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Take a few hundred of these eruptions and lay them end to end, and you have the 2008 campaign. As politics has expanded to more platforms--blogs, YouTube, comedy shows--the old press has followed, raising its metabolism and sharpening its tone to compete. And following it all has been by turns thrilling and exhausting...
...nontraditional media have also controlled the tone of the debate. The blogosphere joined talk radio as a driver of issues and stories. McCain faced some of his toughest interviews of the campaign on David Letterman and The View. And while Katie Couric grilled Palin on CBS, it was Tina Fey's impression that seared the moment into the national consciousness. (Palin impersonations were also among the hottest genres on YouTube.) The Daily Show was, as in 2000 and 2004, the election's dominant running commentary...
...event provided a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a Broadway show. O’Keefe and Benjamin shared the process of approaching a new project and discussed how their Harvard experiences played into the musical’s score.“I drew on the tone from Harvard, from the notion of being plunged into this sea of people far more qualified than me, just like Elle,” O’Keefe said. He jokingly added, “I also tried to recapture the exact ways Harvard Law School students sing and dance...
...Feist of the blue sequined unitard, the one we all know and love from the Apple commercial, has disappeared in her latest music video. “Honey Honey” is more melancholy than her previous songs, so it comes as no surprise that she decided to tone down the dancing and crank up the serious for the accompanying music video. This of course means weathered faces, long shadows, extremely slow-moving shots, and puppets. But these puppets are like the gnarled, ugly ancestors of the cuddly Muppets you grew up with. Seemingly carved out of wood, the husband...
...stump. If the election follows the polls of October and the U.S. awakens on Nov. 5 to an Obama presidency, he'll begin answering that question in the only way that counts: by his actions. Is he the pragmatic champion of the middle class whose calm and moderate tone carried him undefeated through three debates? Or is he the stealth lefty zestfully skewered by Sarah Palin at event after event...