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Tuesday, January 20, 2004
On To New Hampshire
This Denver Post excerpt summarizes the next few hours very well: "Then on Tuesday morning...when the media hordes haul their satellite dishes and sound trucks off to the next stop on the rugged campaign highway, it will all be over. Iowa will be merely that stubborn piece of windswept prairie there in the rearview mirror as the dog-tired caucus survivors head to their next challenge: New Hampshire." That wraps up the keyboard pounding tonight. Hope it made for a good read. The site saw triple (!) the amount of average traffic, so thank you. Come back tomorrow! After all, there is this little thing called the State of the Union. Goodnight... 12:25:06 AM
One Last Round of Notes
FOX planned to start repeats at midnight, but continued with Greta until 12:11am to squeeze in a Kerry interview. They were the first to end live coverage. Here's the problem with airing repeats: "FOX News Alert: Kerry to speak at 10:50pm ET," the graphic read at 12:15am during a taped H&C.; // Was the Dean hype a media creation? // MSNBC aired Dean's naming-the-states alongside a map that highlighted each state as it was named // The headline on an Edwards report during Countdown: "New Kid On The Block"... 12:23:31 AM
Are You Getting Sick Of These Compilations Yet?
"Lose your voice, win your caucus," Keith Olbermann said at 12am. // Ouch!: "[Dean] was not only beated, but he was trounced." --CNN analyst Carlos Watson. // Chris Matthews was feeling patriotic tonight: "Tens of thousands of Americans did their duty," he concluded. // On CNN, Carville, Begala, and Novak accurately predicted Kerry would come in first; Carlson wrongly chose Dean. // CNN "set the stage" in Manchester by midnight, with a live report from their next temporary headquarters. "Dean leading Clark in N.H.," the chyron said... 12:04:04 AM
Notes: Greta, Luntz, Dean, FOX
Greta on FOX: "It almost seems like it starts all over again tomorrow"...(FReep points out that her husband works for Kerry's campaign) // MSNBC's Frank Luntz told a WP chat room that "even the reporters here in Iowa started to laugh" at Dean's "angry tone" tonight. Excerpts from the speech are in heavy rotation on FOX // DU posters say FOX seems befuddled... 12:03:07 AM
"The pundits woke up early this morning"
The pundits woke up early this morning, blanketing the news shows. Fox & Friends' question of the day: "Caustic Caucus: Clear winner or cloud of confusion?" The banner read "All About Iowa," and a graphic previewed an interview with Howard Dean at 7:40. He was on A.M. minutes before -- Bill Hemmer interviewed Edwards and Gephardt in the first 15 minutes. Mike Barnicle anchored MSNBC coverage from Boston, saying that "Imus slept in today," but he couldn't compete with entrenched morning shows... 7:31:23 AM
Media Notes from Iowa
Elizabeth Jensen previews the new polling system's "first big test" in the LA Times // This blogger noticed a Dean bumper sticker affixed to a FOX News sat truck // This is Tom Brokaw's last caucus... 7:30:19 AM
When "a Michael Jackson story comes on, people watch"
Two windy city follow-up stories on the Jackson "freak show:" "It's one of those stories where a lot of people say they're not interested, but they are," NBC's Jim Avila tells the Chicago Tribune. "The research shows that whenever a Michael Jackson story comes on, people watch." And Richard Roeper in the Sun-Times "kept wondering when someone was going to bring up another element in this story. You know. The kid." 7:22:58 AM
Deborah Norville Readies for MSNBC Prime
Deborah Norville talks to Peter Johnson for a USA Today column. Regarding suggestions that her show may take a tabloid spin on the news: "No way" is the response. "I'm about as straight an arrow as you'll find out there," she says. Details... 2:58:06 AM
! "One big Iowa Caucus Channel"
A day shy of three years ago, President Bush was inaugurated. Today, eight candidates will try to stop that from happenine again. So grab your remote. "Today, a good chunk of your cable dial transforms into one big Iowa Caucus Channel," the New York Observer opines. Keith Olbermann has called it the sportscenter of politics. "Turn on the news anytime of day and you're guaranteed to catch CNN's Judy Woodruff in a cornfield or Fox News reporting live from Farmer John's back barn," the Seattle Times said last week. This site will feature minute-by-minute analysis of the media coverage all day and night... 12:07:38 AM
Scarborough Takes "Unpaid Leave" From Law Firm
Howard Kurtz continues to push the Scarborough / conflict of interest story. In his column today: "MSNBC says it erred in saying that talk show host Joe Scarborough has severed ties with his law firm to avoid conflicts." Kurtz explains... 12:04:01 AM |
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