Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
5:00 AM ET, July 14, 2008

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Mike Allen / The Politico:
‘Scare tactic’ — Obama slams Muslim portrayal  —  The Obama campaign is condemning as “tasteless and offensive” a New Yorker magazine cover that depicts Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in a turban, fist-bumping his gun-slinging wife.  —  An American flag burns in their fireplace.  —  The New Yorker says it's satire.
RELATED:
Mike Allen / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Ya can't make it up  —  The New Yorker says it's satire.  It certainly will be candy for cable news.  —  At a press availability Sunday afternoon in San Diego, Senator Obama was asked, according to the diligent Maria Gavrilovic of CBS News: “The upcoming issue of the New Yorker …
Nico Pitney / The Huffington Post:
Barry Blitt Defends His New Yorker Cover Art Of Obama  —  Barry Blitt is the artist behind this week's very controversial New Yorker cover of Barack and Michelle Obama.  Via email, I asked him to respond to those who feel that his work was offensive, and to explain his own personal feelings about the Obamas.
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News:
New Yorker cover shows Oval Office with Obama as tribal African, wife as afro-70s-woman with machine gun, Osama on the wall, and flag on fire … More from Jake Tapper at ABC:
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
THAT NEW YORKER COVER....I blogged a few hours ago about Ryan …
Discussion: Grasping Reality …
The Huffington Post:
Yikes!  Controversial New Yorker Cover Shows Muslim, Flag-Burning …
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Troops in Afghanistan Need Help, Obama Says
Discussion: TalkLeft and Associated Press
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama was right: Another hateful, bigoted attack from ... the New Yorker?
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Treasury Acts to Save Mortgage Giants  —  WASHINGTON — Alarmed by the sharply eroding confidence in the nation's two largest mortgage finance companies, the Bush administration on Sunday asked Congress to approve a sweeping rescue package that would give officials the power to inject billions …
RELATED:
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fannie, Freddie and You  —  And now we've reached the next stage of our seemingly never-ending financial crisis.  This time Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are in the headlines, with dire warnings of imminent collapse.  How worried should we be?  —  Well, I'm going to take a contrarian position …
Bloomberg:
Paulson Statement on Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae: Full Text  —  July 13 (Bloomberg) — Following is the text of a statement issued today by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson:  —  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac play a central role in our housing finance system and must continue to do so in their current form as shareholder-owned companies.
David S. Hilzenrath / Washington Post:
Fannie, Freddie Deflected Risk Warnings
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Bush Offers Plan to Save Fannie, Freddie
Discussion: Associated Press and L.A. Land
Nico Pitney / The Huffington Post:
Mark Sanford Draws A Blank On McCain/Bush Economics  —  The most painful clip from the Sunday morning shows: top McCain VP prospect Mark Sanford “drawing a blank” (in his own words) on live TV when asked to name a major economic policy that President Bush and John McCain disagree on.  —  The transcript:
RELATED:
Carlotta Gall / New York Times:
9 Americans Die in Afghan Attack  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents carried out a bold assault on a remote base near the border with Pakistan on Sunday, NATO reported, and a senior American military official said nine American soldiers were killed.
Discussion: abu muqawama and TIME.com
RELATED:
MsUnderestimated:
WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH TO PICKET TONY SNOW'S FUNERAL  —  Dear God, please let the Patriot Guard Riders know about this ahead of time.  The Phelps gang is ready to strike, and they outline their intent here.  —  Please pass this along to all who can get the word out so we can stop these fools.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Barack Obama / New York Times:
My Plan for Iraq  —  THE call by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki for a timetable for the removal of American troops from Iraq presents an enormous opportunity.  We should seize this moment to begin the phased redeployment of combat troops that I have long advocated …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 5:00 AM ET, July 14, 2008.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Team McCain Conference Call: La Raza conference
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
2,691 Decisions  —  WASHINGTON — Sometime during the first …
David Haldane / Los Angeles Times:
Police halt ‘mooning’ of trains in Laguna Niguel after a crowd of 8,000 gathers
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Presidential Preferences Remain in “the Zone”
Warner Todd Huston / NewsBusters.org:
News Blackout — NYT Ignores Momentous Pro-Jewish Court Case Win in France
Fredrik Dahl / Reuters:
Iran condemns McCain for cigarette joke
Washington Post:
A Young Woman Disappears
CNN:
CNN exclusive: Obama on foreign policy
 Earlier Items: 
James Vicini / Reuters:
Obama says he used “poor phrasing” on Jerusalem
Los Angeles Times:
Who listens to blogging heads?
Discussion: Blog P.I.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Sean Hannity on Americans: ‘Maybe we do whine too much.’
Discussion: Think Progress and RADAMISTO
Greg Mitchell / The Huffington Post:
Shocker: More than 1 in 10 Army Recruits Now Given “Moral Waivers”
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Arnold may consider Obama energy post
New York Times:
The Shame of Postville, Iowa
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

Evan Drellich / New York Times:
The MLB is planning national packages for streaming companies to bid on in 2028, when its national TV deals with ESPN, Fox, and Turner expire

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page