Duffy's Demise

I grew up looking at Brian Duffy's front-page editorial cartoons in the Des Moines Register. He got the axe this week, thanks to the cost-cutting measure of Gannett's newspaper division. It's a pretty darn good indication that conglomerate ownership of newspapers isn't all that concerned with quality.  And it's a shame.  A big shame.

Canned 'Des Moines Register' Cartoonist Bites Back

Longtime, since 1983, Register cartoonist (also syndicated) Brian Duffy criticizes Gannett, newspaper cutbacks in general and how he was rushed out of the building this week, in this video. He has canceled his [...]

The Iowa File

McCain's been campaigning in Iowa this weekend, but it wasn't enough to make the Des Moines Register happy. Not only did it officially endorse Obama, but their crack political writer penned a devastating piece on the campaigns. Listen, folks, I grew up in Iowa.  THIS is a big deal.

Yepsen on "the looming Obama-Harkin landslide" in Iowa

Another gift to McCain and Palin as they campaign in Iowa from one of that state's top political reporters, David Yepsen: "That popping sound you hear is the sound of the rural Republican base cracking under John McCain. A Center for Rural Strategies poll released last week found [...]

Des Moines Register Mauls McCain

Oh, my.  One of the editorial writers really unloads after their sit-down interview with the candidate this week.

Des Moines Register's Rekha Basu: Is McCain too thin-skinned for presidency?

As Joe has pointed out before, the Des Moines Register endorsed McCain in the primaries. He was on friendly turf. And he still flipped out. Des Moines Register columnist:. "John McCain is angry. You can feel it in the clenched muscles in his throat, the [...]

Chatting With The Editors

John McCain spent a day in my home state of Iowa.  He sat down with the editorial board of the Des Moines Register newspaper and, guess what?  We may have gotten a glimpse of his "real" personality. Sometimes it's nice that newspapers have added video cameras to their tools.

Grumpy McCain emerges in Iowa

With recent polls showing John McCain struggling in Iowa -- a state Bush won four years ago -- the Republican nominee swung through the Hawkeye State yesterday, including a lengthy chat with the Des Moines Register [,... ]