Análisis del tratamiento periodístico al proceso electoral

By Daniel Politi, Slate Magazine

The Los Angeles Times leads with a look at how the two top presidential contenders campaigned in New Mexico yesterday in a poignant sign of how important a few Western states will be in the November election. President Bush won Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico by a very slim margin four [...]

Análisis del tratamiento periodístico al proceso electoral

By Daniel Politi, Slate Magazine

The WP and NYT go inside with looks at how Sen. Hillary Clinton continued to deal with the uproar that was caused by her reference to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy on Friday. Some have said the former first lady was trying to suggest that she refuses to drop out [...]

Hablará Obama con toda AL; pedirá cuentas por FARC a Chávez

  
Entrevista con EFE publicada por El Universal (México)
 
De ser elegido presidente, Barack Obama hablará con “toda” América Latina, aunque pedirá a Venezuela cuentas por su relación con las FARC y prevé que la relación con Cuba avance en “pequeños pasos”.
 
 

Análisis de la cobertura periodística del proceso electoral

By Arthur Delaney, Slate Magazine

The Washington Post leads with Hillary Clinton sticking her foot in her mouth big time by mentioning the June 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy as a reason she’s not ending her nearly hopeless campaign for the Democratic nomination. The other papers front or tease the story as well. The Los Angeles [...]

Análisis de la cobertura de prensa del proceso electoral

By Daniel Politi

The WP’s Robert Novak says Sen. John McCain “is not about to disarm” in his campaign against Sen. Barack Obama and notes that for the next few months, “Republicans will explore the mind-set of this young man who is a stranger to most Americans.” Not surprisingly, that means Americans can expect to hear [...]

Análisis del tratamiento periodísitico del proceso electoral

By Daniel Politi, Slate Magazine

The New York Times leads with word that Sen. John McCain is likely to rely on the Republican National Committee “to an unprecedented degree” to fund his campaign. The presumptive Republican nominee hasn’t been able to keep up with the Democratic contenders in terms of fundraising, so he will be looking [...]

Análisis del tratamiento periodístico a las elecciones de EU

By Daniel Politi

The New York Times leads with a look at the panic that set in among Republicans yesterday after their candidate lost a special congressional election in Mississippi. It marked the third-straight loss for a Republican-held seat this year, and GOP leaders are scrambling to figure out how they can prevent getting trounced in [...]

Análisis de la cobertura periodística del proceso electoral

By Daniel Politi, Slate Magazine

The Washington Post and USA Today go big with the rescue efforts in China but devote their lead spots to Sen. Hillary Clinton’s overwhelming victory over Sen. Barack Obama in the West Virginia primary. Clinton trounced Obama by more than 40 percentage points in what everyone says was one of the [...]

Análisis de la cobertura periodística al proceso electoral

By Daniel Politi, Slate Magazine

 
USA Today fronts news of the earthquake but devotes its traditional lead spot to a new poll that reveals a majority of Democrats still think Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton should continue the campaign. Meanwhile, the number of Democrats who want Clinton to drop out of the contest has increased [...]

Obama busca unificar demócratas. Análisis de Slate Magazine

By Daniel Politi,Today’s Papers, Salte Magazine.

The Washington Post leads with a look at how Sen. Barack Obama began an effort to unify the Democratic Party behind his candidacy, even as Sen. Hillary Clinton continued to campaign and insist she has a better chance of winning the November election.

Even as Obama said yesterday that he’s likely [...]

Clinton seguirá en la lucha: Análisis de Slate Magazine

 
By Daniel Politi, Today’s News, Slate Magazine

The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal’s world-wide newsbox all lead with the fallout from Tuesday’s primaries. Sen. Hillary Clinton was already facing an uphill battle, but she awoke yesterday to a decidedly changed mood and a growing feeling that her quest [...]

Divisionismo demócrata, difícil de sortear

James “Alien” Carville, Financial Times
 
The contest for the Democratic nomination is being largely portrayed as an historic confrontation between the first ever electorally-credible African American and the first ever electorally-credible woman running for president of the US. That in itself is sufficient to warrant blanket coverage, consuming interest and at times hysterical commentary on [...]

Análisis de la cobertura periodísitica del proceso electoral

By Daniel Politi, Today’s Papers. Slate Magazine

The Wall Street Journal leads its world-wide newsbox with a poll that shows only 27 percent of voters view the Republican Party in a positive light, which amounts to “the lowest level for either party in the survey’s nearly two-decade history.” The interesting part of this is that despite [...]