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Brooke and Bob reflect on some of the McCain campaign's challenging media moments this week. Some highlights? A near mutiny by reporters, a much criticized interview performance, and the wrath of Letterman.
Show me the crisis. In an open letter to colleagues on Tuesday, former New York Times reporter David Cay Johnston urged fellow journalists to be skeptical of the bailout proposal. Don’t question around the edges, says Johnston. Question the premise.
Among the short-sellers being vilified as contributors to the ongoing Wall Street implosion is David Einhorn – a successful hedge fund manager. But Hugo Lindgren, who wrote a portrait of Einhorn for New York Magazine, argues that he’s also something else: an unlikely truth teller whose story offers a case-study on the pitfalls of whistle-blowing on Wall Street.
Business reporters have to be careful about using words like "crash" or "crisis" lest they influence the markets. But Fortune's managing editor Andy Serwer says sometimes you just have to call a crash, a crash.
Around 800 people were arrested during the four day Republican National Convention earlier this month. Dozens were reporters, and one was Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman, who argues the arrests have a chilling effect on journalists.
A few updates from the secrecy files. In two separate cases, courts decide in favor of more transparency from our government. Plus, a new bill in Congress that probably won’t pass, but should.
Tax law gives houses of worship non-profit status and, in exchange, clergy are supposed to steer clear of politics, meaning they can't endorse a candidate by name. But the Alliance Defense Fund is encouraging clergy to do just that this weekend. ADF's Erik Stanley explains their goals, while Reverend Eric Williams says the restrictions are a vital barrier between church and state.
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The business and financial headlines have been exclamatory all week and, it seems, rightfully so; news from the markets is dramatic. The Columbia Journalism Review’s Dean Starkman says the press is hitting its mark with the day to day coverage but time will tell if it can put the historic week in context.
How does a non story become the story? The answer has to do with outrageous accusations, cost free ads, back and forth squabbling and media outlets that are left to sort through the noise. WNYC's political director Andrea Bernstein weighs in on how to stay outside the fray.
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