Adam Serwer

Barack Obama‘s campaign issued a denunciation of this Ludacris song in which he refers to Hillary Clinton as “a bitch”. Simultaneously, Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton released a statement saying: “As Barack Obama has said many, many times in the past, rap lyrics today too often perpetuate misogyny, materialism, and degrading images that he doesn’t […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Rikyrah at Jack and Jill Politics points to a Gallup poll titled “Whites May Exaggerate Black-Hispanic Tensions” which may explain why the conventional wisdom about black-Latino tensions affecting Obama was so completely wrong. The generally positive review of black-Hispanic relations in Gallup polling among members of the two leading U.S. minority groups contrasts with considerable […]

As much as I enjoy seeing one of the more enduring black media institutions getting coverage in the New York Times, the comparison to Rush Limbaugh is an inappropriate one, and you’d think that the phenomenon itself would be worth a story without it. Radio hosts like Michael Baisden and Tom Joyner, whatever their affinity […]

Editors’ Note: We’re pleased to introduce new Prospect writing fellowAdam Serwer. He’s a recent graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He also blogs at Jack and Jill Politics under the pseudonym dnA and has written for The Village Voice and the Daily News. On Friday, John McCain told Wolf Blitzer that 16 […]