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Media Mobs Tebow in Jets' Locker Room

Matt Cantor — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:19:05 CDT

Newly-minted New York Jet Tim Tebow's locker room was open to reporters for the first time yesterday, and they pounced. "It’s like shark feeding, man," said Josh Baker, a reserve tight end who, possibly unfortunately, occupies the locker next to Tebow's. Surrounded by dozens of reporters, Tebow told the press...

Santorum: New York Press Out to Get Me

Matt Cantor — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:34:09 CST

Any flak Rick Santorum is getting for his stance on social issues can be traced back to New York City, the presidential hopeful says. "The idea that values issues are losers is held by a group of people in the media who live in the New York area," he told...

Obama: Aloof Image Is Media Creation

Matt Cantor — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:17:05 CST

President Obama isn't aloof, he says—it's just that he and Michelle don't tend to paint the town red. "My suspicion is that this whole critique has to do with the fact that I don’t go to a lot of Washington parties and, as a consequence, the Washington press corps...

Press No Longer Free in Mexico, Egypt: Report

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 02 May 2011 11:48:05 CDT

The bad news: In 2010, a free press became a thing of the past in Mexico and Egypt. The good news is that an eight-year decline in press freedom around the globe apparently started leveling off last year, according to an annual report by advocacy group Freedom House. Mexico and...

Note to Presidents: Words Matter

Matt Cantor — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:36:05 CST

In office, George W. Bush seemed laid back no matter what, while Barack Obama “has not been a happy warrior.” Both men have been true to form in major interviews over the past week, writes Howard Kurtz in the Daily Beast . Obama acknowledged discouragement—a fair point, but not an...

Whitman Gouging Press for Travel

Matt Cantor — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:02:52 CDT

Meg Whitman is charging reporters huge sums to travel with the candidate during her campaign's final days, notes Carla Marinucci in the San Francisco Chronicle : One day will cost members of the press “a whopping $1,350,” but that’s small change compared to another day’s “astronomical $2,050.” That’s compared...

Why the White House Struggles to Be Heard

Matt Cantor — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:39:00 CDT

Even if it seems like the president is constantly on TV and in the press, the White House says it’s struggling to get its message out: the “bully pulpit” is no more, writes Howard Kurtz for the Daily Beast . “There’s an alternative story here that we’re trying to tell,” says...

Miners Already Breaking 'Blood Pact'

Matt Cantor — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:34:59 CDT

While they were trapped, the Chilean miners signed a "blood pact" stating that they’d keep the details of their experience to themselves. But information has spilled as many consent to interviews—though rarely for free, the New York Times reports. “We’re poor—look at the place we live,” said the...

'Sick Puppies' in Media Made Me Quit Job: Palin

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:44:45 CDT

John McCain hung Sarah Palin and her family out to dry for all the "sick puppies" in the media to savage, a still-furious Palin has charged. The subsequent press feeding frenzy was so intense that it convinced her to abandon her job as governor of Alaska, she told the Daily...