Must be a slow day. Are Clinton's and Obama's remarks a surprise? This is a consensus issue amongst the Dems (and even independents).

As to cesar's remark, I think it's pretty much a given that no matter what venue or group doing the writing, Clinton will get screwed. I'm sure the campaign factors that in.

No, I don't generally think there is a conscious bias here at TPM even if it is a little less friendly to Clinton :o)

The only solution to this issue is for Election Central to wait until the end of the day to post something. They (posters at Election Central) learn about events sequentially, not simultaneously, and unless they wait until the end of the day, something needs to go first, and then be updated.

And frankly, I don't see how anyone could view what is posted here as "straight journalism". Check out the headline for today's post on the Guiliani campaign replacing the South Carolina Republican in 24 hours. That headline is not straight journalism. There's clearly a bias that is present, and anyone who reads here on a regular basis knows that.

By the way, this is relevant:

"But the reality is that such blanket criticism of the blogosphere is symptomatic of a larger refusal of mainstream news organization figures to acknowledge the growing legitimacy of the whole medium. The focus on "incivility" is misleading, perhaps willfully so -- it tars the blogosphere with one brush, it blurs the differences between the bad and good bloggers, and focuses public attention on "tone" while, again, refusing to acknowledge the substantive achievements on display.

You see this effort to deny the legitimacy of the medium express itself in other ways, too. For instance, mainstream media outlets steadfastly refuse to credit bloggers when they've broken legitimate stories. Rather, the big news orgs frequently pick up stories and say that the news "first surfaced on the Internet" -- without naming the actual blogger or bloggers who did the work.

Is this blanket effort to deny the blogosphere's legitimacy conscious? Not always. I think it's frequently rooted in the fact that many establishment media figures are aging and schooled in an older tradition of journalism, and simply aren't yet mentally prepared to appreciate the growing journalistic professionalism of bloggers.

But it's high time for mainstream media commentators, reporters and executives to wake up and seriously recognize that very big changes are happening. Bloggers are beginning more and more to see themselves as journalists. They're getting more and more obsessed with accuracy. They're getting more and more skillful at backing up their opinions with reporting and research. Simply put, they're investing more and more in that ultimate of journalistic goals: Getting it right." -Greg Sargent, June 9, 2006

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2006/06/09/publiceye/entry1696964.shtml

Did you read my original post? This whole thread was predicated on updating the headline. The body was updated, but the headline wasn't.

So I we're in agreement on the main point.