Media Playbook - Chapter 8 - Family Matters
November 1st, 2005 1:59 PM
8.1 How to snare a conservativeMany times we just don't have anything to use against a conservative. That doesn't mean you can't make news by going after a family member of the targeted conservative. It often helps if you try to locate a shirt tail relative, estranged ex-spouse, or some other family member with an axe to grind. Short of that, you can always fall back to an elderly (over 90 a…
Vanity Fair Excerpts Mary Mapes’ New Book Highlighting Rathergate
November 1st, 2005 12:43 AM
Mary Mapes, the former CBS News producer who became famous for her involvement in a “60 Minutes II” segment last year concerning President Bush’s involvement in the Air National Guard, had an excerpt of her upcoming book, “Truth and Duty,” printed in the December issue of Vanity Fair.An Editor and Publisher article published last evening stated the following:“Mapes writes that she had felt the…
Bloggers As Guest Editorial Writers -- What A Great Idea
October 31st, 2005 3:17 PM
Bill Steigerwald writes for the Pittsburgh Tribune Review:The New York Times and The Post -- living up to their left-liberal-Democrat reputations -- don't come close to achieving more than a sliver of ideological diversity. The entrenched liberals running the opinion shops at the Big Three are not genuinely interested in maximizing their ideological diversity. If they were, they could try some…
