After Dark: “White Tennis Sneakers”-Jan & Dean

By Eric Boehlert Media Matters for America Original Post 2/29/08 Clear signs suggest that Obama’s press treatment is going to get rough, as the media begins to adopt GOP spin. With Sen. Barack Obama now emerging as the Democratic front-runner, clear signs suggest that his press treatment will soon change and that the media will fall back into their routine of viewing — and critiquing — leading Democrats through the eyes of Republican spin. Just last week, we s... more

By Barbara Liston Reuters cross posted at EarthTimes Online ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Banks may have to swallow reductions in the principal of some troubled home loans to ward off greater losses that could result from outright default, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday. Warning that mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures are likely to rise, with more declines in house prices, Bernanke called for active measures from both the public and private secto... more

by Brent Bozell NewsBusters Now that Barack Obama is closing in on the Democratic nomination, some are wondering whether the media will be tougher in their coverage. There’s a better question: is it possible to be any softer? The media writ large have been sounding like they’re covering a messiah more than a man. So was Hillary Clinton right to complain that Barack Obama has been more celebrated rather than vetted? Let’s be clear. Hillary Clinton has been the beneficiary of so... more