[Some industry experts believe a natural affinity exists between the Web and talk radio.] Talk radio and the Web have two very important things in common, ... They're an alternative message-delivery system that appeals to folks who aren't necessarily wild about the mainstream media. And both have the key element of interactivity. You can talk back, whether it's through the phone or the modem. |
age-old device in politics, making a personal slam sound more high-minded by attributing it to someone else. |
Boy, this impeachment thing really is getting him. |
Bush used a version of the same technique: 'I heard somebody say, well, maybe so-and-so is not patriotic because they disagree with my position. I totally reject that thought.' Somebody? So-and-so? Who could he be referring to? |
But I don't know how much sympathy there is out there for newspapers when there are companies laying off 10,000 people a pop. |
But if this is the tip of the iceberg, in other words, if there are more moments in debates or other interviews, where he seems not to have a grasp, sure, that could be a major problem, ... But that will depend on whether this sort of thing ... resonates with voters. It may not, this may be a media flap, it may be a one-day story. |
But journalists rarely venture into impoverished neighborhoods these days, except for quick-hit features, |
Even by the standards of modern media excess, there has never been anything quite like the way the press is embracing, extolling and flat-out promoting this retired general who has never sought public office. |
How much time do you have? |
I can't say I was shocked, |
I think the chances of (ABC) succeeding are pretty decent. |
It would be an absolute coup for ABC to steal Letterman, ... Reliable Sources. |
It's a brave new world. |
It's kind of like letting people inside the newsroom. They can see the raw process. They can see the judgments that different networks make -- some being cautious, some being not so cautious, and they can make up their own minds about who's right, who's wrong and what remains to be seen. |
It's pretty clear that Dan Rather faced a very unpalatable choice. ... His contract had at least two more years to run. [Should he] step down now before the outside investigative report, commissioned by CBS News expected in the next few weeks about his botching -- and the network's botching -- of that story about President Bush's National Guard service? Rather [decided] today that it would be better for him to step down on his own terms. |