by Rob Cottingham | Jun 2, 2008 | Media Mix, Politics
Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan’s explosive memoir lambastes the press for rolling over for the Bush administration’s sales job on the Iraq war. But Seth Leibsohn, a right-wing blogger at the National Review’s web site, was... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 23, 2006 | Communicating, Speechwriting
As reported in many quarters, including Mystery Pollster: Last Sunday, Bush press secretary Tony Snow speculated about what polls might have shown during World War II: “If somebody had taken a poll in the Battle of the Bulge, I dare say people would have said,... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 3, 2006 | Communicating, Politics, Technology
Via Shel Holtz, here’s a highly compelling use of Macromedia’s oft-maligned Flash technology: Iraq War Coalition Fatalities. This is one area where Flash excels – telling stories visually, in this case the loss of life among the U.S. and its allies in... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 20, 2005 | Politics
If it was fiction, you’d edit out the metaphor as way too obvious: After answering six questions and eager to sit down to dinner in the Great Hall of the People, Bush turned down a reporter who asked permission for a follow-up question. He then strode from the... by Rob Cottingham | Aug 16, 2005 | Politics
Aha! Finally the U.S. has found what they think may be a a chemical weapons lab! U.S. troops raided a suspected insurgent chemical weapons factory in northern Iraq, finding about 1,500 gallons of dangerous substances, the U.S. military said Saturday. Lt. Col. Steve...