Jul
29
2008
Is former Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, media savvy?
You make the call…
Fox News claims to have “independently verified” the reports of the National Enquirer regarding a secret rendezvous between John Edwards and Rielle Hunter, and the accounts go something like this:
Monday afternoon, July 21, 2008: Rielle Hunter, rumored to be the mistress of former U.S. Senator from North Carolina, John Edwards, checks into the Beverly Hills Hilton along with her infant son. The baby presumably is the love child of John Edwards. She’s accompanied by a male friend who is someone other than Edwards. They get two rooms: 246 & 252, according to the National Enquirer.
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Jul
18
2008
The New Yorker Magazine has stolen the thunder from Brad and Angelina’s $11,000,000 twin babies that’s for sure. The New Yorker cartoon cover picturing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama dressed as a Muslim, while his wife Michelle is portrayed as a terrorist with a portrait of Osama Bin Laden in the background, hanging over a fireplace along with a burning American flag is making headline news.
While The New Yorker Magazine defends its position as simply being a satirical look at the scare tactics and misinformation being used to derail Obama’s campaign, I say this is no more than big business. The New Yorker Magazine like any business in a capitalist society, is out to make money, and it is trying to do that at the expense of this very popular couple. For many people, this is truly obnoxious, but for some, they think it’s funny. Like it or not, the magazine really just wants to boost its circulation and sales in a sluggish economy.
Regardless of who you are voting for this November, be it Barack Obama or Republican presidential nominee, John McCain, there is a lesson to be learned, and I would like to pass it along to you. These are politicians. They are fair game to any news reporter, publication, or blogger. But how they, or you and I react to controversial matters in the media is far more important.
Obama’s campaign responded to the cover being “tasteless and offensive.” When reporters asked Senator Obama what he thought about the cover, he shrugged his shoulders and said, “I have no response to that.” There is your lesson!
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Jul
16
2008
My phone started ringing off the hook after news spread about Rev. Jesse Jackson’s disparaging remarks about presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama. My friends and acquaintances are very aware I have a history with Jackson, and it is truly a professional history. They wanted to know my thoughts regarding his comments.
O.K., here you go. Jackson admitted to making, “crude and hurtful remarks about Obama” following an interview with a Fox News correspondent. As a man who has been in front of media for more than 20 years, should he have been surprised that there was an open microphone? The answer is really simple: No!
My thoughts: What Was He Thinking?
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