LA Times media critic James Rainey says both Fox News and MSNBC were guilty of prejudging Wednesday’s tax party protests.
Rainey writes:
“You’d expect conservative commentators like Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity to be hyping today’s wave of anti-tax “tea parties.” But Fox…
As former St. Louis Post-Dispatch political reporter Jo Mannies noted this morning in the Political Fix blog, Sen. Claire McCaskill was listed among 52 “Obama’s People” in the New York Times Magazine this past Sunday.
McCaskill was an early backer of Obama,…
Which debate were you watching? It probably has a lot to do with point of view — figuratively and literally — but reporters and analysts were all over the place on whether John McCain was at ease or stiff in…
Washington Bureau Chief Bill Lambrecht wrote an insightful preview of tonight’s presidential debate.
Lambrecht is a seasoned political reporter who has covered many presidential campaigns and debates in his 30 years with the Post-Dispatch. His take on tonight’s debate was summarized by…
One of our staffers reports that he’s had three phone calls complaining about our story today on VP debate moderator Gwen Ifill.
“All the callers wanted to know why we didn’t include a mention about the following book she wrote that…
This morning’s Post-Dispatch had some strong local news reporting that dominated the front page. It’s not uncommon for local news to fill Page One. Readers can get national and world headlines from many sources. But our reporting numbers allow us to…
Washington Bureau Chief Bill Lambrecht shares this sampling of pro-Obama comments in the national press — pulled from the bottom section of Hotline’s assembled Obama coverage from last weekend.
Lambrecht observed: “Looking around, it seems like a lot of Obama coverage…
