President Obama, and the people around him, are probably the best players of the media game ever to occupy the White House: Numerous news conferences, email blasts, YouTube videos, etc.
So, it is somewhat amusing when the ultimate media president finds himself taking aim at —–the media for, in his view, their emphasis on those protesting [...]

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We all know that CNN’s Anderson Cooper is part of the world’s best and most experienced political reporting team because he and others on the team keep telling us so…over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.
Damn [...]

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Looks as if the one person who is not in control of this convention is Barack Obama. Ted Kennedy’s speech–even when suffering from a probable fatal brain tumor–made Obama’s rhetorical skills seem pale by comparison.

Obama’s wife gave a speech that makes one wonder whether she plans on a political career herself. Pretty good.
And, the Clinton [...]

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A little bit of self-promotion can’t hurt. Right?  With that in mind, this:
Howard Rosenberg, who won a Pulitzer for his media criticism while at the Los Angeles Times and who continues to appear in its pages, and I have co-authored a new book “No Time To Think” which will be published this October by Continuum [...]

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She’s pretty (in an ice cube sort of way); she has tons of money; and she appears to have the IQ of a piece of burnt toast. But face it, who wouldn’t want to be able to sail through life with such ease, if not grace, be it man or woman?
Doing a Hilton
So, how can [...]

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Not all that long ago, when I was writing for magazines, I sought out an agent in New York to help sell my words. “Magazine articles,” said he, “they are mighty hard to sell. Unless you have a niche, you know, a brand!”
A brand? For a magazine or book writer? Well, yes. He proudly pointed [...]

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