He wrangled Joe Biden and tangled with John McCain. But how will the former reporter fare at the podium as Obama's new mouthpiece? Howard Kurtz reports.
To get a sense of the challenge facing Jay Carney as he steps behind the White House podium, consider this:
Related story on The Daily Beast: Will Carney's Voice Carry?
In the early months of the administration, a Washington Post editorial accused Joe Biden of having "foot-in-mouth disease." New York Times columnist Gail Collins called him "Washington's most compulsive talker." And who can forget when the vice president of the United States, pushing the new stimulus package, said that no matter what the administration did "there's still a 30 percent chance we're going to get it wrong" ?
Biden had become a punchline. But by the fall, Newsweek was running a cover story headlined, "Why Joe Is No Joke."
As Biden's communications director, Carney doesn't...
To get a sense of the challenge facing Jay Carney as he steps behind the White House podium, consider this:
Related story on The Daily Beast: Will Carney's Voice Carry?
In the early months of the administration, a Washington Post editorial accused Joe Biden of having "foot-in-mouth disease." New York Times columnist Gail Collins called him "Washington's most compulsive talker." And who can forget when the vice president of the United States, pushing the new stimulus package, said that no matter what the administration did "there's still a 30 percent chance we're going to get it wrong" ?
Biden had become a punchline. But by the fall, Newsweek was running a cover story headlined, "Why Joe Is No Joke."
As Biden's communications director, Carney doesn't...
- 1/28/2011
- by Howard Kurtz
- The Daily Beast
In an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast, the Fox News chief says Obama thinks differently from most Americans, defends Murdoch's Gop donations, and admits Beck sometimes goes too far.
Update: White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters Wednesday that he was not surprised by Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes quotes about President Obama to The Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz. "I think if you watch most of the programming on the channel, I don't think you would find many of those comments surprising," Gibbs said.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Right's Democracy Hypocrisy
In the media world, as in politics, having a high-profile target can be a very good thing.
The age of Obama has provided a ratings boost for Fox News as its loudest personalities have relished the opportunity to play offense. Critics, of course, view Fox as an unabashed cheerleader for the Republican Party, an...
Update: White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters Wednesday that he was not surprised by Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes quotes about President Obama to The Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz. "I think if you watch most of the programming on the channel, I don't think you would find many of those comments surprising," Gibbs said.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Right's Democracy Hypocrisy
In the media world, as in politics, having a high-profile target can be a very good thing.
The age of Obama has provided a ratings boost for Fox News as its loudest personalities have relished the opportunity to play offense. Critics, of course, view Fox as an unabashed cheerleader for the Republican Party, an...
- 11/17/2010
- by Howard Kurtz
- The Daily Beast
New York -- Participant Media is forging its first book deal, and politico publisher PublicAffairs is launching the series with an adaptation of the producer's Toronto entry "Food, Inc."
Each book in the series will support Participant's activism agenda, providing additional material about its films, commentary from experts on their subjects and resources for organizations involved with each featured cause.
The companies are in discussion about at least four book adaptations (including "Food" and three other upcoming films), and may collaborate on more projects in the future.
"Food, Inc.," a Participant/River Road Entertainment production premiering Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival, will be released in the spring alongside the editor Karl Weber's paperback "Food, Inc.: How Industrial Food Is Making Us Sicker, Fatter and Poorer -- And What You Can Do About It."
The book will delve into feature director Robert Kenner's research for his docu,...
Each book in the series will support Participant's activism agenda, providing additional material about its films, commentary from experts on their subjects and resources for organizations involved with each featured cause.
The companies are in discussion about at least four book adaptations (including "Food" and three other upcoming films), and may collaborate on more projects in the future.
"Food, Inc.," a Participant/River Road Entertainment production premiering Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival, will be released in the spring alongside the editor Karl Weber's paperback "Food, Inc.: How Industrial Food Is Making Us Sicker, Fatter and Poorer -- And What You Can Do About It."
The book will delve into feature director Robert Kenner's research for his docu,...
- 9/5/2008
- by By Gregg Goldstein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- The White House made it official Wednesday, installing Fox News analyst/radio host Tony Snow as its new press secretary. It's one of a number of changes made at the White House in recent weeks, including the hiring of new chief of staff Joshua Bolten and the departure of White House press secretary Scott McClellan. Snow will begin the job May 8, though it's likely that McClellan and Snow would be working together at least for a little while. The conservative commentator has been critical of the Bush administration in the past, though Bush didn't seem to be bothered by it at a news conference announcing Snow in Washington on Wednesday morning. Snow also has previous White House experience, serving as a speechwriter in the George H.W. Bush administration and then as a media adviser to the president.
- 4/26/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- The White House made it official Wednesday, installing Fox News analyst/radio host Tony Snow as its new press secretary. It's one of a number of changes made at the White House in recent weeks, including the hiring of new chief of staff Joshua Bolten and the departure of White House press secretary Scott McClellan. Snow will begin the job May 8, though it's likely that McClellan and Snow would be working together at least for a little while. The conservative commentator has been critical of the Bush administration in the past, though Bush didn't seem to be bothered by it at a news conference announcing Snow in Washington on Wednesday morning. Snow also has previous White House experience, serving as a speechwriter in the George H.W. Bush administration and then as a media adviser to the president.
- 4/26/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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