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Tag Archives: US politics
Nov 20 2010
After the Golden Age: Vienna Part IV
Leave a comment“It’s very hard not to feel that something precious is slipping away – but that’s a feeling I want to resist. The Golden Age was pretty brief and to some extent we haven’t lost it entirely” Michael Schudson is a … Continue reading
Posted by: November 20, 2010
Tagged with: Democracy, Elections, Freedom of expression, governance and journalism, Political Communications, Reporting politics, US politics
Oct 1 2010
What Did The Digital Democrats Do Next? (Polis presentation on online campaigning)
2 CommentsWe are all heartily sick of hearing about how Obama used the Internet to get himself into the White House. Well done, historic, pioneering. Yes. Perhaps not quite a political digital revolution but impressive. But what happened next? I would … Continue reading
Posted by: October 1, 2010
Tagged with: colin delany, new media, Polis Events, Political Communications, US politics
Jul 20 2010
US Militia, Wikileaks and the Tea Party: how alternative new media is destroying traditional ideas objectivity (guest blog)
3 CommentsIf people feel that mainstream media is ignoring alternative politics, then they can now create their own media. But how should traditional journalism respond? Should it change its ideas of impartiality to reflect the real diversity of contemporary politics? This … Continue reading
Posted by: July 20, 2010
Tagged with: American media, Citizen journalism, Democracy, Freedom of expression, Guest bloggers, Journalist ethics, new media, Reporting politics, Summer School, Terror, US politics
Jan 30 2010
Blair at Chilcot: 'The Superbowl of Self-Justification'
2 CommentsTony Blair’s resolute, unchanging, self-affirming appearance at the impotent Chilcot Inquiry reminded us of the Politician’s Virility Dilemma. If they change their minds or admit fault then they are seen as weak. If they stick to their guns they are … Continue reading
Posted by: January 30, 2010
Tagged with: Democracy, Journalist ethics, Middle East, Reporting politics, Terror, US politics, War reporting
Oct 21 2009
The America Justin Webb Grew To Love
Leave a commentAmerica is, in part, a Third World country that has not got over the deep stain of slavery – but it is also the most exciting and innovative society in the world. That was the realistic but approving verdict of … Continue reading
Posted by: October 21, 2009
Tagged with: Guest bloggers, International journalism, Reporting politics, US politics
Jan 21 2009
Obama: lessons for Labour (and Conservatives) from the Great UK Campaigner
Leave a commentPhilip Gould, the political communications guru was teaching at LSE just hours after Obama had delivered his inauguration speech. This is a man who, along with many other eager Modernisers, went to Clinton’s America back in the mid-90s to find out how … Continue reading
Posted by: January 21, 2009
Tagged with: Reporting politics, US politics
Jan 20 2009
BBC silences American people over Obama
1 CommentThe BBC was flush with correspondents at the inauguration of President Obama – but why didn’t they let the people speak?
Posted by: January 20, 2009
Tagged with: BBC, US politics
Jan 20 2009
Obama the Blairite?
Leave a commentIt was, indeed, an awesome moment. Such a man at such a time. And he dealt beautifully with the fluff at his swearing in.
Posted by: January 20, 2009
Tagged with: US politics
Nov 17 2008
What can the (UK) news media learn from the Obama campaign?
1 CommentIs there anything that the UK news media can learn from the Obama campaign? This is the question of the month for the collection of US and UK journalist/academic bloggers that make up the Carnival of Journalism. There is certainly … Continue reading
Posted by: November 17, 2008
Tagged with: Blogging, Networked journalism, online news, Reporting politics, US politics
Nov 13 2008
Obama's victory changed nothing: "it's the money stupid"
Leave a commentI have written elsewhere about how Obama’s campaign was radically different. It terms of tactics, methods, participation, new media and race it seemed to signal a shift. But one cold fact reminds us that nothing has changed about US politics. … Continue reading
Posted by: November 13, 2008
Tagged with: US politics
