NPR on Clinton Coverage

This is one of the best things I've heard/read on the coverage of Hillary Clinton. The coverage of Clinton will be one of our first topics this fall.

Quote from the piece (in case the link goes dead):

The record often shows journalists and pundits do constantly describe Clinton in different terms than they would her male rivals. In interviewing voters for a focus group on the air earlier this year, Fox News Channel consultant Frank Luntz sought to learn what kind of campaign they wanted Obama and Clinton to wage.
"How many of you want them to really argue," Luntz asked. "And, how many of you want them to make love to each other?"
Just try imagining him putting Republican Arizona Sen. John McCain and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in that scenario. Or, consider whether conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh could sneak Joe Biden into this one:
"Mrs. Clinton's testicle lockbox is big enough for the entire Democrat hierarchy," Limbaugh told listeners, "not just some people in the media."
On the other side of the spectrum, MSNBC's Chris Mathews famously said Clinton was a senator and a plausible presidential candidate only because of her humiliation during her husband's presidency.

The dog that did not bark I

By this date in history, there was a low-level hum in the media about Hillary Clinton's performance and the way in which it was outpacing Obama's.
This could be looked at in terms of coverage.
Or votes.
Or electoral votes, both for her and for him.

But the media storyline was different. You may not have read very much about the above, and you may have read quite a lot about the Bobby Kennedy remark.

More new media forms

In 2008, we saw the emergence of entirely new media forms.

Consider the Huffington Post. I can't really think of any obvious parallel or precursor to the way it blends blogging, mainstream-style commentary and the rather blurred use of Hollywood celebrities as news analysts.

Over at Brave New Films, documentary-maker Robert Greenwald decided that the development of viral videos was too important a thing to leave to chance.

Was the news coverage sexist?

That is the argument made by Hillary Clinton and her supporters in mid-May.

Here's a more detailed transcript, if you're interested.

The Wild Rover and the Tenor of the Times

The New York Times looks at the way the mass media have blurred the line between operative and expert, using Karl Rove as Exhibit K.

And here's another resource, Media Tenor, with a sample item from today.

What's Up, John?

This needed to be done.
A deconstruction of ''The Daily Show."

Tim and George. Do You Care?

Coverage of coverage!!!

The New York Times devoted a front page story to the rivalray between two Sunday morning hosts.

And I had a few extra thoughts.