Ruu-uh--oh! Media Bistro asks "are you noticing...a shift in coverage?"

John McCain has his "celebrity" back, through a woman he pulled out of ALASKA! FAN-TASTIC! Great, gutsy move Maverick guy!

No more Charlton Heston as Moses ads? Boo! No more comedy to-nite!

MEDIA.BISTRO/Fishbowl DC
Tuesday, Sep 09
Are You Noticing A Shift In Coverage?

For quite some time, Sen. Barack Obama has dominated media coverage. So much so that even the Washington Post's ombudsman had to call out her own paper for skewed coverage.

Now, via the Project for Excellence in Journalism, we learn that a shift has occured, thanks to Sen. John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin:

For the first time in three months, John McCain generated more coverage than Democratic hopeful Barack Obama last week. But McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, earned even more attention during Republican National Convention week, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.

Palin appeared as a significant or dominant factor in 60% of campaign stories the week of Sept.1-7 while McCain registered in 52% of the stories. Obama appeared as a key figure in 22% of election coverage last week. His VP pick, Joe Biden, was a leading newsmaker in 2%.

Taken together, storylines focusing on Palin accounted for 45% of the campaign newshole last week. The biggest Palin narrative was the response to her selection (28%), which included her Sept. 3 convention speech. Coverage of her personal and family life accounted for 10% and stories about her public record registered at 6%. The claims made by the McCain campaign that the media were unfairly attacking Palin constituted 1% of last week’s campaign coverage.

Full report can be read here.

Also on FishbowlDC:

"RNC Thinks Obama Stole From Toles"
"Morning Reading List, 09.09.08"
"Kurtz: Palin Criticisms 'Something Out Of The Distant Past'"

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Those Red Shoes - or, this ain't no Hillary Clinton. Methinks pure (HV) PR - PROMO Strategy for Presidency

Note to mah self: gotta get me those shoes! This chick has legs! I can say that! I am a chick!

--from the HUFFington Post-it note: (L M F A O !)*

Van Jones: Palin: You're No Hillary Clinton (((( now bear in mind, Jones is a man. And he is black. But like a good journo, he sought out the feminists. -- hvpr ))))

"One female friend did some quick internet research and said, "Sarah Palin has a great deal of surface appeal, at first. But once America's women look behind that cheerleader smile and see at her extreme social agenda, they will run the other direction."

Another said, "It just seems desperate and calculated."

She added, "Palin makes McCain look ancient, out-of-touch and totally yesterday. McCain makes her look like a perky kid. Each one dramatically and perfectly underscores the other's weakness. At least, nobody can criticize Obama's alleged youth and inexperience now. But this is not the best team America could produce, by any stretch."

John McCain has gone from maverick to "me too" -- trying to out-Democrat the Democrats and pick up some Hillary voters.

But it ain't working."

I would not be so sure, sir. 66 Days left to the finish line. Let's see what those lovely Gov. Sarah Palin legs can do. Shoes, do your stuff!

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* laughing my fat ass off @

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!! YES, It is the apex in political PR and a MARCH SUPRISE. Jack Nicholson endorses this message

"I'm Jack Nicholson, and I approve this message." Hillary Pol Video Directed by Rob Reiner.

STORY in LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/celebrity/la-et-nicholson1march01,1,3552030.story

and this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9NUPLaoUdo

and this radio show with disco duckling Rick Dees:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgjUn9iEyNc

Jack sez: "hang on hill, hang on, tight!"

admiringly, (it ain't over!)

fllliippp---er---abbe b.

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