Howard Kurtz: Obama’s Liberal Base Loving His Cool Approach Less and Less
It is as inevitable in Washington as sweltering summers and steamy sex scandals.
It is as inevitable in Washington as sweltering summers and steamy sex scandals.
Howard Kurtz: Obama’s Liberal Base Loving His Cool Approach Less and LessIt is as inevitable in Washington as sweltering summers and steamy sex scandals. Howard Kurtz: Obama’s Liberal Base Loving His Cool Approach Less and LessIt is as inevitable in Washington as sweltering summers and steamy sex scandals. The Post-Kennedy EraWhen a major public figure dies, journalists have to ask an overarching question, if only to keep stoking the story after the first 24 hours. The Kennedy FarewellMy first reaction was as a journalist: Had Ted Kennedy died too late to make the newspapers? Who would the morning shows book? Would the coverage go on for days? Howard Kurtz on the Personal Tone of the Media’s Tributes to Ted KennedyThe black-and-white images -- of a skinny, short-haired Ted Kennedy, flanked by his brothers -- became video wallpaper Wednesday as television moved into mourning mode. Torture, Back in PlayAnd you thought the health-care debate was divisive. Unpopularity ContestI seemed to have waded into a minefield with yesterday's column about death panels. Death Panels Smite JournalismFor once, mainstream journalists did not retreat to the studied neutrality of quoting dueling antagonists. Media Notes: Howard Kurtz on the Complex Nature of the Health-Care Reform StoryFor once, mainstream journalists did not retreat to the studied neutrality of quoting dueling antagonists. Media Notes: Howard Kurtz on the Complex Nature of the Health-Care Reform StoryFor once, mainstream journalists did not retreat to the studied neutrality of quoting dueling antagonists. |