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Blogs
Breaking Convention
Ira Teinowitz is covering the Democratic and Republican conventions, documenting how television and advertisers mix it up with the politicians.
Football Cooperates, Audience Doesn't for McCain Speech
Sen. John McCain's acceptance speech was carried by all the TV networks tonight after NBC's coverage of a football game...More »
Voice of Experience Discusses Convention Coverage
The grand old man of broadcast TV’s convention coverage, Les Crystal, is again on the scene for the Republican National...More »
Marianne Paskowski
Marianne Paskowski covers the breadth of television, including the minefield also known as political coverage. Little on TV escapes Marianne’s eagle eyes or ascerbic wit.
CBS First to Buy Ad on New York Times’ Front Page
If we didn’t know for sure how bad things in the media economy are, the New York Times, the...More »
No Commentary From CNN’s Anderson Cooper
Good piece in Sunday’s Los Angeles Times, which addressed, in part, why CNN’s Anderson Cooper doesn’t insert his opinion into...More »