Watch out for John King and his magic wall. He might use it to launch some missiles at you. Or replace the midwest with someplace more useful.
In all seriousness, CNN is totally ridiculous.
The conventional wisdom is always the most interesting when its totally counterintuitive. After months of fearing that middle America’s racism would prevent an Obama victory, liberals have quickly pivoted to embrace the anxiety of an assassination attempt. This is juxtaposed against (and encouraged) by an emerging narrative that white supremacists were rooting for Barack all [...]
By Nick Werle
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Also tagged althusser, american culture, criticism, election '08, ideology, lacan, neuroses, obama, palin, psychoanalysis, race, white supremacy
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I was glad to go food shopping this morning because it was great to be out in the world (as opposed to on campus) and see the “I Voted” stickers on everybody. There has been a palpable sense of excitement and anticipation among (nearly) everyone i’ve spoken to for the last week, but I think [...]
Roger Ailes must have gotten to Megyn Kelly.
Ok, I can understand why any anchor would defend her station. But it’s still disheartening to see Kelly’s O’Reilly impression.
Meanwhile, the anchor story over at CNN is about Campbell Brown, who is going up against O’Reilly and Olbermann in prime time with “Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull” [...]
By Nick Werle
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Also tagged blogging, campaign, campbell brown, criticism, election '08, fivethirtyeight, media, megyn kelly, new media, news and politics, newspapers
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After mailing my absentee ballot, some reflection has left me totally confused as to how someone might still be undecided. With such stark differences between the candidates, it’s hard for me to imagine a state of mind that would result in being an undecided voter. Luckily, it doesn’t seem like we need to wait to [...]
Today one of The Times‘ election blogs has an interesting post on viral design for the Obama campaign. Shepard Fairey’s designs have emerged as some of the most recognizable images of the two-year-long campaign, providing the visual style for a small industry of copycat productions. The culture gap between the two campaigns - in both [...]
By Nick Werle
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Also tagged advertising, campaign, design, election '08, great schlep, new hampshire, obama, race, sarah silverman, viral marketing, viral video
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Since i’ve never lived in a battleground state, American politics really feels like an internet phenomenon followed from afar. Saturday, I got my first taste of democracy in( )action: canvassing for Obama (and Shaheen and Hodes, but I’ll get to those two in a minute) in Nashua NH. Between the too-early wake up (6.45) and [...]
By Nick Werle
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Also tagged american culture, campaign, canvass, election '08, good experience, john kerry, nashua, new hampshire, obama, paul hodes, volunteer
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It could be that I’ve started to perceive the world solely in the bold, red headlines of HuffPo, but I certainly didn’t think the story from Sarah Palin’s ABC interview was that she thinks she’s “ready.” But apparently, The Times’ Jim Rutenberg felt that was pretty crucial, since he spends his first four paragraphs recounting [...]