Top Items:
CNN:
Two people removed from RNC after taunting black camera operator — Tampa, Florida (CNN) - Two people were removed from the Republican National Convention Tuesday after they threw nuts at an African-American CNN camera operator and said, “This is how we feed animals.”
Discussion:
The Hill, Little Green Footballs, The Huffington Post, New York Magazine, Advocate, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, Media Decoder, The Hinterland Gazette, Mediaite, Taylor Marsh, The Moderate Voice, New York Times, No More Mister Nice Blog, theGrio, The Daily Dish, The Mahablog and Business Insider, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
Jack Hitt / Harper's:
A Troubling Chant on the Convention Floor — An unscripted moment happened late this afternoon that caused the assembled mainstream media to turn away in the hope that it would disappear. As I was standing in line for a sandwich next to an Italian and a Puerto Rican correspondent, a controversy was unfolding on the floor.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
CNN's Exquisitely Awkward Spot — You've probably seen that last night a convention attendee was ejected from the hall for pelting a black CNN camerawomen with nuts and saying the words “this is how we feed animals.” Follow up reports this morning say actually two people were ejected.
Discussion:
USA Today, more at Mediagazer »
Kyle Leighton / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Attendee Allegedly Threw Nuts At Black CNN Camerawoman, Said ‘This Is How We Feed Animals’
RNC Attendee Allegedly Threw Nuts At Black CNN Camerawoman, Said ‘This Is How We Feed Animals’
Discussion:
First Draft, The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, Daily Kos, Angry Black Lady Chronicles, Bark Bark Woof Woof, Wonkette, Poynter, Politico, Saint Petersblog, Firedoglake, Jesus' General, Washington Post, The Raw Story, Guardian, Crooks and Liars, Right Wing News, Towleroad News #gay, New York Magazine, Gawker and Balloon Juice
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
CNN should reveal details of nut-throwing incident
CNN should reveal details of nut-throwing incident
Discussion:
Hullabaloo
David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
Two RNC Attendees Removed After Throwing Nuts At Black CNN Camerawoman
Two RNC Attendees Removed After Throwing Nuts At Black CNN Camerawoman
Discussion:
Little Green Footballs, Joe. My. God. and Truthdig
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Yahoo News fires David Chalian — TAMPA, Fla. — Yahoo News has fired Washington bureau chief David Chalian after he was caught on a hot-mic during an online video broadcast today saying that Mitt Romney and his wife Ann had no problem with African Americans suffering as a result of Hurricane Isaac …
RELATED:
Matthew Sheffield / NewsBusters.org:
In ABC Webcast, Yahoo! News's Chalian Says Romneys ‘Happy to Have a Party When Black People Drown’ — During live coverage of the Republican National Convention here in Tampa, Yahoo News Washington bureau chief David Chalian provided the perfect example of the pervasive anti-Republican bias Mitt Romney faces …
BREITBART.COM:
Send a Tip — ***UPDATE: ABC News reached out Breitbart News to name the man heard mocking the Romneys during this ABC News livecast: David Chalian (pictured) of Yahoo! News. Chalian is a former political director with ABC News, but according to ABC News has no association with the network now.
