Aug. 13: Rove, Roosevelt and DVDs?

*Rove’s sad legacy
Karl Rove will leave the White House by the end of the
month. His sad legacy is political nearsightedness,
sticking to the right-wing political base to take the
White House twice, but forgetting that to govern well,
it’s necessary to govern in the middle and reach out
to the opposition. That omission is the reason his
boss has those 20-something percent approval ratings.

Unfortunately, that amnesia seems to have stuck to
some of the people vying to succeed George W. Bush:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI2005041100587.html?hpid=news-col-blogs


Candidate John Edwards is right: There are two
Americas – in economy, and politics. That doesn’t help
us. To quote President Abraham Lincoln: “A house
divided against itself cannot stand.” And we’re
wobbling.

*Bully for Teddy
Holly Ramer of the Associated Press writes about how
the presidential candidates are trying to channel
President Theodore Roosevelt:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070813/ap_on_el_pr/roosevelt_in2008_2


By the way, has any one of them mentioned his love of
the environment? Roosevelt was the first genuine
environmentalist in the White House, (creating the
national park system, among other things). I’d be
surprised if they hadn’t. Is going green suddenly out?

*Greenhouse gets away
Journalist Linda Greenhouse did not want C-SPAN at a panel
discussion she was participating in about the Supreme
Court; she covers the High Court for the New York
Times. Sadly, the Association for Education in
Journalism and Mass Communication went along, and
C-SPAN was forced to pull the plug. Here’s the full
story on Columbia Journalism Review’s Web site:

http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/the_greenhouse_effect.php


Slate had its response:

http://www.slate.com/id/2172067/nav/fix/

Given Greenhouse’s position, perhaps she needs a
refresher on Harry Truman’s famous quote: “If you
can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen” – or at
least the conference. You’re a reporter, dearie. If
you’re talking in front of others, expect to be
quoted.

As for AEJMC, what kind of example does this provide
for its members? Yay to its board for this resolution:

http://aejmc.org/talk/?p=559

*Merv Griffin dies
They must be creating a whale of a talk show in
heaven: First Tom Snyder, now Merv Griffin, who made
even more of a landmark with “Wheel of Fortune” and
“Jeopardy” than with his talk show, which ran for two
decades. His last legacy, “Crosswords,” is supposed to
make its debut in syndication soon. He was also a
hotel mogul. Not bad for a one-time big-band singer.

*Cooper cologne?
I’ve never been an Anderson Cooper fan, and now I may
get even less of a reason to be one:

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-oe-ehrenstein11aug11,1,6075686.story?coll=la-news-a_section

To quote one-time New York Met Marv Thornberry in
those old Lite Beer commercials, “I knew this was a
bad idea.” Also journalistically unethical. No reporter is supposed to endorse a product. Period.

*DVD change should PO many

Will consumers be angry? Yeah, I'd say so:

http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/20070810/118681338000.html

To the big studios: ENOUGH!!!