We're out of WNYC in New York. This is NPR's On the Media. I'm Bob Garfield.

And I'm Brooke Gladstone with a quick recap of the coverage of the Democratic National Convention.

I know last week I suggested that maybe too many reporters were going to be covering this thing,

and maybe too many did. But this was an historic event, and it was the

job of the news media, especially cable news, to remind us of that frequently, to tell us what

the speakers should say and how we should feel about it. And when there was nothing else to talk

about, there was always the Clinton's. The Clinton anger, disappointment saga, is that going to dominate today in these next three days?

The Washington Post said Obama personally dislikes Clinton?

Do you think that's real and they just need to do this?

Yeah, well, the Clinton's got to get over it.

The Clinton supporters have to get over it.

We can't have three nights of the Clintons and one night of Barack Obama.

That narrative petered out when the Clintons finally spoke, but when the talkers ran out of topics, they could always talk about themselves. For instance, at Fox News, America's election

headquarters, Bill O'Reilly spent a chunk of prime convention time venting about a newspaper that insulted him.

He also spoke with a Fox reporter who had a very scary encounter with convention demonstrators.

So these are anarchists. They hate America. Did you ever feel in any danger out there with them?

Well, I did feel a little bit of danger. I felt that they were...

Meanwhile, over at MSNBC, the place for politics, the anchors didn't so much talk about

themselves as squabble amongst themselves.

Chris Matthews griped at Keith Olberman when he made a yak-dity-y-y-ack hand gesture directed

at Matthews.

You make that sound, Keith, I can do the same to you, okay?

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