Boston Marathon Bombing: Was Twitter For the Birds or Revolutionary?

Watch the High Stakes Political and Media Credibility Game
By Joe Gandelman on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Independent’s Eye by Joe Gandelman Forget the political “blame game.” The biggest game in town now is the credibility game — a high -stakes exercise that will end with America’s political middle deciding who is trustworthy and who isn’t. Some key players: President Barack Obama: In the case of the Benghazi emails, government snooping on the Associated Press and Fox News, and the IRS, the issue is now whether Obama is more ruthless than he ...
The Second Term Curse Crashes Down on Barack Obama
By Joe Gandelman on Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
Independent’s Eye by Joe Gandelman You might say that May 10, 2013 was when the “second term curse” officially struck President Barack Obama — and that May 13 was when it flattened him. Obama’s administration has been hit with a triple whammy blast from a massive political stun gun. May 10th was the day when ABC News provided virtual proof that the Benghazi talking points did not totally come from the intelligence community but were ...
Limbaugh, Kurtz and the Bum’s Rush
By Joe Gandelman on Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Independent’s Eye by Joe Gandelman Big news for those who think there aren’t consequences in our media when professional talkers cross the line, or when famous reporters mess up and don’t fix their mistakes without qualification, or do so begrudgingly. We now see proof of the law of consequences. Conservative talk show titan and de facto Republican Party strategist Rush Limbaugh is considering leaving his show syndicator Cumulus Media. The Politico reports he’s irked by ...
Will George W. Bush and A.J. Clemente Get Mulligans?
By Joe Gandelman on Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Independent’s Eye by Joe Gandelman When should you give someone a mulligan? Should you give a former President a mulligan for a good chunk of his 8 years in office? Should you give a young broadcaster a mulligan when he doesn’t realize his mike is on and he says words more suitable for a Chris Rock routine? This is the subtext issue in two recent media extravaganzas. First, there was the opening of the George ...
Boston Marathon Bombing: Was Twitter For the Birds or Revolutionary?
By Joe Gandelman on Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
Independent’s Eye by Joe Gandelman When James French became the last person to be executed in 1966 under Oklahoma’s death penalty law, he uttered these famous last words (no joke) that quickly belong to the ages: “Hey fellas,” he shouted to reporters there to witness his electrocution. “How about this for a headline for tomorrow’s paper? ‘French Fries!’” Shortly after that, French became toast. The way some critics of the social media Twitter dismiss its ...