The Future of Netroots: GOP Disruptions, Daily Kos & the Role of OfA
With Netroots Nation coming up next week, we have joining us DailyKos General Manager Will Rockafellow for today’s Wilshire & Washington. We talk the future of the netroots and, now that President Obama has been in office for six months, how tactics will change online. The Republicans are certainly getting into the swing of things [...]
WW | Post-Cronkite Journos: Advocates, Narcissists & Sleuths
It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad media world, and we’re just players, right? We don’t even have Walter Cronkite to tell us how it is anymore. The latest to the fray is Mediaite.com, and on today’s Wilshire & Washington, we have Rachel Sklar, the Editor-at-Large for Mediaite and a former senior contributing editor here at [...]
Summer’s State of the Union: SCOTUS, Politico & Bruno Bring the Heat
A serious question for all those watching the Sonia Sotomayor hearings: Nobody, especially Sotomayor, is really going to say anything new or dramatic, so can we skip it? No? D’oh! A wise Latina might let us, but we all know how the Republicans feel about them. On this week’s Wilshire & Washington, we confront bipartisan [...]
W&W: Paging Team America: Who Will Save Laura & Euna?
When two American journalists are sent to prison in a foreign country, shouldn’t the news organization at least support them and assuage public outrage by acknowledging and covering the situation on its own site? That’s the question confronting Al Gore’s Current TV network, faced with the sentencing of reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee to [...]
W&W: Does Sotomayor Nom Spell ‘No Mas’ for GOP’s Latino Outreach?
As the SCOTUS nomination of Sonia Sotomayor continues to dominate the news cycle, CNN’s Leslie Sanchez joins us to get right to the heart of the matter: what’s up with Newt Gingrich withdrawing his “she’s racist” comments? Can’t the guy just stand up for what he believes? But seriously, how many controversies does Sotomayor need [...]
W&W: Lessons From Skid Row Karaoke
**SORRY! Haven’t had time to update last week’s Wilshire & Washington, but it was a very special one for me. My friend from wayyyyyy back in the day, former Daily Bruin sports editor Scottie Schultz, is an amazing soul whose done some wonderful photography and community development on Skid Row. I’m pleased to note that [...]
W&W: Can Obama Deliver What Women Want?
With Supreme Court buzz dominating DC, gender issues are suddenly back in style despite the President’s recent declaration at his 100 Days press conference that protecting abortion rights was not a high priority on his agenda. Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women, joins us for a fascinating discussion about equality in Obama’s [...]
Helloooo, Manhattan
I’ve returned to New York with a grueling schedule and a number of wonderful adventures. After my beloved Virgin America airlines destroyed my lucky purple suitcase and an unlicensed cab driver attempted to kidnap me at JFK, I rallied from my redeye flight for a great Wilshire & Washington with Adriel Hampton, an amazing candidate [...]
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