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Adam Serwer

Adam Serwer is a writing fellow at The American Prospect and a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He also blogs at Jack and Jill Politics and has written for The Village Voice, The Washington Post, The Root, and the Daily News.

Recent Articles

ACCOUNTABILITY JOURNALISM.

Adam SerwerJul 30, 2008

For those of you who months ago read AP Washington Bureau Chief Ron Fournier's terribly offended screed on how this uppity arrogant black guy named Barack Obama thought he might actually be president and started wondering what Fournier's problem was after that piece basically set the tone for the AP's election coverage, Politico's Michael Calderone might have some answers.

MCCAIN TELLS CNN HE SUPPORTS A TIMETABLE.

Adam SerwerJul 29, 2008

For a long time now, McCain has been arguing that a "timetable" would lead to "defeat" in Iraq and "a victory for Al Qaeda." Then on Friday, he told Wolf Blitzer that 16 months sounded like "a pretty good timetable," seemingly taking Obama's position on the subject. Then he told George Stephanopoulos that he never used the word "timetable," when in fact he had.

O'REILLY DENIES TAKING TALKING POINTS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

Adam SerwerJul 29, 2008

Continuing his long tradition of "not doing personal attacks," last night Bill O'Reilly called Scott McClellan "an idiot" for saying O'Reilly and others at FOX took talking points from the White House and denied ever doing any such thing. In fairness, even Scotty would have to admit that he's not exactly the most trustworthy fellow, but what's most interesting is not his claim that the White House fed talking points to pundits, but his defense of it (Transcript of Hardball via Nexis):

MATTHEWS: Did people say, call Sean, call Bill, call whoever? Did you do that as a regular thing?

(CROSSTALK)

POLICEMAN INDICTED IN TASER DEATH.

Adam SerwerJul 29, 2008

Howard Witt of the Chicago Tribune is reporting that 21-year old Police Officer Scott Nugent, of Winn Parish in Louisiana, has been indicted in the death of Baron "Scooter" Pikes. Pikes died after being shocked nine times with a Taser, and according to the local coroner, at least twice while he was unconscious. The incident has inflamed racial tensions in the area; Nugent is white, Pikes was black.

CAN WHITE JOURNALISTS JUDGE MCCAIN OBJECTIVELY?

Adam SerwerJul 28, 2008

Via Matthew Yglesias, an AP reporter asks this important question in a write-up of Obama's speech at the recent UNITY conference: "Can minority journalists resist applauding Obama?" Well, no, because they simply lack the same ability to make decisions based on factors other than race, which, history has shown, is a quality only white people are born with.

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