Discussion:
CNN, Roger L. Simon, Mediaite, protein wisdom, The Lonely Conservative and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, more at Mediagazer »
Rachel Weiner / Election 2012:
Yahoo editor fired over anti-Romney joke
Yahoo editor fired over anti-Romney joke
Discussion:
Washington Post, Pat Dollard, The Daily Caller and Outside the Beltway
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Romney gets bump from first full day at Republican convention — After a day of action at the Republican convention in Tampa, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is looking better to voters. — Romney's image has received a five-point bump after the convention's first day …
Discussion:
Hot Air
RELATED:
Ross Douthat / Campaign Stops:
The Case for Noblesse Oblige — One useful way to think about Mormon culture is to envision an outpost of old-fashioned Yankees dropped down in the Mountain West. The early Mormons were Anglo-Saxon northeasterners who wended their way west, WASPs who dropped the Protestantism and added polygamy …
Discussion:
The Atlantic Online, Slate, BuzzFeed, The Daily Dish and Althouse
Politico:
Chris Christie's flop at the GOP convention
Chris Christie's flop at the GOP convention
Discussion:
National Review, Ross Douthat, Fox News, ABCNEWS and CNN
James Freeman / Peggy Noonan's Blog:
Ann Romney and Chris Christie
Ann Romney and Chris Christie
Discussion:
New York Post, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, National Review, The Fix, Betsy's Page, The Daily Caller and Saint Petersblog
Jude Marfil / Washington Wire:
Political Wisdom: Reactions to Chris Christie's Speech
Political Wisdom: Reactions to Chris Christie's Speech
Discussion:
Politico, Washington Post, NationalJournal.com, Taking Note and Metropolis
Elizabeth Flock / US News:
Ann Coulter Upset Chris Christie Did Not Attack Obama
Ann Coulter Upset Chris Christie Did Not Attack Obama
Discussion:
Riehl World News
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
The big speeches: Why Ann Romney succeeded and Chris Christie didn't
The big speeches: Why Ann Romney succeeded and Chris Christie didn't
Discussion:
Power Line, GayPatriot, No More Mister Nice Blog, Instapundit and Mediaite
Matthew Mosk / ABCNEWS:
Romney Party Yacht Flies Cayman Islands Flag — The yacht where the elite donors of the Romney Victory Council are partying in Tampa bears the flag of the Cayman Islands. Romney's use of offshore accounts for his investments has come under fire during the campaign.
Discussion:
Sunlight Foundation Blog, The Raw Story, Washington Free Beacon, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Mediaite, Daily Kos, Brad DeLong, The Hinterland Gazette, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Stinque, US Politics, Hullabaloo, New York Magazine, Saint Petersblog, Prairie Weather, Wonkette, National Review and Mock, Paper, Scissors
RELATED:
Rolling Stone:
Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital — How the GOP presidential candidate and his private equity firm staged an epic wealth grab, destroyed jobs - and stuck others with the bill — The great criticism of Mitt Romney, from both sides of the aisle, has always been that he doesn't stand for anything.
Discussion:
Hullabaloo, PERRspectives, The Gateway Pundit and Booman Tribune, more at Mediagazer »
Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
Federal Judge Will Permanently Remove Florida Voter Registration Restrictions — A federal judge said Wednesday he would permanently remove harsh restrictions on third-party voter registration groups that have handicapped registration efforts in Florida this year.
Discussion:
The Raw Story and The Maddow Blog
RELATED:
Matt Dixon / Florida Times Union:
Democratic registration all but dries up since new Florida laws
Democratic registration all but dries up since new Florida laws
Discussion:
Hullabaloo, Weasel Zippers, Addicting Info and The Maddow Blog
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
MSNBC abandons GOP convention during every speech by a minority — One of the left's favorite attacks on the Republican Party is that it is the party of old white people, devoid of diversity and probably racist. — If you were watching MSNBC's coverage of the Republican National Convention …
Discussion:
Red Alert Politics, Los Angeles Times, Riehl World News, NBC Politics, The Greenroom, Rumproast, The Week, Washington Wire, The PJ Tatler, Mediaite, Hot Air, Wake up America, neo-neocon, Clash Daily, Townhall.com, The Gateway Pundit, Jammie Wearing Fools, protein wisdom, The Lonely Conservative, The Right Scoop, small dead animals, Scared Monkeys, GayPatriot, National Review and Wizbang
RELATED:
Brendan Sasso / Ballot Box:
Mia Love tops Google searches after ‘rousing’ speech at GOP convention
Mia Love tops Google searches after ‘rousing’ speech at GOP convention
Discussion:
The Greenroom
Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Ahead of Ryan's Tampa speech, Obama video hits VP pick as ‘out of step’
Ahead of Ryan's Tampa speech, Obama video hits VP pick as ‘out of step’
Discussion:
ABCNEWS, Politico, CNN, Taylor Marsh and Towleroad News #gay
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact checking the GOP Convention's opening night — “I can tell you Mitt Romney was not handed success. He built it.” — Can an entire convention be built around a grammatical error? — We wondered about that as we watched the first night of Republican Convention.
