Comments on: John McCain: The Media Darling Schtick Beginning To Wear Thin? http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:09:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: butterbeer http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/#comment-1560799 butterbeer Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:50:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/#comment-1560799 <p>I’ve seen several Republicans for Voldemort in Berkeley but no Sauron. You’d think it would be out there somewhere.</p> I’ve seen several Republicans for Voldemort in Berkeley but no Sauron. You’d think it would be out there somewhere.

]]> By: pluege http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/#comment-1560682 pluege Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:58:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/#comment-1560682 <p><em>Guess that BBQ only buys you so much love, eh</em>?</p> <p>guess Andrea didn’t like mccain’s secret BBQ sauce.</p> Guess that BBQ only buys you so much love, eh?

guess Andrea didn’t like mccain’s secret BBQ sauce.

]]> By: KevinHayden http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/#comment-1560671 KevinHayden Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:46:26 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/#comment-1560671 <p>I think Andrea Mitchell is ‘faking it’ to ‘prove’ her journalistic ethics are intact. It’s an art she’s been forced to perfect since her marriage to the architect of the Titanic, billions and billions of dollars ago.</p> I think Andrea Mitchell is ‘faking it’ to ‘prove’ her journalistic ethics are intact. It’s an art she’s been forced to perfect since her marriage to the architect of the Titanic, billions and billions of dollars ago.

]]> By: 1970cs http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/#comment-1560546 1970cs Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:20:14 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/#comment-1560546 <p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#25892111" rel="nofollow">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#25892111</a></p> <p>This is not a strong performance from Robert Gibbs(communications director) of Obama’s campaign. Has he ever been on TeeVee before, didn’t look like it.</p> <p>I’ve heard the complaint from Richard Wolfe and others that aside from putting Barack out front there is little access to the campaign. Like them or not, Obama has to get his message out to more than Olberman because it’s an echo chamber. I don’t like Mrs. Greenspan but it does more good to keep her happy, than not.</p> <p>I don’t know what the overall Obama media staegy is, but the message doesn’t seem to get out past the blogosphere. Where is the message from the campaign showing McCain voting against Vet benefits constantly? About McCain changing his positions daily(somtimes more)? About the Keating 5?</p> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#25892111

This is not a strong performance from Robert Gibbs(communications director) of Obama’s campaign. Has he ever been on TeeVee before, didn’t look like it.

I’ve heard the complaint from Richard Wolfe and others that aside from putting Barack out front there is little access to the campaign. Like them or not, Obama has to get his message out to more than Olberman because it’s an echo chamber. I don’t like Mrs. Greenspan but it does more good to keep her happy, than not.

I don’t know what the overall Obama media staegy is, but the message doesn’t seem to get out past the blogosphere. Where is the message from the campaign showing McCain voting against Vet benefits constantly? About McCain changing his positions daily(somtimes more)? About the Keating 5?

]]> By: beth meacham http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/#comment-1560494 beth meacham Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:58:08 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/#comment-1560494 <p>Guys, you have a problem with your links in Ian’s article — I’m getting redirected to bad URLs when I click on any of the links to ‘read more’ or the comments.</p> <p>I don’t think it’s me — I got here just fine.</p> Guys, you have a problem with your links in Ian’s article — I’m getting redirected to bad URLs when I click on any of the links to ‘read more’ or the comments.

I don’t think it’s me — I got here just fine.

]]> By: rwcole http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/#comment-1560486 rwcole Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:51:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/#comment-1560486 <p>When we discuss the “media” we should probably distinguish between it’s various parts:</p> <p>Reporters</p> <p>Editors</p> <p>Owners</p> <p>Performers (like Tweety)</p> <p>Op/ed writers</p> <p>etc.</p> <p>If we’re talking about REPORTERS, their bread is buttered by finding and writing stories that get bylines and above the fold positioning…if they spend the whole campaign writing crap that gets buried, they’ll be looking for other work.</p> <p>McBush gives em stories—the stories they’re getting right NOW may not be the stories McBush wants printed- but they are stories nonetheless..</p> <p>Would you rather be traveling with Obama or McBush?</p> When we discuss the “media” we should probably distinguish between it’s various parts:

Reporters

Editors

Owners

Performers (like Tweety)

Op/ed writers

etc.

If we’re talking about REPORTERS, their bread is buttered by finding and writing stories that get bylines and above the fold positioning…if they spend the whole campaign writing crap that gets buried, they’ll be looking for other work.

McBush gives em stories—the stories they’re getting right NOW may not be the stories McBush wants printed- but they are stories nonetheless..

Would you rather be traveling with Obama or McBush?

]]> By: dmac http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/#comment-1560475 dmac Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:40:33 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/#comment-1560475 <p>on safari i hit comm option shift click for a new window…..</p> on safari i hit comm option shift click for a new window…..

]]> By: SuburbanGrrrl http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/#comment-1560474 SuburbanGrrrl Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:40:26 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/#comment-1560474 <blockquote><p>Either that, or the press is sensing that the political winds for McCain are simply blowing smoke, and they are doing what they always do…abandoning the sinking ship lest its stench rub off. What do you think?</p></blockquote> <p><strong></strong>Absolutely!!<strong></strong> It is interesting to watch the media shift…but we need to keep the message out there that even if the media takes “our side” they always go through the prevailing winds and will turn once again. All they care about is access.</p>

Either that, or the press is sensing that the political winds for McCain are simply blowing smoke, and they are doing what they always do…abandoning the sinking ship lest its stench rub off. What do you think?

Absolutely!! It is interesting to watch the media shift…but we need to keep the message out there that even if the media takes “our side” they always go through the prevailing winds and will turn once again. All they care about is access.

]]> By: Christy Hardin Smith http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/#comment-1560472 Christy Hardin Smith Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:39:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/#comment-1560472 <p>As someone who was a MAC user from the mid-80s onward, they have always had the command key functions as far as I can remember…</p> As someone who was a MAC user from the mid-80s onward, they have always had the command key functions as far as I can remember…

]]> By: dmac http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/#comment-1560470 dmac Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:36:35 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/john-mccain-the-media-darling-schtick-beginning-to-wear-thin/#comment-1560470 <p>cool! all kinds of options…..if i just want a tab, comm t, comm click to get other things i need……that menu also brings up my ‘answers.com’ add-on, thought that would be a nice quickie info-aid, you click on a word and it will get info on it, cool thing……control click……got it.</p> cool! all kinds of options…..if i just want a tab, comm t, comm click to get other things i need……that menu also brings up my ‘answers.com’ add-on, thought that would be a nice quickie info-aid, you click on a word and it will get info on it, cool thing……control click……got it.

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