tag:www.cjr.org,2009://4 2009-07-02T22:05:14Z Movable Type 3.2 tag:www.cjr.org,2009://4.21217 2009-07-02T21:48:10Z 2009-07-02T22:05:14Z

Megan Garber Guess what came up at today's White House press briefing? Here's a clue: "Was anyone from the White House invited to attend these Washington Post salons that were reported this morning," a reporter asked an obviously-prepared-for-the-question Robert Gibbs--after the crowd got a hearty chuckle out of the suggestion that a reporter would actually... tag:www.cjr.org,2009://4.21215 2009-07-02T21:14:35Z 2009-07-02T21:46:31Z

Megan Garber So the powers that tweet--Biz Stone, Ev Williams, et al--have applied to trademark one of their contributions to mass culture. Specifically, the word "Tweet" itself. Stone explains the move in more detail: The ecosystem growing around Twitter is something we very much believe in nourishing and supporting. There are lots of really awesome services and applications out... tag:www.cjr.org,2009://4.21213 2009-07-02T20:11:09Z 2009-07-02T21:46:31Z

Megan Garber So what are we calling this thing, FlierGate? WhineAndDineGate? SpiritedYesConfrontationalNoGate? Regardless, behold the affair's inevitable--and quite funny--parody: tag:www.cjr.org,2009://4.21212 2009-07-02T19:59:36Z 2009-07-02T21:46:31Z

Greg Marx Andy Alexander, ombudsman for the Post, has now weighed in on the “salon” scandal. His post provides some news about how the flier came to be distributed: The flier came out of the office Charles Pelton, who joined The Post recently to find ways to generate business through conferences and events. The Post, like many struggling newspapers, is desperately... tag:www.cjr.org,2009://4.21210 2009-07-02T17:49:59Z 2009-07-02T21:46:31Z

Greg Marx In the wake of Mike Allen’s story in Politico this morning about The Washington Post advertising “salons” at which deep-pocketed sponsors could obtain access to administration officials, members of Congress, and the paper’s own editorial staff–-and WaPo Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli’s quick repudiation of the events–-CJR spoke to a clearly exasperated Brauchli. Here’s what he had to say:... tag:www.cjr.org,2009://4.21209 2009-07-02T17:16:51Z 2009-07-02T21:46:31Z

Megan Garber On a day of flurries, some happier news: kidnapped New York Times reporter has had his homecoming at the Times newsroom. Per Gawker's report: According to Times Twitterers Jennifer 8. Lee and Jodi Kantor, Rohde, his wife Kristin Mulvihill, and his Afghan fixer Tahir Ludin entered the newsroom minutes ago to what Kantor calls a... tag:www.cjr.org,2009://4.21208 2009-07-02T17:06:59Z 2009-07-02T21:46:31Z

Megan Garber Michael Calderone has the indignant-toned memo WaPo executive editor Marcus Brauchli issued to the paper's staff earlier today in response to HaveDinnerWithALobbyistGate: Colleagues, A flyer was distributed this week offering an “underwriting opportunity” for a dinner on health-care reform, in which the news department had been asked to participate. The language in the flyer... tag:www.cjr.org,2009://4.21206 2009-07-02T13:56:41Z 2009-07-02T21:04:03Z

Liz Cox Barrett MSNBC viewers have suffered no shortage of discussion of Todd Purdum's anonymous source-heavy Vanity Fair article exploring "the pheromonal reality" of the "[Sarah] Palin phenomenon." Yesterday, Clint highlighted (see post below) a comment from MSNBC's Chuck Todd about how reporters use the anonymous ID "senior advisor" rather loosely because, well, "we've got to make the story... tag:www.cjr.org,2009://4.21202 2009-07-01T22:12:36Z 2009-07-02T15:51:05Z

Clint Hendler The topic for tonight's opening segment on MSNBC's Hardball was Todd Purdum's Vanity Fair article on Sarah Palin, a story powered by many anonymous quotes. Guest Mike Murphy, an old McCain hand, mentioned that he too has been on the receiving end of attacks from many an anonymous "senior advisor." That caused Todd to admit the following with a small... tag:www.cjr.org,2009://4.21199 2009-07-01T20:12:33Z 2009-07-02T15:51:05Z

Liz Cox Barrett Sixty-four percent of people polled for a Pew News Interest Index survey said there has been "too much" press coverage of Michael Jackson's death. MarketWatch's Jon Friedman, in his critique today of both Jackson and Madoff coverage, focuses not on quantity of coverage but on what he found lacking in the coverage. Writes Friedman: The media's most glaring... tag:www.cjr.org,2009://4.21197 2009-07-01T18:04:52Z 2009-07-01T23:01:03Z

Liz Cox Barrett Helen Thomas, a White House briefing room vet and Hearst News Service columnist, to White House press secretary Robert Gibbs just now (according to tweets from both the Washington Times's Chrisina Bellantoni and The Nation's David Corn... so, you know, "unverified material" for now): I'm amazed at you people who call for openness and transparency...It's a... tag:www.cjr.org,2009://4.21194 2009-07-01T15:30:48Z 2009-07-01T22:16:10Z

Clint Hendler Last week, Lucy Dalglish, the executive director of the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press, gave a disquieting address to the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies focusing on the danger to our open records and access laws as regional newspapers and other media organizations pare their legal budgets. In the address, Dalglish outlined major advances in... tag:www.cjr.org,2009://4.21192 2009-07-01T14:30:13Z 2009-07-01T17:08:06Z

Liz Cox Barrett ... is the number one "stupidest comment" uttered on TV (so far, I'd add) about Jackson's death, according to Jon Stewart on last night's Daily Show. Congrats, NBC News's Michael Okwu, on your "Rippy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Obitutainment." tag:www.cjr.org,2009://4.21190 2009-07-01T05:28:30Z 2009-07-01T17:08:06Z

Megan Garber To quote a tweet Ezra Klein just posted to his Twitter feed: "You know who I wish I had written fewer good things about? John Edwards." In response to this. Um, I agree. tag:www.cjr.org,2009://4.21188 2009-06-30T20:58:23Z 2009-07-01T22:43:25Z

Liz Cox Barrett Brookings Institution's Michael O'Hanlon helped Fox News viewers just now get their heads around what's going on with U.S. troops in Iraq today (withdrawl? pullback? handover?): [I]t's the equivalent of having bases in Staten Island but not Manhattan... So after today, U.S. troops are totally B&T. O'Hanlon, whom Fox's Shep Smith identified as from "a conservative-leaning think tank," also...