‘The Big Tent’ Media Report MoveOn.org September 12, 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS MEDIA SUMMARY .................................................................................................................... 3 TELEVISION ............................................................................................................................. 13 PRINT ......................................................................................................................................... 73 ONLINE…………………………………………………………………………………………89 2 MEDIA SUMMARY 3 Television CNN, America Votes 2008 The Big Tent mentioned as a blogging facility in Denver, 8/28/08. CNN, The Situation Room Mentioned the Big Tent as the place where 300 credentialed bloggers are working, 8/25/08. CNN, The Situation Room Mentioned how the Denver Nuggets’ weight room would become the Big Tent, 8/19/08. FBN, Countdown to the Closing Bell Josh Cohen interviewed about the Big Tent, 8/28/08. FBN, America’s Nightly Scorecard Mentioned Google doing a good job with the Big Tent, 8/22/08. CSPAN, Campaign 2008 Interviewed blogger Ben Tribbett about the Big Tent and filmed a walk-through of the entire tent, 8/28/08. CSPAN2, Tonight From Washington Leslie Bradshaw from New Media Strategies mentions the Big Tent during her interview, 8/26/08. MSNBC Morning Joe Interviewed several bloggers inside the Big (same clip ran on MSNBC News Live) Tent as part of Morning Joe’s “The Life of Bloggers: Cheetos-Eating, Star Wars Watching, Living in Basements?” 8/27/08. NBC; Denver, CO The Big Tent mentioned as the location of T. Boone Pickens’ event, 8/31/08. NBC; Boston, MA The Big Tent credited with helping Phillip (same clip ran in Cedar Rapids, IA; Anderson of the AlbanyProject.com and Wichita Falls, TX; New York, NY; others get work done at the convention, Cleveland, OH; Seattle, WA; interviewed Phillip Anderson and Markos San Diego, CA; Tuscon, AZ; Moulitsas about the Big Tent, 8/27/08. Albuquerque, NM; Davenport, IA; Austin, TX; Chicago, IL; Hartford & New Haven, CT; Baltimore, MD; Cincinnati, OH; Grand Rapids, MI; Burlington, VT; Milwaukee, WI; Columbus, OH; Washington, DC) NBC; Memphis, TN The Big Tent mentioned as the web (same clip ran in Columbia, SC) bloggers’ office, 8/26/08. NBC; News Orleans, LA Interviewed Aaron Nelson about the Big (same clip ran in Cincinnati, OH; Tent, 8/27/08. Louisville, KY) 4 NBC; Denver, CO Reported on the Big Tent having 500 credentialed bloggers, 8/25/08. CW; New York, NY The Big Tent mentioned and a few reporters interviewed about the Big Tent experience, 8/29/08. CW; Denver, CO David Sirota and Markos Moulitsas interviewed about the Big Tent, 8/25/08. CW; Denver, CO Mentioned preparations for the Big Tent and it housing a state-of-the-art blogging media lounge, 8/18/08. FOX; Albany, NY The Big Tent mentioned as the blogger (same clip ran in Milwaukee, WI; headquarters, 8/29/08. Baltimore, MD; Reno, NV) FOX; Denver, CO Mentioned the Big Tent as a place for journalists and nonprofit leaders, 8/22/08. FOX; Columbia, SC Mentioned that the Big Tent has a lot to (same clip ran in Colorado Springs, CO) offer to new media and bloggers, 8/21/08. FOX; Denver, CO Mentioned the Big Tent and how it will house bloggers from all over the world, 8/18/08. ABC; Rochester, NY Jane Flasch reported on the Big Tent and how the number of bloggers increased since the last convention, 8/26/08. ABC; Colorado Springs, CO Mentioned taking its viewers inside the Big Tent of bloggers the following day, 8/25/08. NBC; Bangor, ME The Big Tent mentioned and Mara Schiavocampo interviewed, 8/27/08. CBS; Denver, CO The Big Tent mentioned as the center of the blogosphere, Aaron Nelson interviewed, Phillip Anderson interviewed, and a filmed walk-through of the Big Tent, 8/25/08. Clips viewable through this web report: http://www.criticalmention.com/report/4166x36621.htm 5 Print Associated Press (also ran in Real “Bloggers embraced at Democratic convention,” ClearPolitics, IL; International by Ivan Moreno, 8/27/08. Herald Tribune; CBS2 Chicago; News24, South Africa; Vail Daily News, CO; San Diego Union Tribune; CNN Political Ticker; Peoria Journal Star, IL; CNN, Sun-Sentinel.com, FL; Forbes; MSN Money; cbs4denver.com; TheDenverChannel.com; 9NEWS.com, CO; Orlando Sentinel; Fort Worth Star Telegram; Myrtle Beach Sun News; Boston Globe; Las Vegas Sun; Washington Times; San Luis Obispo Tribune; Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA; amNewYork; Allentown Morning Call; News & Observer, NC; Bradenton Herald; guardian.co.uk; Monterey County Herald, CA; Hartford Courant; Durham Herald Sun, NC; Seattle Times; San Jose Mercury News; Philadelphia Inquirer; Houston Chronicle; Rock Hill Herald, SC; KTLA, CA; Baltimore Sun; San Francisco Chronicle; Chicago Tribune; Modesto Bee, CA; Newsday, NY; Los Angeles Times; Marin Independent-Journal, CA; TheNews Tribune.com, WA; El Paso Times; Centre Daily Times, PA; WBT, NC) AFP (also ran in Canada.com; AsiaOne; “New media army descends on convention,” 8/27/08. PhysOrg.com; Lanka Business Online; Straits Times, Singapore; France24; WA today, Australia; Brisbane Times, Australia; Sydney Morning Herald, Australia; The Age, Australia) New York Times (see ‘Online’ listing A version of “In Denver, a Thousand Little Pieces,” below) by David Carr, ran in the print edition, 9/1/08, on page C1. New York Times (see ‘Online’ listing A version of “The Year of the Political Blogger below) Has Arrived,” by Amanda M. Fairbanks, ran in the print edition, 8/24/08, on page ST1. Washington Post “Party Scene's In Crowd? Outsiders Staked a Claim.,” by Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, 8/29/08. 