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What Obama Will Do for Africa: A Conversation with Salim Amin

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home

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At the News Xchange international broadcast conference... I talked with Salim Amin, a Kenyan and the founder of A24 Media, Africa's first online agency for video and photography.

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David Gregory's "Meet The Press": What To Expect

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.02.2008 | Media

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So how do I feel about David Gregory taking over? Uhm ... it's okay I guess? Like a wall painted with a particularly intense shade of beige?

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David Gregory To Moderate "Meet The Press"

HuffingtonPost.com | Danny Shea | Posted 12.01.2008 | Media

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David Gregory will take the reins as moderator of NBC's "Meet the Press," the Huffington Post has learned. Gregory has been a leading contender for ...

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Evasive Lieberman Discusses Regrets On "Meet The Press"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

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A semi-repentant Joe Lieberman took to the set of "Meet the Press" on Sunday, tasked with explaining his conduct on the campaign trail, his attacks on...

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The Meaning of Change Will Be Tested by the Auto Industry Bailout

Mitchell Bard | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

The question shouldn't be whether or not to bail out the U.S. auto industry, but how assistance to the car manufacturers fits within the larger national energy plan that is greener, self-sustaining and economically positive.

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Tom Brokaw On Conan: America Most Excited For New President Since Kennedy

Huffington Post | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media

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Tom Brokaw visited Conan O'Brien Wednesday night, and the two talked about "Meet the Press" as well as the upcoming Obama presidency. Brokaw — ...

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Did You Hear The One About Barack Obama And.....

Mark Joseph | Posted 11.09.2008 | Media

The media's collective failure means that for the next four years we will have a cottage industry of Obama rumormongering that will make Bill Clinton and Vince Foster look like child's play.

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Post Election Predictions for All News Junkies

Tom Alderman | Posted 11.06.2008 | Media

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For news junkies, the fun has just begun. There's an administration to cast, speculation about post-election deals, mergers and maneuvers. And how about the people who deliver the news?

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Pat Buchanan's Wild Watergate And Russia Stories (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.05.2008 | Media

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The folks on "Morning Joe" were a little loopy today talking about Obama's historic victory, and the result was Pat Buchanan cracking up the panel, wi...

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Sunday Watch 11-02-08: In Which the Guesswork Pageant Flutters to an End

Todd Gitlin | Posted 11.03.2008 | Media

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While McCain campaign manager Rick Davis affected not the slightest care in the world, Obama chief strategist David Axelrod refused to play the prophecy game.

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Brokaw's Objectivity: Down The Drain

R.W. Sanders | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home

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Tom Brokaw lobbed softballs at Thompson, and attacked Kerry with Republican talking points. As long as he's host, NBC should rename its program "Meet The Right-Leaning Mainstream Press."

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Sunday Watch 10-26-08: In Which Weariness Strikes

Todd Gitlin | Posted 10.27.2008 | Media

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With a this-hurts-me-more-than-it-hurts-you air, Brokaw plopped unfavorable poll results on a dogged but visibly weary McCain, and while he tried to show his game face, it was not his strongest performance.

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McCain To Appear On Sunday's "Meet The Press"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.23.2008 | Media

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NBC has just announced that John McCain will -- finally -- appear on "Meet The Press" this Sunday. I say "finally" because McCain has not appeared on the program since the campaign declared unofficial war on NBC.

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Colin Powell To "Meet The Press" On Sunday Amidst Endorsement Rumors

Politico | Posted 10.17.2008 | Media

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Colin Powell will appear on Meet the Press Sunday, and First Read teases it in a way that suggests he may weigh in on the presidential race: In an e...

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Tom Brokaw: "The Culture Thrives On The Shouted Voice Rather Than The Thoughtful And Muted Expression"

wowOwow | Posted 10.17.2008 | Media

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If you have five minutes with TV veteran and author Tom Brokaw, what would you ask him? That's what we asked our readers, and the responses poured in...

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Four Ways to Civilize and Simplify Debates

Martin Nolan | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

Shouldn't a president be concise on issues? Candidates seem to ignore the signals of blinking lights, so let's install an emphatic alarm that sounds somewhere between a fart and a fire engine.

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Sunday Watch 10-12-08: In Which False Equivalency Struts Its Fraudulent Stuff

Todd Gitlin | Posted 10.13.2008 | Media

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Once again, Brokaw's round table was a liberal-free zone. He concluded with the idiotic prediction game, John McLaughlin's gift to the game-show-as-phony-sophistication genre.

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The McCain Wander

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.10.2008 | Media

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The late-night comedy shows all seemed to have the same takeaway from Tuesday's presidential debate. If three's a trend, four makes it official: The McCain Wander is comedy gold.

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SNL Thursday Night Live (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.10.2008 | Media

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What Debate Was The Politico Watching?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.08.2008 | Media

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Jim VandeHei and John Harris of The Politico have gone and decreed last night's debate "The worst debate ever." In the first place, on this regard, they are hopelessly and ridiculously wrong.

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McCain Fizzles as Obama Sizzles

Michael Carmichael | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

In the course of the debate, McCain was outclassed, outgunned and outrun, time and time and time again. Obama's performance was so commanding that he barely noticed a petulant McCain.

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Knowing What You Don't Know

Jon Raymond | Posted 10.08.2008 | Home

Last night's debate came close to a Donald Rumsfeld press conference: "As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say we know there are some things we do not know..."

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Obama May Have Won Debate, But Moderators Have Become the Big Losers

Eric Deggans | Posted 10.08.2008 | Media

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I'm hoping Schieffer wil take a cue from that moment, and take every opportunity to remind each man when his time for speechifying is over, and push them to actually answer questions they are asked.

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Citizens Panel Mixed on 'Town Hall' Format, Wanted Brokaw to Do More to Challenge the Spin

Timothy Karr | Posted 10.08.2008 | Media

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McCain's supporters seemed happy with the ground rules. Obama's supporters seemed happy with the results. But many were troubled by the debate organizers' claim of true public participation in Tuesday's forum.

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Republican's View: Not McCain's Night

Christopher Ingram | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

Simply put, McCain left his "A" game at the office. In failing to land the needed body-blow, Obama gets the win. And while Obama's was a technical win, he did not perform poorly.

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