tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80564082009-02-21T02:26:09.759-05:00Jim Van Nostrandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244561350886559296noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056408.post-1094176571921125422004-09-02T21:54:00.000-04:002004-09-02T23:17:25.073-04:00

Madison Square Garden, Aug. 2. First, there's the news that Fox beat all networks--not just its cable competitors--in the ratings race at the Republican convention. Then there's this story, from the newspaper The Hill: The love-in between Republican delegates and Fox News Channel continued on Tuesday night, as a group of delegates seated directly facing CNN’s broadcast booth began taunting

Jay Rosennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056408.post-1094093741645752682004-09-01T22:51:00.000-04:002004-09-02T13:54:04.423-04:00

Madison Square Garden, Sep 1. It's more of an impression gathered, not something easily witnessed in the behavior of reporters and editors here at the Republican convention; but I think the political press has been stunned by the attack on John Kerry's military record, and by the events since August 5, when the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth began running their ads. That is the word I would use:

Jay Rosennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056408.post-1093848943475179572004-08-30T02:53:00.000-04:002004-08-30T11:13:38.163-04:00

Madison Square Garden, Aug. 29: Credentials and work space had to be secured, so I missed most of the march. But I did see something that instantly moved me as it passed by on Seventh Avenue: four or five people balancing a big globe, with the continents and oceans of the earth painted on. There was imagination in that. It was a sign without specific message. There's the globe, it said. And

Jay Rosennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056408.post-1093797909362474512004-08-29T12:35:00.000-04:002004-08-29T21:08:03.683-04:00

Some selected links on what is shaping up to be a big story: the protests happening around New York and how they may play into the convention, or at least its television coverage: Jeralyn Merritt, who writes the weblog Talk Left, in the Denver Post (Aug. 29): You can watch the delegates and speeches on TV, but that will not be the real story this time around - at least not for those who oppose

Jay Rosennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056408.post-1093652918701259402004-08-27T20:27:00.000-04:002004-08-27T20:35:52.323-04:00

The art and design of political conventions is advancing before our eyes. The old forms are breaking up. The stage is literally coming apart. New ideas are emerging in how to "carry" the convention to the rest of the nation-- and how to get people to watch. The latest news confirms it. They used to build a stage for the convention. And on that stage a raised platform, a dias, a microphone.

Jay Rosennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056408.post-1093617758975369522004-08-27T10:40:00.000-04:002004-08-27T13:53:06.443-04:00

A general sense of foreboding has emerged among prominent political TV reporters who are bracing for the hottest political convention since 1968. --Newsday report, Aug. 26. A couple of reminders this week of just how politicized the territory has become around the major media. There's a rise in tensions as we get closer to the convention countdown in New York. On Tuesday (Aug. 24) TV Newser

Jay Rosennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056408.post-1093558539851513842004-08-26T17:59:00.000-04:002004-08-26T19:05:14.463-04:00

The Wall Street Journal offers short profiles of the officially credentialled bloggers for the Republican National Convention. I found their lives and views worth reading about. As a group, these are people who think the mainstream media has failed in a serious way during this campaign season. I recommend, especially, a question the Journal asked of each RNC blogger: "What's the biggest gap in

Jay Rosennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056408.post-1093469306616739532004-08-25T19:17:00.000-04:002004-08-26T01:36:19.770-04:00

When I was in Boston, at the Fleet Center, covering the last convention, I spent time in the mornings walking around the arena, before it filled with conventioneers. Looking at the space when it was empty made it easier to see how it worked when the red light was on. The more I studied the set-up --what they built at the Fleet Center to "hold" the convention--the clearer it got. Look at the

Jay Rosennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056408.post-1093376217192713032004-08-24T14:03:00.000-04:002004-08-27T13:03:07.670-04:00

Welcome. This is my convention blog. During the Republican National Convention, I will be a contributing writer for Knight Ridder's Washington bureau, credentialed to cover the event for them, working out of their space in the Post Office building, across 8th Avenue from Madison Square Garden. Sky Box will be my forum. There's a team of Knight Ridder journalists who are continuing a weblog

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