .....   [Read More]