Media

Rep. Michele Bachmann has been on a media blitz this week trying to drum up opposition to health care reform. In the last 7 days, she has appeared on Bill Bennett, Matt Lewis, Chris Baker and held two “kill the bill” rallies — one in Minnesota and one in Washington. She also appeared on Fox [...]

Rep. Michele Bachmann appeared on the air with talk radio host Chris Baker on Friday to speak out against health care reform. Bachmann said that if the House used the “self-executing route” to pass the Senate version — a tactic used many times by Republicans when they were the majority — then each American will [...]

Minnesota politicians seem to be fueling a cottage industry of political comic books. First Rep. Michele Bachmann, and now Sen. Al Franken. But unlike the portrayal of Bachmann in her comic books, it appears Franken will get mostly complimentary treatment. Bluewater Productions says they’ll be debuting the comic book, called “Political Power: Al Franken,” in [...]

In a 60-minute appearance in Bismark on Friday, Rep. Michele Bachmann laughed and sang and wept as she told attendees they must take America back for the Republicans to protect future generations. In her speech at the NRA-, Republican- and Tea Party–sponsored Take Back Washington rally, Bachmann lashed out at Twin Cities media, including Mpls-St. [...]

Citizentube has ranked the politicians and political parties that use YouTube the most, and found that Republicans are using the online video service much more effectively than Democrats. At the top of the tubes is Minnesota’s Rep. Michele Bachmann, whose YouTube channel has the seventh most subscribers out of 430 Congress members who have channels. [...]

Bradlee Dean, the founder of You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International told the attendees of the group’s “Appeal to Heaven” fundraiser that the media “demonizes” him for bringing his fiery brand of Christianity into public schools. Then he pointed out one of the reporters he feels is behind such attacks, the Minnesota Independent’s Andy Birkey.

Why is Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann all over the media? Because she wants to be. That’s according to Bachmann’s new media director, Dave Dziok. She has supersized her communications staff in order to put herself out there — and out there she’s been: In the last nine days, she’s done six national cable news appearances.

How bad have the Star Tribune’s woes gotten? If a tweet by David de Young is any indicator, bad enough that they won’t honor commitments to contributors. The founder of the music site “How Was the Show?,” de Young writes that the newspaper sent him a copy of its “Commencement of Chapter 11″ bankruptcy papers, [...]

The Blog Cabin, MinnPost’s new blog about blogs, is run by new hire Justin Piehowski (formerly of KSTP). Its name bears a striking resemblance to another political blog:  Blog Cabin, the blog of national gay group, the Log Cabin Republicans.
Piehowski has vowed to reject blogs who are too harsh and to lay down the law [...]

Michele Bachmann has done over 20 major television appearances since the beginning of September — far more than any member of Minnesota’s congressional delegation. How does a freshman Congress member from the minority party find herself in the limelight so often?

Easy. You and I pay for it.