Breaking news: despite what it may seem on social media, Taylor Swift was barely on camera during Sunday’s AFC Championship game.
A self-described football and marketing analyst by the name of Jason Pauley took an official measurement of Swift’s camera time during the Chiefs-Ravens matchup — meaning, he pulled out his handy stopwatch — to see whether CBS spent way too much time focused on the pop star and not the actual game.
Turns out the network devoted a mere 44 seconds to Swift, who seemed annoyed even when the camera did cut to her. During one moment, as the network promoted the Grammys, the camera cut over to Swift who mouthed, “Go away, please!”
Anyway, that means the remaining 99.61 percent of the more than three-hour telecast was devoted to actual football, save a few fleeting moments when the cameramen focused on dolphins and jelly fish at a local aquarium (24 seconds...
A self-described football and marketing analyst by the name of Jason Pauley took an official measurement of Swift’s camera time during the Chiefs-Ravens matchup — meaning, he pulled out his handy stopwatch — to see whether CBS spent way too much time focused on the pop star and not the actual game.
Turns out the network devoted a mere 44 seconds to Swift, who seemed annoyed even when the camera did cut to her. During one moment, as the network promoted the Grammys, the camera cut over to Swift who mouthed, “Go away, please!”
Anyway, that means the remaining 99.61 percent of the more than three-hour telecast was devoted to actual football, save a few fleeting moments when the cameramen focused on dolphins and jelly fish at a local aquarium (24 seconds...
- 1/30/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (Pcf) hosted their annual Pro-Am Tennis & Golf Tournament in South Florida.
The Beach Boys perform at Prostate Cancer Foundation Pro-Am Tennis and Golf Tournament
Credit/Copyright: Bfa / Tiffany Sage
The tournaments were a part of a five-day event that combines the 2023 Milken Institute South Florida Dialogues and annual Pro-Am Tournaments. 2023 is a double-anniversary for the Pcf as it was both the 25th Anniversary of the Pcf in Palm Beach and the 30th Anniversary year of the Foundation itself.
The Milken Institute South Florida Dialogues in Palm Beach took place over three days, which included the annual Pcf Pro-Am Tennis Tournament and special golf tournament; and concluded with three days of events in Miami. The first night in Palm Beach saw a talk held at the home of Roxann Taylor before the Pcf dinner at the home of Jeff and Mei Sze Greene. The highlight of the...
The Beach Boys perform at Prostate Cancer Foundation Pro-Am Tennis and Golf Tournament
Credit/Copyright: Bfa / Tiffany Sage
The tournaments were a part of a five-day event that combines the 2023 Milken Institute South Florida Dialogues and annual Pro-Am Tournaments. 2023 is a double-anniversary for the Pcf as it was both the 25th Anniversary of the Pcf in Palm Beach and the 30th Anniversary year of the Foundation itself.
The Milken Institute South Florida Dialogues in Palm Beach took place over three days, which included the annual Pcf Pro-Am Tennis Tournament and special golf tournament; and concluded with three days of events in Miami. The first night in Palm Beach saw a talk held at the home of Roxann Taylor before the Pcf dinner at the home of Jeff and Mei Sze Greene. The highlight of the...
- 2/23/2023
- Look to the Stars
Former Trump campaign manager Cory Lewandowski said that Melania Trump shared her husband’s low opinion of John McCain‘s war record. Donald Trump‘s 2016 presidential campaign faltered when he took the stage at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, and insulted late Arizona Sen. John McCain’s service history. Trump told moderator Frank Luntz, “He’s not a […]
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- 7/30/2021
- by Madeline Hoverkamp
- Uinterview
As the rate of Covid-19 vaccination slows and cases rise again, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Thursday called on tech platforms and the news media to take greater steps to combat misinformation.
Appearing at the the White House briefing room, Murthy spoke about the role that social media plays as a super spreader of Covid-19 and vaccine disinformation.
“Today we live in a world where misinformation poses an imminent and insidious threat to our nation’s health,” Murthy said, as he blamed falsehoods as one reason the pace of vaccinations was slowing. Data show that 99% of new hospitalizations and deaths are among the unvaccinated.
“Simply put, health misinformation has cost us lives,” he said.
Murthy today issued a Surgeon General Advisory, reserved for urgent public health threats, on the dangers of health misinformation. (Read it here.) Included are a host of recommendations for tech platforms, including redesigning algorithms...
Appearing at the the White House briefing room, Murthy spoke about the role that social media plays as a super spreader of Covid-19 and vaccine disinformation.
“Today we live in a world where misinformation poses an imminent and insidious threat to our nation’s health,” Murthy said, as he blamed falsehoods as one reason the pace of vaccinations was slowing. Data show that 99% of new hospitalizations and deaths are among the unvaccinated.
“Simply put, health misinformation has cost us lives,” he said.
Murthy today issued a Surgeon General Advisory, reserved for urgent public health threats, on the dangers of health misinformation. (Read it here.) Included are a host of recommendations for tech platforms, including redesigning algorithms...
- 7/15/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Bernie Sanders has accomplished something no one in American politics has managed for decades: He’s uniting Democrats and Republicans.
It’s early yet, but talking points for the 2020 campaign season are emerging on both sides of the aisle. Republicans and Democrats both have been trying to sell the rise of politicians like Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and others as stalking horses for the overthrow of capitalism.
Noted Gop pollster Frank Luntz appeared with Howard Kurtz on the Fox “MediaBuzz” program. It was typical ring-around-the-collar news marketing, telling audiences something scary,...
It’s early yet, but talking points for the 2020 campaign season are emerging on both sides of the aisle. Republicans and Democrats both have been trying to sell the rise of politicians like Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and others as stalking horses for the overthrow of capitalism.
Noted Gop pollster Frank Luntz appeared with Howard Kurtz on the Fox “MediaBuzz” program. It was typical ring-around-the-collar news marketing, telling audiences something scary,...
- 5/13/2019
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
Meghan McCain fired back at Donald Trump Saturday after the president delivered yet another verbal attack on her father, the late Sen. John McCain.
“No one will ever love you the way they loved my father,” “The View” co-host said in a tweet replying to the Potus. “I wish I had been given more Saturday’s with him. Maybe spend yours with your family instead of on twitter obsessing over mine?”
