Media Focus Archives - Page 29 of 44

Notes Photo November 4, 2009

Call Out the Armey

The NYT Mag, Dick Armey and more fair-and-balanced" hamburger to grind.

Notes Photo October 27, 2009

Politico’s Wedge Shot

So, Politico places golf shots of Obama and Bush side-by-side and complains of a double-standard?

Notes Photo October 25, 2009

Little of Precious

If the story of “ ‘Precious’ is so not Obama... ‘Precious’ is so not P.C." as the article and Director Daniels says, why does the NYT Mag directly tie the cover to him through the title?

Notes Photo October 22, 2009

I have my doubts the people at BAZAAR were conscious of a Palin connection in shooting this new Tina Fey cover -- although the heels, the (pure) white (vs. "rogue" red) and the "new ideas" statement could all plug in.

Notes Photo October 20, 2009

Carry Me Away (at 5 and 11, and 24/7)

I must be the last person in the country to touch the "balloon boy" story, but I thought it was beautiful....

Notes Photo October 16, 2009

My Edit: Obama’s First Presidential Visit to New Orleans

These thumbnails represent my final edit on Obama's visit to New Orleans yesterday -- the first of his presidency.

Notes Photo October 12, 2009

Beck Takes Swing at Obama, Karate Chops Pelosi

In light of the fisticuffs breaking out between FOX and the White House, a reader brought a disturbing Glenn Beck behavior to my attention, one in which Beck physically slaps and hits Obama and Pelosi on a TV monitor.

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Nobel Slam Not Enough, Newsweek Tries To Set White House on Fire

Come the new week, here's Newsweek jumping on the "he didn't deserve it and who does he think he is, anyway?" bandwagon.

Notes Photo October 7, 2009

The Post's White Coats Moment

NY Post cranks about Rose Garden photo op. Shows WH staff passing out doctor coats... (to DOCTORS, I should add!)

Notes Photo October 5, 2009

Afghanistan Update: In a Bind

With the war in Afghanistan at the top of the list of political footballs this week, I'm curious about this photo on the cover of the new TIME.

Notes Photo October 2, 2009

The Obamas: The "Shame" of Copenhagen

This AP photo of the Obamas in Copenhagen in support of Chicago's Olympic bid is just one example of how the media is using the Brazil award to frame Michelle and Barack as failures.

Notes Photo September 27, 2009

Beyond "Cheney the Butcher"

I assume most of you are familiar with the Newsweek "butchering Cheney" controversy?

Notes Photo September 21, 2009

Glenn Beck, Intellectual

By creating a cheap veneer that he's deep, thoughtful, and really cares about the historical stuff, Beck almost gets away with the obvious.

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George Schieffer and Bob Stephanopoulos

I thought the beauty of the this collage illustrated how the five inside-the-beltway Sunday news anchors who interviewed Obama yesterday might as well be clones.

Notes Photo September 20, 2009

Obama’s First General Assembly: A Spittin’ Preview

I had a fleeting fantasy last night that the media, in this new post-Bush era, might somehow choose not to reduce Obama's first General Assembly meeting from a serious and substantive platform of world leaders from across the globe into a perceptual cat-and-mouse game between Obama and Ahmadinejad.