Newsroom liberals: "While I would not dispute the long-standing assertions that there are more political liberals in newsrooms than conservatives, our political staff, as best I can tell, represents all kinds of backgrounds and beliefs, and because we all work so closely and in such a fishbowl, we all tend to keep one another on the straight and narrow."
-- New York Times Political Editor Richard Stevenson during an online chat with readers.
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By Ira Teinowitz WASHINGTON (AdAge.com) - Barack Obama owned the media battleground last week, but rival John McCain managed to hold his own.
As the Democratic presidential candidate embarked on a world tour that placed him in front oaf dramatic vistas in historical cities, he was followed by anchors from the three broadcast networks as well as a who's who of print reporters. The result: millions of dollars' worth of free media.
l overseas trip by a candidate running for office. To absolutely own the media cycle for a week. ... They were very effective at orchestrating it, the timing of it and having the three networks go with them while McCain is sitting here basically with nothing to do."

By The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Jul. 27--The staff of Republican presidential contender John McCain has begun stalking Barack Obama's Web site,

It’s amazing what you can learn by watching the political ads on TV these days. According to a John McCain ad, Barack Obama is personally responsible for the high cost of gas at the pump.
I was not aware of that!
sons and daughters on the way to the morgue for their greed. Who cares, it wasn't anyone they knew, or cared about.

Also: the candidates in superhero format; a vacation for Obama?; Secret Service costs; and the latest poll numbers.
By DON FREDERICK AND ANDREW MALCOLM, TOP OF THE TICKET
gave his version of the confusing chain of events that led to the cancellation in an interview that aired Saturday with Fox News Channel's Bill Hemmer.

Barack Obama is The One. He has simply gotten more and better coverage than John McCain. For those who need more evidence than the enormous press entourage that is treating Obama’s overseas trip not like the campaign swing of a presidential candidate, but like the international debut of the New American President, there are several new studies which help quantify the disparity.

There are lot of “explanations” for the lopsided coverage: Obama is new, and what’s new is “news.” As the first African-American to win a major party’s nomination, Obama is running an historic campaign. Obama has created a “movement,” and Americans