The sharp words came after Trump disparaged McCain in yet another tweet on Saturday, blasting the Vietnam veteran over his “no” vote to repeal Obamacare and his part in bringing the Steele Dossier to public attention.
Also Read: Meghan McCain Pens Tribute to Her Late Father: 'We Lived in His Light and Warmth for So Very Long'
“Spreading the fake and totally discredited Dossier ‘is unfortunately a very dark stain against John McCain.'” Trump wrote, quoting former Clinton special prosecutor Ken Starr.
“No one will ever love you the way they loved my father,” “The View” co-host said in a tweet replying to the Potus. “I wish I had been given more Saturday’s with him. Maybe spend yours with your family instead of on twitter obsessing over mine?”
The sharp words came after Trump disparaged McCain in yet another tweet on Saturday, blasting the Vietnam veteran over his “no” vote to repeal Obamacare and his part in bringing the Steele Dossier to public attention.
Also Read: Meghan McCain Pens Tribute to Her Late Father: 'We Lived in His Light and Warmth for So Very Long'
“Spreading the fake and totally discredited Dossier ‘is unfortunately a very dark stain against John McCain.'” Trump wrote, quoting former Clinton special prosecutor Ken Starr.
- 3/16/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
When it came to constructing a biopic about former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, “the lynchpin of the entire movie is Lynne Cheney” asserts Vice filmmaker Adam McKay.
“One of the tricks we ran up against in this film was according to the Syd Field-McKee kind of model of storytelling, Dick Cheney doesn’t have a first act. There’s no inciting incident that launches him,” explained the The Big Short Oscar winner at last Thursday’s Deadline screening for Vice at the Landmark in Los Angeles.
But after sending a reporter around the country to do research for the film, the takeaway from interviews in Casper Wyoming was that “whoever Lynne Vincent would have married, would become president or vice president,” McKay said. To date, Amy Adams, who plays Lynne Cheney, has received supporting actress nods from the Critics’ Choice, the Screen Actors Guild and the Golden Globes.
“One of the tricks we ran up against in this film was according to the Syd Field-McKee kind of model of storytelling, Dick Cheney doesn’t have a first act. There’s no inciting incident that launches him,” explained the The Big Short Oscar winner at last Thursday’s Deadline screening for Vice at the Landmark in Los Angeles.
But after sending a reporter around the country to do research for the film, the takeaway from interviews in Casper Wyoming was that “whoever Lynne Vincent would have married, would become president or vice president,” McKay said. To date, Amy Adams, who plays Lynne Cheney, has received supporting actress nods from the Critics’ Choice, the Screen Actors Guild and the Golden Globes.
- 1/9/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The conviction of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on charges of financial fraud, and the guilty plea of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen to fraud and campaign finance violations, will likely give Hollywood even more reason to engage when it comes to the midterm election. But there’s a warning label: Stay on message, and don’t anger local voters.
Showbiz already has showered federal candidates with $27.7 million, the bulk to Democrats, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The figure doesn’t include a recent $1 million contribution that Bill Maher gave to help the party win back control of the Senate.
Tom Hanks, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Faith Hill and Tim McGraw appeared in new videos for a get-out-the-vote campaign co-chaired by Michelle Obama, the start of what is likely to be a flood of such spots as Election Day — Nov. 6 — approaches.
Content creators are subtly advising Democrats on the best strategies,...
Showbiz already has showered federal candidates with $27.7 million, the bulk to Democrats, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The figure doesn’t include a recent $1 million contribution that Bill Maher gave to help the party win back control of the Senate.
Tom Hanks, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Faith Hill and Tim McGraw appeared in new videos for a get-out-the-vote campaign co-chaired by Michelle Obama, the start of what is likely to be a flood of such spots as Election Day — Nov. 6 — approaches.
Content creators are subtly advising Democrats on the best strategies,...
- 8/29/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
Washington — White House officials are reportedly “terrified” of what Omarosa Manigault Newman has in store next for the promotional tour for her new book, “Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House.”
In interviews, she has claimed to have heard a tape, apparently made on the set of “The Apprentice,” in which Donald Trump uses the n-word multiple times.
He denies that claim, but it has again revived questions of whether such a recording actually exists, and on Tuesday, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she cannot guarantee that such audio will never surface.
In the book, Manigault Newman identifies Trump as her mentor and someone who had a huge role in shaping her public fame and persona, yet who, as the book title suggests, is now suffering a mental decline and is hugely unfit to occupy the Oval Office.
Like Trump, though, Manigault Newman has a penchant...
In interviews, she has claimed to have heard a tape, apparently made on the set of “The Apprentice,” in which Donald Trump uses the n-word multiple times.
He denies that claim, but it has again revived questions of whether such a recording actually exists, and on Tuesday, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she cannot guarantee that such audio will never surface.
In the book, Manigault Newman identifies Trump as her mentor and someone who had a huge role in shaping her public fame and persona, yet who, as the book title suggests, is now suffering a mental decline and is hugely unfit to occupy the Oval Office.
Like Trump, though, Manigault Newman has a penchant...
- 8/15/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
Omarosa continues her drip-drip release of tape recordings of President Donald Trump and his staff as she plugs her new book, Unhinged, on TV news programs.
This morning, visiting CBS This Morning, she unveiled tape of Trump campaign staffers Katrina Pierson and Lynne Patton talking to her about that rumored tape of Trump using the n-word during Apprentice shooting. In the tape, a voice that sounds like Pierson is heard saying, in re Trump, “he said it…No, he said it. He’s embarrassed.”
Pierson and Patton had fired back in a statement:
No one ever denied the existence of conversations about a reported ‘Apprentice’ tape.
Of course there were multiple discussions about it…because Omarosa was obsessed with it.
What has been definitively refuted is that we never had a call confirming that Frank Luntz, or anyone else, directly heard Donald J. Trump use derogatory language on this alleged tape.
This morning, visiting CBS This Morning, she unveiled tape of Trump campaign staffers Katrina Pierson and Lynne Patton talking to her about that rumored tape of Trump using the n-word during Apprentice shooting. In the tape, a voice that sounds like Pierson is heard saying, in re Trump, “he said it…No, he said it. He’s embarrassed.”
