THE FINAL 100 DAYS FOR BUSH, AND 24 FOR THE ELECTION

Files under General | Oct 11th

What long days!



DOWN, DOWN, DOWN … TIME TO BUY

Files under General | Oct 11th

It’s time to buy.

Apple ($96.80)

Google ($332.00)

Expedia ($11.81) 

The New York Times ($13.60)

Let’s say that we buy $25.00 of each one of them.

Total investment: $100.000 USD.

Next week, I’ll tell you how much money we made (or lost).

 



BUSH MEETS WITH THE G7 FINANCE MINISTERS FOR LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR!

Files under General | Oct 11th

AP reports:

“The White House meeting lasted about a half-hour, less than scheduled.”

So, not too much to say or discuss.

Just a few minutes to shake hands, say hello, speak to the press, smile, take pictures and … leave.

A surreal time!

(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)



THE DAILY CLONE

Files under General | Oct 10th

Designed by Deborah Withey more than eight years ago:

And now copied by Tina Brown:



POETRY VERSUS REALITY

Files under General | Oct 9th



MURDOCH ON OBAMA

Files under General | Oct 8th

Rupert Murdoch in Vanity Fair:

“He’ll sell more papers.”



THE END OF McCAIN’S HOPES?

Files under General | Oct 8th

Andrew Sullivan’s impression after the second McCain-Obama TV debate:

This was, I think, a mauling: a devastating and possibly electorally fatal debate for McCain. Even on Russia, he sounded a little out of it. I’ve watched a lot of debates and participated in many. I love debate and was trained as a boy in the British system to be a debater. I debated dozens of times at Oxford. All I can say is that, simply on terms of substance, clarity, empathy, style and authority, this has not just been an Obama victory. It has been a wipe-out. It has been about as big a wipe-out as I can remember in a presidential debate. It reminds me of the 1992 Clinton-Perot-Bush debate. I don’t really see how the McCain campaign survives this.

Or, as Roger Simon said, McCain loses by not winning.

Picture by Carlos Barria/Reuters.



SHOW, DON’T TELL: A FRONT-PAGE INFOGRAPHIC

Files under General | Oct 7th

The Virginian-Pilot tells the story with clear infographics.



NOT FEAR, PANIC

Files under General | Oct 7th

Sometimes, newspapers aim for poetry instead of using the right words.

While The New York Post makes poetry (FEAR), La Tribune in Paris and La Vanguardia in Barcelona use the right word: PANIC.



A NEW U.S. DOLLAR BILL

Files under General | Oct 6th