6 Washington Post “Where Minority Is Majority,” by Jose Antonio Vargas, 8/28/08. San Francisco Chronicle “Youngest, most diverse Dem Convention ever,” by Joe Garofoli, 8/25/08. Online CBS News “Answers To Your Questions,” Answers given by Katie Couric and Bob Schieffer, 9/1/08. CBS: Horserace ’08 blog “T. Boone Pickens Predicts $200 A Barrel Oil,” by Scott Conroy, 8/27/08. CBS: Horserace ’08 blog “Bloggers Work – And Socialize – Inside Denver’s “Big Tent”,” by Brian Montopoli, 8/26/08. CBS News “Unconventional Coverage On The Web,” by Larry Magid, 8/25/08. FOX News “Bloggers Out in Force at Denver Convention,” by Judson Berger, 8/26/08. PBS: MediaShift blog “Digg Puts Focus on Politics, Bringing Charges of Liberal Bias,” by Simon Owens, 9/4/08. PBS: MediaShift blog “Bloggers Make Progress Covering Convention at DNC,” by Laura Hertzfeld, 8/28/08. PBS: MediaShift blog (also ran in “The Best 2008 Political Convention Coverage Media Channel ) Online,” by Mark Glaser, 8/28/08. PBS: MediaShift blog “Will the Big Tent in Denver Help Bloggers Break Through?” by Simon Owens, 8/20/08. New York Times (also ran in the “In Denver, a Thousand Little Pieces,” by David International Herald Tribune) Carr, 8/31/08. New York Times “Lost in a Convention Haze, With Bloggers Lurking at Every Turn,” by David Carr, 8/25/08. New York Times: Style blog (also ran “The Year of the Political Blogger Has Arrived,” by in Spartanburg Herald Journal, SC; Amanda M. Fairbanks, 8/22/08. Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL; Gadsden Times, AL; Gainesville Sun, FL; BlueRidgeNow.com, NC; The Ledger, FL; StarNewsOnline.com, NC; Democratic Underground, DC; Think Progress) 7 Los Angeles Times: Jacket Copy blog “What's booking in Denver,” by Carolyn Kellogg, 8/26/08. Chicago Tribune & Baltimore Sun: “Bloggers flex muscles in Denver,” by Frank The Swamp blog James, 8/27/08. Newsweek “Dem Convention a Hot Spot for Bloggers,” by Katie Paul, 8/28/08. The Atlantic: Clive Crook blog “The end of blogging,” by Clive Crook, 8/26/08. The Nation “What's Changed?,” by Christopher Hayes, 8/26/08. The Nation “Denver: The Unofficial Guide,” by Peter Rothberg, 8/24/08. National Journal: Convention blog “Even In Denver, Bloggers Keep Independent Streak,” by Kevin Friedl, 8/27/08. National Journal: Convention blog “Google Hits Are Plentiful In Denver,” by David Hatch, 8/26/08. National Journal: Convention blog “Bloggers Set Up Shop In Half-Million-Dollar Tent” by Kevin Friedl, 8/26/08. National Journal: The Hotline blog ““When Spider Webs Unite, They Can Tie Up A Lion”,” by Jennifer Skalka, 8/25/08 U.S. News & World Report: The “DNC Bloggers Choose Yoga, Not Cheetos,” by Inside Job blog Liz Wolgemuth, 8/27/08. CQPolitics.com “Bloggers Get Unaccustomed Access in Denver,” by Eric Pfeiffer, 8/27/08. Washington Times “LAMBRO: Changing of the guard,” by Donald Lambro, 8/28/08. Washington Times “Bloggers get credentials, report from media center,” by Karen Goldberg Goff,” 8/26/08. Christian Science Monitor (also ran “Bloggers at Democratic Convention Plant Their in Media Channel; Knoxville News Stake,” by Gail Russell Chaddock, 8/25/08. Sentinel) Las Vegas Sun “New media, new questions,” by J. Patrick Coolican, 8/26/08. Toledo Blade (also ran in Pittsburgh “Bloggers challenge "traditional media" at Post-Gazette) convention,” by Mackenzie Carpenter, 8/28/08. San Francisco Bay Guardian “Man in the middle,” by Steven T. Jones, 9/3/08. 8 San Francisco Bay Guardian “American Dreamer: The Big Tent's vast left-wing conspiracy, by Steven T. Jones, 8/27/08. San Jose Mercury News (also ran in “Blog Shack: At New Media Tent, Words and Beer Red Orbit; Oakland Tribune; Inside Flow Freely,” by Mary Anne Ostrom and Lisa Bay Area, CA; Alameda Times-Star, Vorderbrueggen, 8/26/08. CA; Daily Review Online, CA; Tri Valley Herald, CA; Oakland Tribune; San Mateo County Times, CA; The Argus, CA; Contra Costa Times; SiliconValley.com; Santa Cruz Sentinel) San Jose Mercury News (also ran in “From bloggers to breweries,” by Mary Anne Contra Costa Times ; Tri-Valley Herald, Ostrom and Lisa Vorderbrueggen, 8/25/08. CA; The Argus, CA; Daily Review *Another version, “Bay Area 'icons' head to Online, CA; San Mateo County Times, Democratic convention,” ran 8/24/08.