The preacher and the press: How the Jeremiah Wright story became the first feeding frenzy in the digital age

Campaigning for President 2008: Strategy and Tactics, New Voices and New Techniques

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 78-101

  May, Albert L ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203878972     Document Type: Chapter

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2. Chris Cuomo and Brian Ross "Jeremiah Wright: Obama's Pastor Now a Campaign Liability," Good Morning America, ABC News, March 13, 2008.
3. John Heilemann, "The Color Coded Campaign," New York (magazine), August 10, 2008.
4. Albert L. May, "Campaign 2008: It's On YouTube," Nieman Reports 62 (2) (2008): 24-29.
5. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. interviewed by Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal, PBS, April 25, 2008.
6. Suzanne Sataline "Obama Pastors' Sermons May Violate Tax Laws," Wall Street Journal, March 10, 2008.
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13. Manya A. Brachear, Religion Writer, Chicago Tribune, in discussion with author, July 2008.
14. Dwight N. Hopkins, Professor of Theology, University of Chicago, in discussion with author, August 2008.
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