In an interview with CBSNews.com , former Clinton strategist Mark Penn argues the mainstream media is treating Sarah Palin differently than her male counterparts and that the public views her through a different lens than elites.

The phone at my desk hardly rang Friday. The e-mails had returned to their normal pace. The presidential campaigns are gone. They've taken with them the national media -- and the national media's interest in anything I have to say.

The protest song ain't what it used to be. Time was - in Madison and almost anywhere else - when hearing Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Crosby, Stills, Nash ' Young rage against the machine was a shared experience via records and radio.

NEW YORK -- Breaking with standards widely followed by the mainstream news media, the celebrity Web site TMZ posted a story Wednesday about a 14-year-old who's a movie star's son and an alleged sex crime victim, and it ran the boy's picture.

Colin Powell's decision to endorse Barack Obama for president will ensure the Democrat dominates yet another crucial news cycle, says the BBC's Kevin Connolly.