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Elephant in the Room: When Will the GOP Join the Blogosphere

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ November 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

MediaLizzy and I joined our progressive and conservative voices on today’s HuffPost Media page:
“Liberals may be understandably ecstatic about the influence the blogosphere has had on the election results, but truly thoughtful and responsible citizens should have reservations about the absence of conservative dialogue. It’s too easy these days to consume self-reinforcing information, whether it’s [...]

Politico: Reporters Have No Access on Campaign Trail

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ September 18, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Politico has an interesting story today on how news orgs are apparently wasting big bucks traveling with Obama and McCain to limited results:
“Not only do the reporters have little interaction with the candidates, but increasingly they are having little impact on the broad campaign narratives and daily story lines that supply most voters with their [...]

Hybrid Media Love Fest at HuffPost Luncheon

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ August 26, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

A cast of entertainment, media and political heavyweights discussed the role of new media in the 2008 election this afternoon. Moderated by Charlie Rose, the lineup included Rahm Emanuel, George Stephanopoulos, WaPost’s Katharine Weymouth, Will.i.am, YouTube’s Chad Hurley and the guy who plays Barack Obama on Saturday Night Live.
While a lot of the usual arguments [...]

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 [...]

Sarah Lacy Interviews Julia Allison

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

Lacy is, you may recall, the woman who so obnoxiously interviewed Mark Zuckerberg at SXSW in March. (I was in the crowd that day and can attest that it was absolultely horrific.) She’s much better here with Julia Allison, who is dead on in her comments about companies needing to stop being afraid of new [...]

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