Stop calling it the “Mainstream Media”

By: mikeparanzino (Diary)  |  March 9th at 12:53 AM  | 

It may induce heartburn for political junkies to admit it, but elections are not decided by the hardcore, politically-minded, engaged partisans or ideologues on the Right or the Left. Sure, a motivated base is very important, but elections in our divided country are decided in the middle, by the moderates, independents, and undecideds. So why do we tell these election-deciders, every single day, that the | Read More »

Jodi Kantor’s The Obamas: Why the White House went medieval on it

By: mikeparanzino (Diary)  |  January 22nd at 12:33 PM  | 

Something didn’t smell right. A woman with impeccable liberal credentials – Ivy League-educated, a former Slate staffer now writing for the New York Times, who lives in Brooklyn with her journalist hubby – pens a book about the Obamas’ marriage (The Obamas by Jodi Kantor). Sounds like an election year ad for The One’s re-election, right? But then suddenly, the Democratic Media (what many folks | Read More »