Pierson and Patton had fired back in a statement:
No one ever denied the existence of conversations about a reported ‘Apprentice’ tape.
Of course there were multiple discussions about it…because Omarosa was obsessed with it.
What has been definitively refuted is that we never had a call confirming that Frank Luntz, or anyone else, directly heard Donald J. Trump use derogatory language on this alleged tape.
- 8/14/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
Washington — President Donald Trump called Omarosa Manigault Newman a “dog” after CBS News aired another tape tied to the release of her new book, in which Manigault Newman and other campaign officials are heard discussing the fallout should a tape surface where Trump uses the “n-word.”
Manigault Newman’s book, “Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House,” is being published on Tuesday. On her publicity tour for the book, she has claimed that she heard a tape recorded from his days on “The Apprentice” in which he uses the racial slur multiple times.
Trump denies that claim and says that she “made it up,” and posted another tweet on Tuesday attacking Manigault Newman, who had a high level title and salary at the White House until she was fired in December.
“When you give a crazed, crying lowlife a break, and give her a job at the White House,...
Manigault Newman’s book, “Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House,” is being published on Tuesday. On her publicity tour for the book, she has claimed that she heard a tape recorded from his days on “The Apprentice” in which he uses the racial slur multiple times.
Trump denies that claim and says that she “made it up,” and posted another tweet on Tuesday attacking Manigault Newman, who had a high level title and salary at the White House until she was fired in December.
“When you give a crazed, crying lowlife a break, and give her a job at the White House,...
- 8/14/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
The set of “Morning Joe” was outraged Monday over a joke from a White House aide about Sen. John McCain’s brain cancer that surfaced last week.
“They’re rotten to the core,” said show co-host Mika Brzezinski of members of the Trump administration who refused to condemn the remarks. “What’s wrong with them?”
“Morning Joe” particularly took issue with White House Director of Strategic Communications Mercedes Schlapp over her initial reaction that she “stood with” Kelly Sadler, the aide who made the joke about McCain.
Also Read: 'Morning Joe': Michael Avenatti is 'Jumping the Shark' With Nonstop TV Appearances (Video)
“Weren’t they the ones that rushed out of the White House Correspondents Dinner because they were so offended by the jokes,” said Scarborough referencing Schlapp and her husband Matt’s decision to leave the dinner early because of their outrage over Michelle Wolf’s monologue.
“So they rushed out — of course get in their limousine and go straight to an afterparty. I think it was an MSNBC afterparty,” said Scarborough.
It was.
Also Read: 'Morning Joe' Blasts Michelle Wolf Monologue: 'Everybody Felt Pain' for Sarah Sanders
Jon Meacham warned that history would not be kind to the Trump administration.
“These people are on the wrong side of history and they’re on the wrong side of decency,” he said. “History is going to be very harsh here. The presidents we remember and want to commemorate and emulate are the ones who reach beyond and represent all of us. Not just this small base who stand by people who insult people like John McCain.”
On Thursday, The Hill first broke the story of Sadler joking that McCain’s objections to CIA Director nominee Gina Haspel didn’t matter because he was “dying anyway.” The “Morning Joe” segment represents the fourth day of coverage of the incident.
President Trump is long known to have a frosty relationship with McCain, who voted against his effort to repeal Obamacare last summer. During the Republican primary, Trump attacked McCain’s war record, telling pollster Frank Luntz at an event in Iowa that McCain was only a war hero because he was captured and that he liked “people who weren’t captured.”
Read original story ‘Morning Joe’ Trashes White House for John McCain Joke: ‘They’re Rotten to the Core’ At TheWrap...
“They’re rotten to the core,” said show co-host Mika Brzezinski of members of the Trump administration who refused to condemn the remarks. “What’s wrong with them?”
“Morning Joe” particularly took issue with White House Director of Strategic Communications Mercedes Schlapp over her initial reaction that she “stood with” Kelly Sadler, the aide who made the joke about McCain.
Also Read: 'Morning Joe': Michael Avenatti is 'Jumping the Shark' With Nonstop TV Appearances (Video)
“Weren’t they the ones that rushed out of the White House Correspondents Dinner because they were so offended by the jokes,” said Scarborough referencing Schlapp and her husband Matt’s decision to leave the dinner early because of their outrage over Michelle Wolf’s monologue.
“So they rushed out — of course get in their limousine and go straight to an afterparty. I think it was an MSNBC afterparty,” said Scarborough.
It was.
Also Read: 'Morning Joe' Blasts Michelle Wolf Monologue: 'Everybody Felt Pain' for Sarah Sanders
Jon Meacham warned that history would not be kind to the Trump administration.
“These people are on the wrong side of history and they’re on the wrong side of decency,” he said. “History is going to be very harsh here. The presidents we remember and want to commemorate and emulate are the ones who reach beyond and represent all of us. Not just this small base who stand by people who insult people like John McCain.”
On Thursday, The Hill first broke the story of Sadler joking that McCain’s objections to CIA Director nominee Gina Haspel didn’t matter because he was “dying anyway.” The “Morning Joe” segment represents the fourth day of coverage of the incident.
President Trump is long known to have a frosty relationship with McCain, who voted against his effort to repeal Obamacare last summer. During the Republican primary, Trump attacked McCain’s war record, telling pollster Frank Luntz at an event in Iowa that McCain was only a war hero because he was captured and that he liked “people who weren’t captured.”
Read original story ‘Morning Joe’ Trashes White House for John McCain Joke: ‘They’re Rotten to the Core’ At TheWrap...
- 5/14/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
MPAA chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin and Hollywood’s major studios are hosting a fundraiser for Republican senators on Wednesday in Los Angeles at the home of Frank Luntz, the pollster and public opinion expert.
Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nevada), and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-n.C.) are expected at the event, with tickets priced at $20,000 to be on the host committee, sources said. The event will raise money for the National Republican Senate Committee. Heller is the only one of the three up for reelection this year, and he is expected to face a significant challenge given that Nevada swung to the Democrats in 2016.
Rivkin was the U.S. ambassador to France under President Barack Obama, and served as assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs during Obama’s second term under Secretary of State John Kerry.
The MPAA, though, has traditionally hosted fundraisers for both parties.
Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nevada), and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-n.C.) are expected at the event, with tickets priced at $20,000 to be on the host committee, sources said. The event will raise money for the National Republican Senate Committee. Heller is the only one of the three up for reelection this year, and he is expected to face a significant challenge given that Nevada swung to the Democrats in 2016.
Rivkin was the U.S. ambassador to France under President Barack Obama, and served as assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs during Obama’s second term under Secretary of State John Kerry.
The MPAA, though, has traditionally hosted fundraisers for both parties.
- 5/2/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
Super Bowl Sunday might have been a Patriot Eagles vs. New England Patriots affair, but the New York Giants decided to take a bit of the spotlight for themselves.
Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and quarterback Eli Manning reenacted the iconic lift from Dirty Dancing for an NFL commercial during Super Bowl Lii.
During a practice session, the Giants take a break, leading Manning and Beckham to make eye contact and begin dancing.
For thirty teams, Super Bowl isn’t the end of the season – it’s the start of next season. Watch Eli, @OBJ_3, @TheHumble_21 and the @Giants O-line...
Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and quarterback Eli Manning reenacted the iconic lift from Dirty Dancing for an NFL commercial during Super Bowl Lii.
During a practice session, the Giants take a break, leading Manning and Beckham to make eye contact and begin dancing.
For thirty teams, Super Bowl isn’t the end of the season – it’s the start of next season. Watch Eli, @OBJ_3, @TheHumble_21 and the @Giants O-line...
- 2/5/2018
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Joe Kennedy III delivered the Democrats’ response to President Donald Trump‘s first State of the Union address on Tuesday night, but some viewers of the impassioned speech were distracted by the Massachusetts representative’s shiny lips.
Social media users were intrigued to see the 37-year-old grandson of slain former Attorney General and U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy with wet, glistening lips — with many declaring that drool appeared to be coming out of the corner of his mouth.
One Twitter user dubbed him “Droolin’ Joe Kennedy,” while others compared the viral moment to Marco Rubio’s infamous water bottle...
Social media users were intrigued to see the 37-year-old grandson of slain former Attorney General and U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy with wet, glistening lips — with many declaring that drool appeared to be coming out of the corner of his mouth.
One Twitter user dubbed him “Droolin’ Joe Kennedy,” while others compared the viral moment to Marco Rubio’s infamous water bottle...
- 1/31/2018
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
Gop polling guru and Fox News regular Frank Luntz took to Twitter Tuesday to defend the “Scaramucci Post” and their editorial team’s widely derided decision to post a poll asking readers to vote on how many Jews died in during the holocaust. “We should see if know how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust,” he Tweeted. Luntz — who is Jewish — said there was nothing wrong with the inquiry and even reposted it to his own account. “People should know history. Go ahead, call me anti-Semitic. My rabbi will beat up your rabbi.” Also Read: Scaramucci Post Slammed...
- 10/17/2017
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
When Frank Luntz's mother, Phyllys, died two years ago, he decided to honor her in a unique way: He would build an exact replica of the Oval Office inside his Brentwood compound. "She always wanted me to be the first Jewish president," says the prominent (and sometimes controversial) Republican pollster, seated under the gaze of a portrait of America's first gentile president, George Washington. A year and a half later, arguably the most famous focus grouper in America would hold his first formal meeting in his own Oval Office. His guest? Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. "That is
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- 10/12/2016
- by Peter Kiefer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A slew of unscientific online snap polls are painting Donald Trump as the winner of the first presidential debate Monday night, while others contend Hillary Clinton emerged victorious. A Time.com poll has the Republican nominee leading Clinton by four percentage points - 52 percent to 48 percent - after more than 1,300,000 votes were cast. Time cautions that its survey, like other such polls, is "not statistically representative of likely voters, and are not predictive of the debate outcome will effect the election." Instead, these surveys measure which nominee has "the most energized online supporters." Meanwhile, other initial reactions indicate many felt...
- 9/27/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- PEOPLE.com
I ran into Republican pollster Frank Luntz at the HBO party after the Emmy ceremony at the sprawling Pacific Design Center. A few feet away, “Veep” winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus was fending off a crush of well-wishers while HBO chief Richard Plepler had just come from finding his lost cellphone. What’s going to happen? a group of eager Hollywood acolytes wanted Luntz to tell them. Would Hillary Clinton manage a win? Luntz was wearing a burgundy vest and his signature Prince Valiant hairstyle, and shook his head sagely. “She’s going to win, but I can’t say anymore that it’s for certain,...
- 9/19/2016
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
Start with the title: Clown Car! may sound like the movie someone will inevitably make about the 2016 presidential campaign, but how about evoking those great Seventies wacky-journey films like Death Race 2000, Vanishing Point or Smokey and the Bandit?
When I raised the question on Twitter, suggestions included All the President's Wanna-Bes, Every Which Way But Left, Cannonball Rug, A Kochwork Orange and the subtly appropriate Hair.
All excellent ideas, and we may have to put the movie name to a separate vote. Right now, though, the more pressing question is...
When I raised the question on Twitter, suggestions included All the President's Wanna-Bes, Every Which Way But Left, Cannonball Rug, A Kochwork Orange and the subtly appropriate Hair.
All excellent ideas, and we may have to put the movie name to a separate vote. Right now, though, the more pressing question is...
- 9/8/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Since announcing his presidential bid, Donald Trump has come under fire for his controversial remarks on illegal immigration and whether or not Sen. John McCain is a "war hero."
But the 69-year-old media mogul still has support from the people who matter most: his children. "Our father, Donald J. Trump is a true visionary and a great mentor," Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump tell People in an exclusive statement. (All three Trump offspring have contributed to both Democratic and Republican campaigns in the past. Ivanka's husband, Jared Kushner, has been a major contributor to the Democratic Party, having given more than $100,000 over the years.
But the 69-year-old media mogul still has support from the people who matter most: his children. "Our father, Donald J. Trump is a true visionary and a great mentor," Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump tell People in an exclusive statement. (All three Trump offspring have contributed to both Democratic and Republican campaigns in the past. Ivanka's husband, Jared Kushner, has been a major contributor to the Democratic Party, having given more than $100,000 over the years.
