AltWeeklies Wire
Bill Clinton Cries Foulnew
Bill Clinton made a sharp and perhaps surprising attack on George W. Bush this week, saying in a speech Monday in Philadelphia that the president may be using the war on terror to scare voters away from the polls.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
10-27-2004 |
Politics
Mainstream Media Still Can't Cover the Campaignsnew
The major news outfits do a piss-poor job of evaluating the rhetoric and claims of candidates, and the media is generally reluctant to vigorously truth-test the assertions made by candidates (or presidents).
L.A. Weekly |
David Corn |
10-18-2004 |
Media
The Good News According to Bushnew
Viewers of Debate #3 saw yet another incarnation of our president -- Bush the Zealot.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
10-14-2004 |
Politics
Tags: George W. Bush, John Kerry
Presidential Race Is a Tie This Weeknew
This was the wildest polling week of the campaign. It began with Bush leading by 70 electoral votes, followed by a massive post-second-debate swing to Kerry. Three states then slipped back to Bush, resulting in a 269-269 electoral vote tie.
Orlando Weekly |
Alan Waldman |
10-14-2004 |
Politics
Tags: George W. Bush, John Kerry
Count All Votes -- Except Those for Nadernew
Harvard University constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe argued before the Florida Supreme Court that keeping Ralph Nader's name on the state's ballot would be not only "chaotic," but "worse than the butterfly ballot, you'll need a centipede ballot."
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
10-13-2004 |
Politics
Wimblehack! The Search for America's Worst Campaign Journalistnew
Though we're tempted to blame the politicians for the embarrassing, uninspiring, degrading and even unentertaining exchange of sneering teenage accusations between the Bush and Kerry camps, it's time to dig deeper. It's time to blame the press corps.
New York Press |
Matt Taibbi |
10-06-2004 |
Media
Tags: George W. Bush, journalism, media, New York Post, New York Times, Robert Novak, John Kerry, Bob Woodward, Washington Post, Time, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Ann Coulter, AP, New Yorker, Thomas Friedman, Newsweek, Cal Thomas, New York Sun, Washington Times, Adam Nagourney, Andrew Miga, Bill Hoffman, Bill Sammon, Boston Herald, Calvin Woodward, Dana Milbank, David Gergen, Deborah Orin, E.J. Dionne, Elisabeth Bumiller, George Will, Howard Fineman, James Bennet, Jill Lawrence, Jill Zuckman, Jodi Wilgoren, Joe Klein, Joe Lockhart, Karen Tumulty, Philip Gourevich, Pia Catton, Rathergate, U.S. News & World Report, USA Today, Walter Shapiro
Major Networks Reject Advertising for Fahrenheit 9/11 DVDnew
Executives of Sony Pictures were stunned when CBS, NBC and ABC all refused Fahrenheit 9/11 DVD advertising during any of the networks’ news programming. The reluctance stems from the closeness of the release to the election, a Sony insider says.
L.A. Weekly |
Nikki Finke |
09-30-2004 |
TV
Hip-Hop Generation Descends on Florida With Slam Bushnew
Slam Bush, a political action committee created by the League of Pissed-Off Voters, has created a video in which hip-hop artist Wordsworth debates with the virtual image of George W. Bush.
Miami New Times |
Mosi Reeves |
09-29-2004 |
Politics
Network Problems. Please Stand By.new
The Bush campaign may have a field day with one nugget from the controversy over Dan Rather's report on the president's National Guard Service: Kerry's new spokesman, Joe Lockhart, has said he talked with Bill Burkett, the man who gave the suspect documents to CBS.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
09-22-2004 |
Politics
Tags: George W. Bush, John Kerry
Papers React After Bloggers Disclose Journalists' Campaign Donationsnew
Scrutiny of campaign donations made by media figures has stirred such paranoia that the managing editor of the Rocky Mountain News told newsroom employees they could not attend a concert that would raise funds for senatorial candidate Ken Salazar.
Does Mr. Middle-of-the-Road Jay Leno Lean Left?new
After L.A. Weekly columnist Nikki Finke branded The Tonight Show host a Republican pawn, Jay Leno called her. In an interview, he explains why he gave Bush a pass for a while and how he came to a turning point, in which he told his audience if they didn't laugh at his joke, the terrorists had won.
L.A. Weekly |
Nikki Finke |
09-16-2004 |
TV
Clinton and Kerry in Intensive Carenew
I can imagine Clinton warning Kerry that he better get his act together real soon, that he ought to find a message and stay on it, and that he ought to hit back hard at Bush, lest he get used to the idea of spending the next four years playing tiddlywinks with the last guy who didn’t heed his campaign counsel — that goofy Al Gore.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
09-09-2004 |
Comedy
Convention of Hate: Presidency Shouldn't Be Won on Slandernew
We have seen nastiness at both parties' rallies before, but in my time, which goes back to FDR, I can remember no oratory sanctioned by a major party that was more obviously a hate speech than Zell Miller's.
The Village Voice |
Sydney H. Schanberg |
09-08-2004 |
Commentary
1001 Things to Hate About the Conventionnew
One reason to hate the convention is that the Swift Boat story got knocked off front pages just as it was starting to backfire. And then there are the other 1,000.
New York Press |
New York Press Staff |
09-02-2004 |
Politics
Republican Opheliasnew
Former protester takes on the Swift Boat Veterans and defends John Kerry's Vietnam protests.
Jackson Free Press |
Ruth Williams |
09-02-2004 |
Commentary
