The Battle for Obama's Space
Barack Obama's campaign has gotten itself into a bit of trouble over a Myspace profile. Not just any Myspace profile, however:For the past two and a half years, the page has been run by an Obama
supporter from Los Angeles named Joe Anthony. At first, that
arrangement was fine with the Obama team, which worked with Anthony on
the content and even had the password to make changes themselves.But
as…
Vietnam Protest Singer Baez Gets Top Billing on Post Website
Joan Baez?Yeah, before my time too, but the Vietnam Era folk singer/protester (pictured at right on the washingtonpost.com front page earlier) scored a publicity coup today. In addition to space in the letters-to-the-editor section, the Post dispatched writer Teresa Wiltz to cover Baez. So what was so deserving of giving an aging Vietnam Era folk singer so much attention? Why, a complaint…
Joe Klein Slams Bush Carrier Landing, Says Rumsfeld Should Empty Bedpa
One great thing about liberal journalists blogging is that without the constraints of editorial oversight, they can let their hair down even more than usual, unleashing their biases as fast as their fingers fly over the keyboard.Time magazine's Joe Klein is no exception. The journalist and formerly anonymous author of "Primary Colors" shared with readers of the "Swampland" blog today his…
Democrat Presidential Candidate Quoted and Linked to Anti-Semitic Hate
There is another scandal in the making concerning a Democratic presidential candidate’s blog. Longshot candidate Mike Gravel has a BIG problem. On his website, he proudly quoted and linked to a site which posted some online support of Gravel, excitedly announcing, “Meet the next president of the United States of America.” The site is called “Wake Up from Your Slumber.” Sounds nice and netrooty—…