- 7/21/2015
- by Tara Fowler, @waterfowlerta
- People.com - TV Watch
Of Donald Trump one thing is certain: He’s hard to ignore. The current frontrunner among Gop presidential candidates today suggested Sen. John McCain was not a real war hero “because he was captured.” Speaking at a conference of religious conservatives in Iowa, Trump was pressed on his description earlier this week of McCain as “a dummy.” The Family Leadership Summit moderator, Republican pollster Frank Luntz, described McCain as “a war hero.” Trump replied that McCain…...
- 7/18/2015
- Deadline TV
Ames, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is again criticizing a well-respected member of his own party. Speaking at the annual Family Leadership Summit, a conference of religious conservatives on Saturday, Trump was pressed on his recent description of Arizona Sen. John McCain as "a dummy." Read More Donald Trump Touts $214M in Income From 'The Apprentice' The moderator, Republican pollster Frank Luntz, described McCain, a 2008 Gop nominee, as "a war hero." McCain spent more than five years as a prisoner of war after his plane was shot down during combat in Vietnam. Trump
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- 7/18/2015
- by The Associated Press, THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jon Stewart opened Tuesday's "Daily Show" with a pointed rant against what he believes is one of the more cynical parts about Fox News and the Republican party: Their openness, and borderline boastfulness, about how their "rebranding" of certain policies helps them get ahead. But even Frank Luntz, the consultant and strategist who has become the public face of these rebranding efforts, couldn't help them win the 2012 election -- although not for a lack of trying.
Fox blamed the Gop's loss with a "messaging" problem, but Stewart hardly could believe that they lacked the means to properly get the message out. "What Republicans need is some kind of 24 hour, 7 day a week perpetual messaging refinement and distribution resource, preferably one cloaked in the trappings of journalistic authority but without any of its ethical constraints," he joked.
Stewart pointed out that Luntz has a long history of distorting policy messaging to fit Fox's narrative,...
Fox blamed the Gop's loss with a "messaging" problem, but Stewart hardly could believe that they lacked the means to properly get the message out. "What Republicans need is some kind of 24 hour, 7 day a week perpetual messaging refinement and distribution resource, preferably one cloaked in the trappings of journalistic authority but without any of its ethical constraints," he joked.
Stewart pointed out that Luntz has a long history of distorting policy messaging to fit Fox's narrative,...
- 2/6/2013
- by Ross Luippold
- Huffington Post
Jon Stewart tonight tried to figure out the exact problem with the Republican party and why the "self-made and virtuous patriot" Mitt Romney lost the election to the "foreign-born socialist tyrant" Barack Obama The answer: messaging. Stewart took square aim at the rebranding of the Gop being aided by pollster and master wordsmith Frank Luntz, whose ideas to rebrand the Republican party include words that mask the actual policy positions of the Republican party.
- 2/6/2013
- by Josh Feldman
- Mediaite - TV
Republican pollster Frank Luntz joined Fox & Friends host Gretchen Carlson on Monday to discuss the Gop’s changing messaging in the wake of their electoral losses in 2012. He went through a variety of messaging challenges that the Gop faces, given that the majority of the American people already predisposed to oppose Republican programs. Luntz began by noting that one core Republican principle is not shared by most of the electorate, saying that voters “don’t care about what the size of government is.”...
- 1/14/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
There were numerous contentious moments in Bill Maher's "Real Time" interview with conservative pollster Frank Luntz, but perhaps the most compelling was an off-the-cuff response to Luntz's congratulating the host on being renewed for two more seasons.
After remarking on the renewal, Luntz quipped, "You should be a Republican."
Maher's response is absolutely priceless. Watch the full interview above; this particular exchange takes place starting at about 4:30.
After remarking on the renewal, Luntz quipped, "You should be a Republican."
Maher's response is absolutely priceless. Watch the full interview above; this particular exchange takes place starting at about 4:30.
- 10/6/2012
- by Carol Hartsell
- Huffington Post
There were numerous contentious moments in Bill Maher's "Real Time" interview with conservative pollster Frank Luntz, but perhaps the most compelling was an off-the-cuff response to Luntz's congratulating the host on being renewed for two more seasons.
After remarking on the renewal, Luntz quipped, "You should be a Republican."
Maher's response is absolutely priceless. Watch the full interview above; this particular exchange takes place starting at about 4:30.
After remarking on the renewal, Luntz quipped, "You should be a Republican."
Maher's response is absolutely priceless. Watch the full interview above; this particular exchange takes place starting at about 4:30.
- 10/6/2012
- by Carol Hartsell
- Aol TV.
Friday night on HBO's chat salon "Real Time with Bill Maher" will feature a great panel of pundits. The series continues its tenth season Friday, Oct. 5 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live Et/tape-delayed Pt), exclusively on HBO, with an instant replay at 11:00 p.m. following the live presentation. Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show includes an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists, and interviewswith in-studio and satellite guests. The roundtable guests this week are columnist Will Cain, former Fla. Rep. Mark Foley and actress Kerry Washington; political consultant Frank Luntz and environmentalist Bill McKibben are interview guests. If you remember, six-term Rep. Mark Foley resigned amid reports that he had sent sexually explicit Internet messages...
- 10/3/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
The fact that national politics has run up against Batman is further proof that Christopher Nolan, as outsider, has drilled into the fevered brow of post-9/11 America as few others have
A billion dollars creates a lot of electromagnetic hum. Bring the world's billion-dollar election into close proximity with the latest billion-dollar blockbuster, and sparks are going to fly between them.
"Do you think it is accidental that the name of the really vicious fire-breathing, four-eyed whatever-it-is villain in this movie is named Bane?" seethed Rush Limbaugh this week about The Dark Knight Rises, the name of whose villain shares perfect consonance with Mitt Romney's venture capital firm.
Never mind that Bane first appeared in a comic book in 1993, as Rachel Maddow was quick to point out on her MSNBC show. The issue was quickly taken up by the ditto heads. "How long will it take for the Obama campaign to link the two,...
A billion dollars creates a lot of electromagnetic hum. Bring the world's billion-dollar election into close proximity with the latest billion-dollar blockbuster, and sparks are going to fly between them.
