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   In Other News from “The Rape Capital of the World”

   August 11, 2009 04:18 PM

   Congo. You may know it as, most recently, that place where Sec. of State Hillary Clinton said (when asked "What does Mr. Clinton think [about a particular issue] through the mouth of Mrs. Clinton?"): "My husband is not Secretary of... Continue reading

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   President: We Won’t “Pull the Plug On Grandma”

   August 11, 2009 01:43 PM

   Best? Most eye-catching-est? chyron thus far during the president's health care town hall in Portsmouth, NH, on MSNBC just now: PRES: "I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF DEATH PANELS" ...said Obama in response to a little girl's question about... Continue reading

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   You Had A Bad (Hair) Day, Tabloids Edition

   August 11, 2009 12:09 PM

   Megan noted earlier Andrea Mitchell's take on "what insiders are saying" about Sec. of State Clinton's annoyed "I'm the Secretary of State" response yesterday to a question during a town hall in Kinshasa, Congo -- mis-translated, apparently-- about what... Continue reading

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   No, ABC News, This Isn’t “The Way to Reform Health Care”

   August 11, 2009 10:46 AM

   ABC News's constructive contribution to health care reportage this morning on Good Morning America, above the unintentionally(?) maddening chyron "THE GREAT DEBATE: Is this the way to reform health care?": GMA's CHRIS CUOMO: By anybody's reckoning, this is certainly... Continue reading

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   Media: You’ve Got Kurtz’s Go-Ahead to Pronounce Palin “Wrong”

   August 10, 2009 04:13 PM

   From Howard Kurtz's Q&A today at washingtonpost.com: Portland, Ore.: Is there a point when the media should simply say a politician is wrong? I ask in reference to Sarah Palin's "death panel" comment. [Some background here.] It's an... Continue reading

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   About Today’s NYT A-1 Trend Story…

   August 10, 2009 02:17 PM

   ... the one about how "people are increasingly waking up and lunging for cellphones and laptops, sometimes even before swinging their legs to the floor and tending to more biologically urgent activities?" It is, according to NYTpicker, held... Continue reading

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   Message Received? Advertisers (and Air Force) Turn to Twitter

   August 10, 2009 10:53 AM

   Today in Twitter news: The New York Times Bits blog http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/tweeting-for-dollars/?scp=1&sq=twitter%20izea&st=cse ">reports on one marketing company's introduction of "'Sponsored Tweets,' which pays users for every commercial ad or paid message that is blasted to their Twitter... Continue reading

8. The Kicker

   “The New Equivalent of a Full-Page Newspaper Ad?”

   August 10, 2009 09:48 AM

   According to Nieman Lab (citing the following specifics from an LA Times profile of Hollywood gossip blogger Perez Hilton), it is a "24-hour wallpaper-style ad that incorporates the banner logo across the top" of perezhilton.com, which costs an... Continue reading

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   CNN Grade Grubs

   August 6, 2009 10:24 AM

   Still recovering from coverage of Obama's First 100 Days? Brace yourself. It's time for the media to assess Obama's Second 100 Days. CNN, for one, would like viewers to help grade the president (and lawmakers) in a... Continue reading

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    Not All “Media Workers” Can Do That

    August 6, 2009 09:17 AM

    Time Out New York's Matt Schneiderman suggests five lines of work unemployed journalists might pursue -- publicist, editorial strategist, project manager, grant writer, private investigator -- based, purportedly, on overlapping skill sets. The explanation for why journalists (or "media... Continue reading

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    That “Stirring Scene” on the Burbank Tarmac…

    August 5, 2009 04:51 PM

    ...No, not this one, you Beltway rube: This one: Per the New York Times's Adam Nagourney: It was a stirring scene: Bill Clinton, the former president, and Al Gore, his former vice president,... Continue reading

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    Not Everything “Happening Now” is News

    August 5, 2009 04:09 PM

    Via County Fair: (Though President Obama might want to keep this in mind when he heads off to the Vineyard for his vacation.) Continue reading

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    The Puppetry of the President

    August 5, 2009 02:12 PM

    From a particularly animated bit of President Obama's speech in Elkhart, Indiana earlier today (emphasis mine): ...energy and innovation, health care and education, these are the pillars of the new foundation that we have to build. This is how... Continue reading

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    As The Media Circles Speculate (Weekdays, 4pm, Only On…)

    August 5, 2009 12:57 PM

    Last week, I linked to Annie Lowrey's observation on Foreign Policy's Passport blog of "How [News] Stories About the Secretary of State End Up As 'Sad Hillary' Anecdrama" (Hillary has no power! Hillary is undermined and upstaged at... Continue reading

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    NY Post: “Chicks” Home From North Korea!

    August 5, 2009 09:43 AM

    Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee are safely back in California after months in a North Korean jail. Many moving words and images this morning associated with this news. There's this touching mother-and-child-(and-father) reunion photo of Euna... Continue reading

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    President Puts Words (And Cupcakes) in Helen Thomas’s Mouth

    August 4, 2009 04:06 PM

    President Obama dropped by the White House briefing room this afternoon to present a plate of cupcakes to Helen Thomas, the Hearst News Service columnist who turns 89 today and has covered the White House since 1961. (More of... Continue reading

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    Bad Morning America

    August 4, 2009 12:22 PM

    Side effects of getting your health news from morning news shows may include dizziness, nausea, anxiety, confusion, false hope... Prof. Gary Schwitzer and his team at the University of Minnesota confirm (with specific examples) your suspicion that health... Continue reading

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    “Mad Bitch,” Twitter Edition

    August 4, 2009 10:30 AM

    If Bill Clinton were on a "private mission" in North Korea meeting with Kim Jong-il to discuss the release of Current TV reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee who have been detained since March and were recently sentenced to... Continue reading

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    “Steve” Agrees With Steve Doocy…

    August 4, 2009 09:33 AM

    ... who sounds a lot like that woman at that health care town hall. Well, "people think alike:" The Daily Show... Continue reading

20. The Kicker

    NYT “Too Pushy” to Land Levi Johnston Interview

    August 3, 2009 03:58 PM

    The Alaska Daily News's's Julia O'Malley recently dined with Levi Johnston (father of Sarah Palin's grandson, Tripp) and Johnston's entourage, Tank (a private investigator) and Rex (a criminal defense attorney). Some highlights: [Johnston] did Tyra and Larry King Live... Continue reading

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