RELATED:
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Rick Santorum repeats inaccurate welfare attack on Obama
Rick Santorum repeats inaccurate welfare attack on Obama
Discussion:
The Atlantic Online, Washington Post, Crooks and Liars, Talking Points Memo and Towleroad News #gay
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama has small lead in Nevada — PPP's newest Nevada poll finds Barack Obama holding on to a small lead in the state over Mitt Romney, 50-47. Obama's advantage has been declining over the course of the year. In late March we found him up 8 points, in early June it was down to 6 points, and now the advantage is at 3.
Discussion:
CANNONFIRE, Politico, Ballot Box and Taegan Goddard's …
RELATED:
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
The Myth of an Affirmative-Action President
The Myth of an Affirmative-Action President
Discussion:
Washington Monthly
Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Ann Romney Woos Hispanic Voters, Urging They Get Past ‘Their Biases’ — Tampa, Fla. -Ann Romney's convention speech was directly aimed at wooing female voters, but at a lunch event Wednesday she changed her focus and pitched her husband to Hispanic voters, a voting bloc that is especially important …
Discussion:
Daily Kos
RELATED:
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Mitt camp: Williams ‘wrong, unfair’
Mitt camp: Williams ‘wrong, unfair’
Discussion:
Hot Air, BuzzFeed and The Daily Caller
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
Obama's Reddit AMA: The Full Questions and Answers — The president answered questions on the popular social media site Wednesday afternoon. Here's what he had to say. — The full thread from President Obama's Reddit “Ask Me Anything” thread is here, but if you just want the questions …
RELATED:
Aaron Blake / The Fix:
Why the GOP is winning the battle over Paul Ryan — TAMPA — Say what you want about Paul Ryan's politics; even Democrats in Congress struggle to find a negative word to say about him. — At least, that's what Republicans have been arguing for the last two weeks.
Discussion:
Gallup, The Monkey Cage, Firedoglake, TheBlaze.com and Via Meadia
RELATED:
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Rice heckled at convention event — TAMPA, Fla. — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was twice interrupted on Wednesday by hecklers who were protesting her role in the Bush administration that began the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. — The interruptions, which came hours …
Discussion:
democracyarsenal.org and TheBlaze.com
Brad Plumer / Washington Post:
The 10 oddest items in the GOP platform — Any party platform is necessarily a compromise between a number of different interest groups. Inevitably, there are always some odd or puzzling policy planks that make it in. Here are 10 of the more unexpected items from this year's Republican platform:
Discussion:
Firedoglake, Mother Jones, Little Green Footballs, National Review and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Rebecca Cohen / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
S.C. lawmaker admits positive response to racist email on voter ID bill — WASHINGTON — A South Carolina lawmaker and the author of a voter ID law considered discriminatory by the Justice Department testified in federal court Tuesday that, while crafting the bill, he had responded favorably …
Marcus Baram / The Huffington Post:
‘No Easy Day,’ Bin Laden Raid Book: Osama Was Unarmed … FOLLOW: — Osama bin Laden, Video, Bin Laden Dead, Bin Laden Operation, Bin Laden Raid, Bin Laden Raid Book, Bin Laden Unarmed, Mark Owen, No Easy Day, World News — NEW YORK — The much-anticipated firsthand account …
Joseph Weber / Fox News:
Speculation swirls around GOP convention mystery guest — Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012: Mitt Romney hugs wife Ann after she delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention on n Tampa, Fla.AP — TAMPA, FLA. - Will Clint Eastwood make the Republicans' day? — Or maybe Sarah Palin?
Discussion:
Deadline.com, Texas on the Potomac, The Raw Story, Gawker and ABCNEWS