"Do you think it is accidental that the name of the really vicious fire-breathing, four-eyed whatever-it-is villain in this movie is named Bane?" seethed Rush Limbaugh this week about The Dark Knight Rises, the name of whose villain shares perfect consonance with Mitt Romney's venture capital firm.
Never mind that Bane first appeared in a comic book in 1993, as Rachel Maddow was quick to point out on her MSNBC show. The issue was quickly taken up by the ditto heads. "How long will it take for the Obama campaign to link the two,...
- 7/21/2012
- by Tom Shone
- The Guardian - Film News
As the general election heats up, Republican obstructionism has become an increasingly hot topic, traced to an Inauguration Day meeting of Gop lawmakers, along with pollster Frank Luntz and former Speaker Newt Gingrich, detailed in Robert Draper‘s Do Not Ask What Good We Do. Liberal radio and TV host Thom Hartmann makes the case that the Republicans (and Fox News, by virtue of Luntz's involvement) are guilty of "treason, or sedition, or whatever it was," and makes a nice smoking-gun catch from Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher.
- 6/14/2012
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
It would be a huge upset if the preternaturally gifted 16-year-old wins Season 11 of American Idol on Wednesday. Online odds-makers unanimously consider the Dave Matthews-influenced Phillip Phillips to be the favorite — which would make him the fifth consecutive white guy with a guitar to take the prize. Ireland’s Intrade gives Phillips a 78% chance of winning. At Curacao-based Pinnacle, a $1 bet on Phillips would pay $1.262, while one on Sanchez would pay $4.22 if she wins. Antigua’s Intertops says $1 should pay $1.40 on Phillips and $2.75 on Sanchez. And at Bodava, based in the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake, Canada, a $13 bet on Phillips would net you a $4 profit if he wins while $2 on Sanchez would pay $5. What to do? As far as I’m concerned, nothing. Despite the show’s hype about the democratic nature of its “nationwide vote,” we know little about who casts ballots and how accurately their votes are counted.
- 5/21/2012
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
If you think the race for the Republican presidential nomination has been ugly, you're right. However, a recent joke by Republican pollster and Fox News analyst Frank Luntz indicates that the general election promises to be even uglier. Warming up a crowd at a Rick Santorum campaign event Monday night, Luntz cracked, "I have a 'Run, Barack, Run' bumper sticker, but I put it on the front of my car."...
- 2/22/2012
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
The American Left has been repeating a persistent meme that the Republican base is somehow less intelligent and less sophisticated than the progressive voter base. I confess to having held that belief myself, but it may be time to transition to a more fact based belief. I now see them more as Stockholm Syndrome survivors.
Fox News began in Oct 1996, with the original name of Republican TV, and right wing radio long before that. Fox has grown into the country's largest cable news station: in 2010 they had more viewers than MSNBC, CNN and Hln combined.
Meanwhile right-wing pundits and politicians such as Sarah Palin and Andrew Breitbart have said for years that Republicans should only allow themselves to be interviewed by Fox or other right wing media, characterizing any media not steeped in their ideology as threatening to the base.
Mitt Romney's recent comment "I'll be on Fox a...
Fox News began in Oct 1996, with the original name of Republican TV, and right wing radio long before that. Fox has grown into the country's largest cable news station: in 2010 they had more viewers than MSNBC, CNN and Hln combined.
Meanwhile right-wing pundits and politicians such as Sarah Palin and Andrew Breitbart have said for years that Republicans should only allow themselves to be interviewed by Fox or other right wing media, characterizing any media not steeped in their ideology as threatening to the base.
Mitt Romney's recent comment "I'll be on Fox a...
- 1/26/2012
- by Charles Higgins
- Aol TV.
Well, here's a different side of Newt Gingrich. While in Iowa, the Gop candidate made a stop to answer some question at a forum hosted by a mothers' group. After pollster Frank Luntz asked him for a special memory of his mother, Gingrich began saying that, because she was in a choir, he still tears up when singing Christmas carols. This got some chuckles from the audience which were instantly stifled when it became clear that Gingrich had begun crying right then and there.
- 12/30/2011
- by Jon Bershad
- Mediaite - TV
On Thursday night's The Ed Show, host Ed Schultz joined 99 percenters across the nation in celebrating Republican pollster Frank Luntz's admission that he's "frightened to death" of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Schultz and guest Alan Grayson correctly assess Luntz's fear as a positive sign that the movement is having a real impact, but they badly underestimate Luntz's Jedi mind-trickery, declaring that it won't work this time.
- 12/2/2011
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
In May of 2009, the Times’ Deborah Solomon interviewed pollster and messaging expert Frank Luntz for her weekly “Questions” column. She challenged him immediately over the phrase "Washington Takeover" in a 28-page memo titled “The Language of Health Care.” Luntz admitted that he didn't know if "takeover" was a correct description, which Politifact rated Luntz’s “takeover” its Lie of the Year. Though Luntz's reputation remained unscathed.
- 9/12/2011
- by Philip Bump
- Mediaite - TV
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, the latest documentary entertainment from Academy Award nominee Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) on Blu-ray and DVD on August 23 for the list prices of $35.99 and $30.99, respectively.
Morgan Spurlock sells out—or rather, sells his documentary—in The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.
A funny and fresh look at modern-day media and money, the 2011 movie explores the world marketing and advertising and was fully financed by product placement, which has been integrated into the picture. Spurlock dissects the world of advertising and marketing over the course of the film by using his own disarming and determined personality as currency to sell out the cost of his film to the highest bidder. Lots of the financing, as you may have deduced, came courtesy of Pom Wonderful, the pomegranate-based juice and product company. The Greatest Movie Ever Sold? Spurlock may very well have made it!
Morgan Spurlock sells out—or rather, sells his documentary—in The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.
A funny and fresh look at modern-day media and money, the 2011 movie explores the world marketing and advertising and was fully financed by product placement, which has been integrated into the picture. Spurlock dissects the world of advertising and marketing over the course of the film by using his own disarming and determined personality as currency to sell out the cost of his film to the highest bidder. Lots of the financing, as you may have deduced, came courtesy of Pom Wonderful, the pomegranate-based juice and product company. The Greatest Movie Ever Sold? Spurlock may very well have made it!
