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Lena Dunham of ‘Girls’ Fame Wants the Big O
Lauren Ashburn | October 26th, 2012
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Why Female Debate Moderators Rock
Lauren Ashburn | October 26th, 2012
Don’t mess with us girls.
And if you don’t already know that, all you had to do was turn on the tube—or the computer—when moderators Candy Crowley or Martha Raddatz took to the debate stages to tame the roaring male lions fighting to rule the kingdom.They whipped ’em into shape, refused to be bossed around, in essence nailing a “Girlz Rule” sign on the old boys’ clubhouse for all to seeThe ladies brought their A game with smarts, female sensibility, and sass showing in spades.
Contrast that with the male moderators—PBS’s Jim Lehrer and CBS’s Bob Schieffer—who got the job done in a more laidback, workmanlike way.
Ginger White on Cain Controversy: Men Were ‘Throwing Themselves At Me’
Lauren Ashburn | October 25th, 2012
Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz
Well before she met Herman Cain, dealing with men—aggressive men—had been a lifelong problem for Ginger White.
“All these men, they’re literally throwing themselves at me, and I’m not the only woman that happens to,” she told Daily Download. Many did not know she was African-American, says White, whose mother is black and father is Jewish.
She first found herself struggling to cope with infidelity while married to a man who played basketball in Europe. “I experienced a horrible relationship with him due to cheating,” White says.
It was then, coming out of her divorce, that she met Cain and was “absolutely wowed” by him. “He literally swept me off my feet,” says White.
This is a woman who gained worldwide notoriety when she stepped forward last fall and helped end Cain’s presidential campaign. The result was a wave of media scrutiny that revealed many of the problems in her life—until she quickly dropped off the radar, laboring to repair the damage in private.
While White says they had a 13-year affair, Cain has said they were just friends. He has acknowledged making payments to White, which he said he never disclosed to his wife.
Ginger White On Her Media Coverage: ‘In Your Face, America’
Lauren Ashburn | October 24th, 2012
Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz
Nearly a year after being battered by the media in the heat of a presidential campaign, Ginger White says she plans to prove that she had a 13-year affair with Herman Cain.
The businesswoman, still smarting from what she believes was an unfair press assault on her character, is writing a book.
The disclosures in the book could prompt the former presidential candidate “to be a little more honest with his wife, because the details that I share, only she would know,” White told Daily Download. She says this would include “physical attributes, scars and marks.” Cain has strongly denied having anything other than a friendship with White.
By her own account, White has made mistakes and struggled in life. She is not contesting a slander suit by a former business associate that she says is prompting her to prepare a bankruptcy filing. At times, her description of her relationship with Cain sounds mercenary.
But Ginger White provides a case study in what happens to a woman who comes forward in the vortex of a national scandal, becomes the subject of intense and often unflattering media scrutiny, and then disappears from public view. Cain now hosts an Atlanta radio show and appears on cable news as a political commentator. White disappeared from public view and only recently found a job.
Lin Wood, Cain’s attorney, questioned why an interview with White would still be newsworthy. “Herman Cain has consistently and unequivocally denied the accusations by Ms. White,” he says. “They are not true. The fact that Ms. White continues to seek media attention for herself from her new residence in Washington, D.C., raises additional and disturbing questions about her credibility, her motive and her real agenda in making these false allegations.”
What Debate? A Mom’s Double Duty
Lauren Ashburn | October 23rd, 2012
Media Bistro
For all the women out there trying to balance family and career: It’s about choices and consequences.
Yesterday afternoon, my 9-year-old complained of dizziness, shortness of breath and chest pain – quite a scare. It’s the eve of the third presidential debate, and my job as editor-in-chief of Daily Download is to write, tweet, create video analysis, etc.
Instead, we spent the afternoon in radiology and at the doctor (she’s on a nebulizer and medicine and should recover soon), and the evening holding her. I caught snippets of the debate and didn’t write a word.
Crowley’s Comments Creating Moderate Amount of Concern
Stephen Cohen | October 16th, 2012
Poynter.com
Late Tuesday night, the pundits will be out in full force, asking the questions we all want answered: How strong was the performance? Was it understated again? Too aggressive? Did it connect with the American people?
The funny thing is, they won’t be talking about President Obama or Mitt Romney. They’ll be talking about Candy Crowley.
CNN’s Crowley, the moderator for tonight’s second presidential debate, is the latest in the line of moderators to be raked over the coals this election season. What’s unusual about Crowley’s case it that it’s happening before the festivities begin.
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Hurricane Hotties: Stripping During Sandy
October 29th, 2012Driving north through Georgetown, seeking refuge at home as Hurricane Sandy turned into a monster storm, a sign with bright orange letters caught my eye: ”Yes, We’re OPEN.”
While I didn’t particularly want to get out of my warm, dry car and brave the sheets of rain and howling wind, I knew — journalistically speaking – that this was a story. A story that might illuminate the essence of our culture. Since most of the nation’s capital was shut down, I had to go inside to report, because that’s what journalists do, right?
The public needs to know why the Good Guys Club, a landmark strip joint on the edge of one of the nation’s toniest shopping districts, felt it necessary to throw caution to the wind and serve customers seeking sexually-tinged shelter in a storm.
Fast Chat: Hurricane Sandy Dominates the News—Is It Hurting Mitt Romney?
October 29th, 2012The monster storm has overtaken the final week of the presidential campaign, but is it hurting Mitt Romney more than the commander-in-chief? Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz weigh in.
Lauren Ashburn/Howard Kurtz: Why Do Crazy Reporters Stand Out in Rain?
October 29th, 2012Hurricane Sandy is serious business, but what’s with the spectacle of correspondents standing out in the wind and rain? Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz brave the elements to find out.
Twitter and Media Groupthink: A Bum Rap
October 29th, 2012Is Twitter forcing journalists to march in mindless lockstep?
On the surface, the notion seems absurd. Media folks may hang out on Twitter as the new cool kids’ club, but isn’t the point to broadcast your own brand? Why would anyone in the news racket want to echo what the rest of the gang is saying?
Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank conjured up the thesis after seeing hordes of colleagues tweeting away at a presidential debate. It is on all those laptop screens, he says, that “the conventional wisdom gels — and subsequent tweets, except those from the most hardened partisans, increasingly reflect the Twitter-forged consensus.”
This is utterly wrong–okay, mostly wrong.
Obama Is Jewish? Oy.
October 29th, 2012Can we really trust voters?
The Associated Press conducted a poll on racial attitudes of votes this week that including a question asking voters what they believed Barack Obama’s religious affiliation was. Eighteen percent of voters surveyed thought that the president is Jewish.
This is bizarre.
