Media
Nas Steals the Show
Friday, July 25th, 2008On Tuesday Jeff Chang posted an entry announcing rapper Nas’s forthcoming participation in a rally outiside Fox News in which netroots organization ColorofChange was to deliver their petition with 600,000 signatures protesting the stations depiction of African Americans, and racist comments directed toward the Obama family. As is often the case when celebrities become involved [...]
The NEW new 527s
Saturday, July 5th, 2008Lieberman endorsing McCain clip used in anti-McCain ad produced by TheRealMcCain.com
You remember hearing about these so-called 527 groups during the 2004 campaign. 527s are independent advocacy groups that raise unregulated amounts of money to promote their own political ads (the kind of ads that don’t say, “I’m [candidate x] and I approve this message). A [...]
Color Lines Magazine: Race and Election Coverage 2008
Sunday, June 29th, 2008Color Lines Magazine’s recurring assessments of Race and 2008’s Election coverage always brings to light issues that are not covered by the MSM. For example, while many have discussed Missouri’s importance as a battleground state, and the prospects of Missouri Governor as a vice-presidential candidate has also garnered adequate attention, there has been no debate [...]
CNN Political Ticker: “Obama forced to flash ID”
Sunday, June 29th, 2008CNN’s Political Ticker provides us with this week’s where on earth have you candidate:
“It’s always a rush in the morning, everyone’s trying to come in quickly,” Perez-Tamayo said. “She asked him for his last name and he said ‘Obama,’ then she asked him for his first name.”
“It was very funny, she then realized who he [...]
Another Love T.K.O.
Sunday, June 29th, 2008Come November, more voters will vote for Obama than not. That’s my call, despite pockets of people who are up in arms against his campaign, I think these folks represent a minority, even if they get equal time in media coverage. Speaking of which, the Miami Herald says that on Saturday 60 cars were spraypainted [...]
Mags do balancing acts
Friday, June 27th, 2008Fortune Magazine’s new cover comes in two flavors, I’m bothered because I could only find the one I didn’t favor. Anyway, the online package of McCain and Obama write “How I’ll Fix The Economy” does a good job of juxtapposing their positions on the issues in a split screen format so it’s easy to follow [...]
John Ridley: When Rove Calls Obama Arrogant, He Means “Uppity”
Friday, June 27th, 2008HuffPo contributor John Ridley expounds on Karl Rove’s latest attempts at putting Obama in his place:
The only arrogance Obama is guilty of is the same “Unforgivable Blackness” so many exceptional people of color have demonstrated throughout the history of this country: a refusal to bend to the will of the Retro Guard. To Rove, to [...]