- 7/1/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
For the first time this troubled season, the Republican candidates looked like plausible White House contenders. Matt Latimer grades the New Hampshire debate, from Bachmann's entry to Newt's return to the Paul Ryan debacle and Santorum's Leno gaffe.Plus: More Daily Beast contributors on the Gop debate. And watch eight video highlights.
This evening commenced with a warning from CNN moderator John King. Tonight's forum, he vowed, "would be different than any presidential debate you've ever seen." Uh-oh. I hate it when journalists say things like that-it always means there will be lame gimmicks, such as having random voters we don't care about waste TV time with dull questions, or a demand that the candidates introduce themselves to an audience of millions using only a single sentence. Just one candidate on stage bothered to follow that stupid rule: Newt Gingrich. The famously undisciplined former House speaker actually showed some discipline.
This evening commenced with a warning from CNN moderator John King. Tonight's forum, he vowed, "would be different than any presidential debate you've ever seen." Uh-oh. I hate it when journalists say things like that-it always means there will be lame gimmicks, such as having random voters we don't care about waste TV time with dull questions, or a demand that the candidates introduce themselves to an audience of millions using only a single sentence. Just one candidate on stage bothered to follow that stupid rule: Newt Gingrich. The famously undisciplined former House speaker actually showed some discipline.
- 6/14/2011
- by Matt Latimer
- The Daily Beast
When it comes to debating the issues, the public has a hard time sifting through all the political theater, biases, and endless muckraking. Between boilerplate-spewing press secretaries, 30-second attack ads, and swiftboating, it's often difficult to figure out where candidates and elected officials stand on hot policy topics like health care and the economy without out-of-context buzzwords (Death panels! Socialism!).
Today, however, politicians may finally have a fair and balanced platform to speak directly with potential voters about specific issues. Earlier this morning, YouTube launched Town Hall, a Congressional debate forum that enables the public to see where elected officials stand on issues, head-to-head, and choose which stances they support.
"Users can select an issue of interest, such as the budget, and watch side-by-side videos of two Congress members explaining their stances on the topic," reports Politico. Additionally, YouTube users can vote on topics they're most interested in, and each month,...
Today, however, politicians may finally have a fair and balanced platform to speak directly with potential voters about specific issues. Earlier this morning, YouTube launched Town Hall, a Congressional debate forum that enables the public to see where elected officials stand on issues, head-to-head, and choose which stances they support.
"Users can select an issue of interest, such as the budget, and watch side-by-side videos of two Congress members explaining their stances on the topic," reports Politico. Additionally, YouTube users can vote on topics they're most interested in, and each month,...
- 5/18/2011
- by Austin Carr
- Fast Company
Every presidential campaign is a made-for-tv special. Some years it’s a romantic comedy, filled with “bimbo eruptions” (like Bill Clinton’s in 1992) or yachts named “Monkey Business” (Gary Hart’s in 1988). Other years, it plays out more like a crime drama, with hotel break-ins and slush funds and other dirty tricks (Nixon in 1972). Still others (say, Obama’s in 2008) unfold like a thrilling superhero adventure.
And the 2012 campaign? So far, like everything else on TV these days, it’s a reality show.
For the past couple of months, we’ve been deep into the American Idol-style audition rounds. We...
And the 2012 campaign? So far, like everything else on TV these days, it’s a reality show.
For the past couple of months, we’ve been deep into the American Idol-style audition rounds. We...
- 5/13/2011
- by Benjamin Svetkey
- EW.com - PopWatch
Former restaurant magnate Herman Cain stole the show at the first Gop debate. Michael Medved on how his long-shot candidacy could breathe new life into a struggling party.
The most intriguing question raised by the first presidential debate in Greenville, S.C., involves the way Republicans will characterize the surprising showing of Herman Cain.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Gop's Bin Laden Jitters
Does the business leader and talk radio host represent the next Ronald Reagan-or the second coming of Alan Keyes?
Cain's fans and supporters cite the reaction to Thursday night's encounter to stress the Reaganesque qualities of their champion. According to a focus group conducted by Fox News analyst Frank Luntz, Cain gained more support from his self-assured and capable performance than any other candidate in the 35 debates the pollster has covered. Among 29 participants, only one favored Cain prior to the telecast; afterwards, a clear...
The most intriguing question raised by the first presidential debate in Greenville, S.C., involves the way Republicans will characterize the surprising showing of Herman Cain.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Gop's Bin Laden Jitters
Does the business leader and talk radio host represent the next Ronald Reagan-or the second coming of Alan Keyes?
Cain's fans and supporters cite the reaction to Thursday night's encounter to stress the Reaganesque qualities of their champion. According to a focus group conducted by Fox News analyst Frank Luntz, Cain gained more support from his self-assured and capable performance than any other candidate in the 35 debates the pollster has covered. Among 29 participants, only one favored Cain prior to the telecast; afterwards, a clear...
- 5/7/2011
- by Michael Medved
- The Daily Beast
Bill Sammon, who's responsible for the network's Washington coverage, linked Obama to socialism many times during the 2008 campaign, but didn't believe the allegation, he acknowledged.
In the final stretch of the 2008 campaign, a Fox News executive repeatedly questioned on the air whether Barack Obama believed in socialism.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Fox News Pushes Mike Huckabee on 2012 Decision
Now it turns out he didn't really believe what he was saying.
Bill Sammon, now the network's vice president and Washington managing editor, acknowledged the following year that he was just engaging in "mischievous speculation" in raising the charge. In fact, Sammon said he "privately" believed that the socialism allegation was "rather far-fetched."
These remarks, unearthed by the liberal advocacy group Media Matters, raise the question of whether Sammon, who oversees Washington news coverage for Fox News, was deliberately trying to sabotage the Democratic presidential candidate. He has come under...
In the final stretch of the 2008 campaign, a Fox News executive repeatedly questioned on the air whether Barack Obama believed in socialism.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Fox News Pushes Mike Huckabee on 2012 Decision
Now it turns out he didn't really believe what he was saying.
Bill Sammon, now the network's vice president and Washington managing editor, acknowledged the following year that he was just engaging in "mischievous speculation" in raising the charge. In fact, Sammon said he "privately" believed that the socialism allegation was "rather far-fetched."
