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- Explaining the flattering treatment of Barack Obama in Rupert Murdoch's New York Post.November 17
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The New York Times asks today (Nov. 17) if all the soft Barack Obama coverage published in the New York Post this month indicates that Rupert Murdoch has "gone soft on liberals" or is reacting "pragmatically" to the president-elect's victory. The Post's ultra-positive Obama coverage includes a bunch of flattering photos of him on Page One paired with such headlines as "Brink of History," "Bamelot," "Dashing," and "Obama's Historic Victory." The paper also ran a 12-page, post-election special section about Obama.
[more ...] - Shafer on Murdoch.November 17
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"Rupert Murdoch and the Reverse Ferret: Explaining the mogul's flattering treatment of Barack Obama in the New York Post." Posted Nov. 17, 2008
[more ...] - The press spooks its readers about increased gun purchases.November 13
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Firearms scare almost everybody. But no demographic gets more wiggy about handguns, shotguns, and rifles than journalists. Ever since the Washington Post ("Gun Sales Thriving in Uncertain Times," Oct. 27) put the idea into circulation that the election and economic turmoil were spurring an increase in gun and ammo sales, a score of other news outlets have published their takes on the topic.
[more ...] - Don't count Matt Drudge out.November 10
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At the beginning of the summer, the press considered the Drudge Report so influential that its proprietor, Matt Drudge, was thought to be in position to determine the fall election's results.
[more ...] - What to expect from Rahm Emanuel as Obama's chief of staff.November 6
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"Always be closing!"—shouted by Alec Baldwin in the movie version of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross—could be Rahm Emanuel's slogan.
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