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• OK, I Can Recycle It Now

  Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 11:12 PM By Melinda Henneberger
  
  By the time The New Yorker landed in my mail slot today, I'd seen the cover so many times already it was like, "You, finally!'' As if it had stopped off for a couple of drinks on the way over here and lost all track of time. So, allow me to be the last Read More...
  Filed under: '08 election, media coverage, Michelle Obama, New Yorker cover

• Thoughts From a Hillary Supporter Who Might Go for McCain

  Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008 10:33 AM By Melinda Henneberger
  
  Just received this e-mail from a friend, a Washington lawyer who is a lifelong Democrat and a generous donor to the party. She supported Hillary in the primary and is undecided about what she'll do in November: I just read your XX column , and I wanted Read More...
  Filed under: '08 election, Barack Obama, choice, democratic party nomination, Democrats, Dick Cheney, feminism, foreign policy, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, media coverage

• Seeing No Evil Can Come to No Good

  Posted Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:07 PM By Melinda Henneberger
  
  It's interesting that Ruth and Rachael both used the word evil —as in, what Hillary said about RFK's assassination was unfortunate but not evil . Now, I wouldn't use that particular word to describe Clinton or what she said about Bobby Kennedy, either. Read More...
  Filed under: '08 election, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, media coverage

• To Bee or Not To Bee?

  Posted Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:10 AM By Dahlia Lithwick
  
  As far as meta-themes go in this presidential campaign, this week’s “Hoppin’ Mad” trope has quickly become tiresome. Yesterday we heard endless reports about an incident in which Barack Obama ostensibly had a “testy” exchange with a reporter that proved Read More...
  Filed under: '08 election, Bill Clinton, media coverage

• We Puff, and We Puff, and We Blow Ourselves Down ...

  Posted Monday, January 14, 2008 9:54 AM By Dahlia Lithwick
  
  Erica Jong posted yesterday on the embarrassing lack of substance in our political coverage. I don’t disagree on the merits. The media (ourselves included) have now devoted exponentially more energy to Hillary’s non-tears in Portsmouth, than they have Read More...
  Filed under: '08 election, feminism, media coverage

• The Charming Chris Matthews

  Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:46 PM By Meghan O'Rourke
  
  We all knew Chris Matthews was no Hillary-lover, but what he said on air this morning takes the cake: "The reason she's a U.S. Senator, the reason she's a candidate for President, the reason she may be a front-runner, is her husband messed around. That's Read More...
  Filed under: '08 election, Hillary Clinton, media coverage

• The NYT and the Washington Post get their hair done

  Posted Monday, October 15, 2007 4:30 PM By Emily Bazelon
  
  On Sunday, the front pages of the New York Times and the Washington Post went to the hair salon. Because this is where black women hang out--in particular, black women who vote in South Carolina. As both papers tell us once they've gotten past the scene Read More...
  Filed under: '08 election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, media coverage, primaries

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