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Wimblehack! The Search for America's Worst Campaign Journalistnew

Though we're tempted to blame the politicians for the embarrassing, uninspiring, degrading and even unentertaining exchange of sneering teenage accusations between the Bush and Kerry camps, it's time to dig deeper. It's time to blame the press corps.
New York Press |
Matt Taibbi |
10-06-2004 |
Media
Tags: George W. Bush, journalism, media, New York Post, New York Times, Robert Novak, John Kerry, Bob Woodward, Washington Post, Time, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Ann Coulter, AP, New Yorker, Thomas Friedman, Newsweek, Cal Thomas, New York Sun, Washington Times, Adam Nagourney, Andrew Miga, Bill Hoffman, Bill Sammon, Boston Herald, Calvin Woodward, Dana Milbank, David Gergen, Deborah Orin, E.J. Dionne, Elisabeth Bumiller, George Will, Howard Fineman, James Bennet, Jill Lawrence, Jill Zuckman, Jodi Wilgoren, Joe Klein, Joe Lockhart, Karen Tumulty, Philip Gourevich, Pia Catton, Rathergate, U.S. News & World Report, USA Today, Walter Shapiro
John Kerry Deserves Award As Best Phony Baloneynew
Campaign adviser Joe Lockhart's suggestion that Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is a puppet of the U.S. is even worse than John Kerry's criticism of the visiting dignitary.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
10-01-2004 |
Commentary