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The Nature of ‘The Beast’

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ August 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I started reading Vanity Fair because Brad Pitt was wearing a soaked white shirt as he emerged from a Malibu beach on the cover, thus it was in the context of this undignified marketing ploy that I came to be enamored with the idea of Tina Brown and Graydon Carter and their sexy politics. (I [...]

Responses to -31- Debut

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ August 5, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

-31- began with a bang this week and I hope the conversation will continue as the project grows. As noted in this Poynter emedia tidbit, we won’t be able to have comments on the entries until the fall when Editor & Publisher adds some blogging functionality, but we’ll work around it until then.
I did receive [...]

Lessons from Iowa: How to Win the People, Then the Press

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ July 31, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Thx HuffPost: “Local Papers: Obama Dominating Ground Game”
John McCain once famously proclaimed that the media was his “base,” and as last week’s W&W guest and Straight Talk Express veteran, Seattle PI cartoonist David Horsey, pointed out: Many members of the media have long relationships with and like McCain better than Obama.
This scenario isn’t a [...]

Boobs for Obama

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ July 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Jon Voight may not like Obama, but Pam does. And that’s all that matters. [Photo courtesy of Megan, a.k.a. Hope Santa]

On W&W Tomorrow

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ July 22, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

We’ll talk editorial judgment with veteran journalists Greg Mitchell, editor-in-chief of publishing industry trade magazine Editor & Publisher, and Seattle Post-Intelligencer Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist David Horsey. Tune in live at 7:30am PST | 10:30am EST by clicking the play button on the blue Blog Talk Radio box >> in my multi-media column.

Bias: Fox News, Amy Jacobson & Boing Boing

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ July 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The last thing you want in a fierce criticism of Fox news is a "Correction Appended" notice burying your lead, but David Carr’s story in yesterday’s New York Times media section raised some thought-provoking questions about objectivity in reporting. (The fact in question had to do with the ownership of TV Guide, and you [...]

Protecting the Newspaper Industry’s Real Product

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ June 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Last week Sam Zell announced that my beloved Tribune Company would be moving to a 50-50 editorial to advertising ratio, and many people decried this as another sign that the value of journalists and quality content is being further undermined.
At a glance, it does seem like reducing the Los Angeles Times by 85 pages per [...]

Journalists Jonesing for Obama?

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ April 20, 2008 ⋅ One comment

After last week’s ABC debate debacle, John Harris and Jim Vandehei have proclaimed that journalists are enabling the so-called Obama Phenomenon , citing in their Politico story the breakdown of objective points of view, the rise of the agenda-driven liberal blogosphere, and coverage of the ideal politics versus the real as the reasons for this [...]