These remarks, unearthed by the liberal advocacy group Media Matters, raise the question of whether Sammon, who oversees Washington news coverage for Fox News, was deliberately trying to sabotage the Democratic presidential candidate. He has come under...
- 3/29/2011
- by Howard Kurtz
- The Daily Beast
Bill Sammon, who's responsible for the network's Washington coverage, linked Obama to socialism many times during the 2008 campaign, but didn't believe the allegation, he acknowledged.
In the final stretch of the 2008 campaign, a Fox News executive repeatedly questioned on the air whether Barack Obama believed in socialism.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Katie Couric Plots CBS Exit
Now it turns out he didn't really believe what he was saying.
Bill Sammon, now the network's vice president and Washington managing editor, acknowledged the following year that he was just engaging in "mischievous speculation" in raising the charge. In fact, Sammon said he "privately" believed that the socialism allegation was "rather far-fetched."
These remarks, unearthed by the liberal advocacy group Media Matters, raise the question of whether Sammon, who oversees Washington news coverage for Fox News, was deliberately trying to sabotage the Democratic presidential candidate. He has come under fire before...
In the final stretch of the 2008 campaign, a Fox News executive repeatedly questioned on the air whether Barack Obama believed in socialism.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Katie Couric Plots CBS Exit
Now it turns out he didn't really believe what he was saying.
Bill Sammon, now the network's vice president and Washington managing editor, acknowledged the following year that he was just engaging in "mischievous speculation" in raising the charge. In fact, Sammon said he "privately" believed that the socialism allegation was "rather far-fetched."
These remarks, unearthed by the liberal advocacy group Media Matters, raise the question of whether Sammon, who oversees Washington news coverage for Fox News, was deliberately trying to sabotage the Democratic presidential candidate. He has come under fire before...
- 3/29/2011
- by Howard Kurtz
- The Daily Beast
On Hannity the other night, go-to pollster Frank Luntz presided over a focus group of Iowa Republican caucus-goers, asking them questions about their reaction to Bill O'Reilly's Super Bowl interview with President Obama. One woman said that the president's foreign policy is governed by his religious beliefs. When Luntz asked her what she thought those beliefs were, she responded, "I believe that he is a Muslim." Luntz then followed that up by asking the rest of the group how many shared that belief. About a dozen people, representing half the group, raised their hands. Other focus group members thought his religious belief was "liberalism, the most intolerant religion of all," seeming as if they'd been personally handpicked by Hannity himself. Another woman thought it quite possible that Obama is Muslim, "even though he says he is Christian." The point [...]...
- 2/10/2011
- Nerve
Political frustration on either side of the aisle seems to be reaching fever pitch the closer we get to the end of the year, and with the latest tax struggle in Congress bringing out some of the harshest rhetoric yet, Sean Hannity and analyst Frank Luntz are wondering where this language has been for the rest of the year, and while Democrats are reserving it for the Gop.
- 12/11/2010
- by Frances Martel
- Mediaite - TV
Fox News contributor and right-of-center pollster Frank Luntz held a focus group yesterday for Hannity and the results were remarkable for a couple of reasons. First, the speech that Obama made announcing the extension of the Bush Tax Cuts saw a far more positive response from Gop participants than those who self-identified as Democrats. Secondly, and perhaps more entertainingly, the follow up discussion was like a scene from The Jerry Springer Show. Woof.
- 12/10/2010
- by Colby Hall
- Mediaite - TV
As the health care debate flared last year, Fox News' Washington managing editor sent a memo telling staff to use the phrase "government option" instead of "public option" to refer to one of the most-disputed aspects of President Obama's plan, according to e-mails obtained by the liberal activist group Media Matters. The Oct. 27, 2009 memo went out weeks after Republican pollster Frank Luntz offered Fox News host Sean Hannity an on-air analysis of the two phrases: “If you call it a public option, the American people are split,” Luntz said.
- 12/9/2010
- The Wrap
As the debate over the health-care public option heated up, a Fox News executive told staffers to change the way they talked about it. Howard Kurtz on the memo that echoed a Gop talking point.
As the health-care debate was heating up in the summer of 2009, Republican pollster Frank Luntz offered Sean Hannity some advice.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Obama's Best Health-Care Fix
Luntz, who counseled the Gop on how to sell the 1994 Contract With America, told the Fox News host to stop using President Obama's preferred term for a key provision.
"If you call it a public option, the American people are split," he explained. "If you call it the government option, the public is overwhelmingly against it."
"A great point," Hannity declared. "And from now on, I'm going to call it the government option, because that's what it is."
On Oct. 27, the day after Senate...
As the health-care debate was heating up in the summer of 2009, Republican pollster Frank Luntz offered Sean Hannity some advice.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Obama's Best Health-Care Fix
Luntz, who counseled the Gop on how to sell the 1994 Contract With America, told the Fox News host to stop using President Obama's preferred term for a key provision.
"If you call it a public option, the American people are split," he explained. "If you call it the government option, the public is overwhelmingly against it."
"A great point," Hannity declared. "And from now on, I'm going to call it the government option, because that's what it is."
On Oct. 27, the day after Senate...
- 12/9/2010
- by Howard Kurtz
- The Daily Beast
Today is Super Tuesday for the Midterm primaries, which means that for the next six months the Internet will be filled with cyber equivalent of political bumph. Anyone with less than a passing interest in the art of psephology runs the risk of being bored into submission by the political drivel emanating from the social networking feeds of their more politically-aware friends. And so, politicos, allow me to introduce you to VoteiQ, in the hope that it might save Facebook for the more superficial things in life.
Before you envisage it as a social media site for wonks, let me explain a little further. VoteiQ's creators are aiming the website at four different sectors: voters, the politicians themselves, organizations and the media --although there is something a little condescending about Rick Shenkman's statement that Americans don't know enough about politics or the candidates who represent them. (Another point worth noting is that,...
Before you envisage it as a social media site for wonks, let me explain a little further. VoteiQ's creators are aiming the website at four different sectors: voters, the politicians themselves, organizations and the media --although there is something a little condescending about Rick Shenkman's statement that Americans don't know enough about politics or the candidates who represent them. (Another point worth noting is that,...
- 6/8/2010
- by Addy Dugdale
- Fast Company
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