Candidates Choose Media Appearances Carefully

For the 2008 Presidential hopefuls, the old adage ‘all publicity is good publicity’ may no longer apply, especially in an age when “news organizations are increasingly viewed, fairly or unfairly, as leaning to one side or the other”, The Washington Post‘s Howard Kurtz writes.

“To a striking degree, the candidates are picking their spots, carefully choosing which media operations they will court and which they will ignore. That leaves some of them preaching to the political choir, but also shields them from especially aggressive questioning.”