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NBC’s Ann Curry asked Hillary Clinton a straightforward question and got a straightforward response: Clinton won’t seek the presidency again.
From a transcript of the interview Monday:
Curry: Will you ever run for president again? Yes or no?
Clinton: (LAUGHS) No.
Curry: No?
Clinton: No. No.…
A year ago this week, the media had a hand in elevating Barack Obama to the presidency, says author Greg Mitchell, who wrote the book “Why Obama Won.” Mitchell is also editor of the newspaper industry journal Editor & Publisher.
In…
Kim Jong Il and Bill Clinton. AP photo from KRT video.
Mission accomplished: Former President Bill Clinton went to North Korea Monday to secure the release of two jailed American journalists and this morning they returned to California.
But there are many…
Bill Clinton has arrived in North Korea, the Associated Press is reporting, in a diplomatic mission to win the release of two jailed American Journalists.
The New York Times says the White House has refused to comment on Clinton’s trip. But the…
The election season culminating in Barack Obama’s victory was the top news story of 2008, according to U.S. editors and news directors voting in the Associated Press’ annual poll.
The massacre of 32 people at Virginia Tech University by a mentally…
Writing on HumanEvents.com, Oliver North takes exception with “the mainstream media’s” news judgment. North writes:
“This week the so-called mainstream media fixated on a Baghdad shoe-throwing contest, more government bailout bucks and the delightful prospect of having Caroline Kennedy appointed to Hillary Clinton’s…
Media Matters for America, a non-profit with a very stated agenda – “monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media” — says Fox News’ Sean Hannity is its 2008 “Misinformer of the Year.”
Mediamatters.org today has a lengthy article…
We have three news meetings each weekday at which section editors pitch stories for A1 display.
Today’s front page ended up with these topics:
The Summer Olympics, FAA fines American Airlines over safety issues, Wal-Mart’s local supercenter expansion and cyber-support groups for illnesses.
Two stories…
Editors and staffers here are aware of the desire and need to maintain objectivity in our coverage of the presidential campaign. That can be done by matching every word written or photo used on a daily basis — not the easiest or…
