CNN’s Ali Velshi on Wilshire & Washington
When you look at that $825 billion bailout, what do you see? Massive government spending? Necessary infrastructure changes? Something shiny? It’s like a Rorschach test for political dogma. So if you’re confused by Rush Limbaugh’s explanation – who isn’t? – here’s a balm: stop listening to self-involved blowhards and listen to people who actually studied [...]
Selling the Stimulus Plan
If you missed the President’s first official YouTube address, here it is. A portion of it is dedicated to his plan to save the economy, which has been widely regarded on both sides of the philosophical spectrum as too much or too little. Today Paul Krugman debunks what he calls Republican myths about the plan, [...]
W&W: WhiteHouse.Gov: Still Celebrating the Online Inauguration
We have a new white house website, updated with a blog, and you can even subscribe to a feed. Oh, yeah, and there’s a new president there too, but back to technology. Really, can anything be official until the website changes over? But with Obama in charge, will the website be anything more than just PR? Can [...]
W&W: Extreme Makeover: Newspaper Edition
The blogosphere and twittersphere have been, um, a-twitter this week about the future of the newspaper world. The Chicago Tribune is going tabloid. Gasp! The Atlantic says the NY Times could be out of business by May. Oh no! The Seattle PI is going to either close or be sold. Oh my! BlogTalkRadio purchases a [...]
W&W: Mindy Finn Talks Rebuilding the Republican Party (.com)
As Obama does his best two-step to avoid picking the wrong dude (oops, oops, whoops), the Republican Party’s best and brightest are picking up where the Prez-Elect left off: community organizing. Call it smart, call it copying, or call it rebuildtheparty.com, as Mindy Finn does. As Romney’s former Director of eStrategy and co-founder of RebuildTheParty.com, [...]
W&W: 2008′s Angels & Scrooges
So, how about those legacy interviews from the great Scrooge himself, Dick Cheney? Did he just confess to everything? Is anyone surprised? Is the public perception of Cheney and his pal Bushie ever really going to change, and maybe improve over -8% (or whatever it is now) approval rating? What if they claim they both [...]
Jay Rosen Joins Wilshire & Washington, Talks Obama’s Emerging Press Policy
Hey, keep your shoes on! Just because Obama’s in office, that doesn’t mean journalism is going to be okay! Is the media business model still collapsing? How will bloggers and the White House Press Corp challenge the new administration? Is Obama following the Bush model of secrecy over transparency? Jay Rosen, professor of journalism at [...]
W&W: How Sexy is The Beast?
Can Tina Brown salvage the dilapidated print news industry? In today’s Wilshire & Washington, we have Rachel Syme, culture editor at The Daily Beast, which has become a bit of a bastion for old media journos going new media savvy. How are these writers dealing with the transition to a new medium? How is the [...]
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