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   Headline of the Day?

   July 21, 2009 01:30 PM

   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/20/AR2009072002984.html">From the Washington Post: In Tokyo, a High-Pitched Whine Repels Teens, Attracts TV Crews (Is it really news that whining attracts TV news crews?) In a Tokyo park where there has been a rash of what... Continue reading

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   Does This Question Make My Butt Look Big Interview Look Small?

   July 21, 2009 01:09 PM

   Katie Couric (or tweet assistant) via Twitter yesterday: I've been granted an exclusive interview with Pres. Obama tomorrow. Working on questions now. Send me suggestions...will try to use some!! Well, here's one Couric can cross off her list (ditto,... Continue reading

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   It’s On at Slate

   July 21, 2009 10:27 AM

   Michael Kinsley announces a "highly unscientific experiment " at Slate to determine "who's better informed, newspaper readers or Web surfers?" A question that will supposedly be answered in some fashion --if "highly unscientific[ally]" -- after "two (mostly) newspaper journalists"... Continue reading

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   “Don’t Jump Off-the-Record”

   July 21, 2009 09:40 AM

   Washington Post ombud Andrew Alexander reports that BNA (Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.), "which produces an array of print and online publications covering everything from tax issues to labor law," is attempting to tackle the problem of "public officials... Continue reading

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   Let’s Give ‘Em Something to (Continue to) “Talk About”

   July 20, 2009 04:54 PM

   On Mediaite's front page right now: Will The Right Make This Obama’s “Wise Latina” Moment? One line of the President’s [during a recent interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper] stood out as possible fodder for criticism in much... Continue reading

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   Wired’s Media Pyramid (“News” Still Broccoli)

   July 20, 2009 01:20 PM

   This must explain something about us (obesity? stupidity?) Wired illustrates a balanced "media diet:" "entertainment" is the "whole grains" or foundation of the pyramid; and "news," yes, is to be consumed at "fruit/veggie" levels, with slightly more "traditional [news]... Continue reading

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   Awkward Spitzer Moment on MSNBC

   July 20, 2009 12:46 PM

   MSNBC's Carlos Watson was joined this morning by guest-co-host (and former New York Governor) Eliot Spitzer. Guest co-hosting a news show, of course, can require small talk on any number of topics, and in this case, at one point,... Continue reading

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   Meet The Press (And Hair)

   July 20, 2009 10:59 AM

   One day, Politico has you "enjoying a gravitas boost" from your "prematurely salt-and-pepper mane," and then they turn around and post this: UPDATE:....and once you're finished... Continue reading

9. The Kicker

   CBS News Retires To Keep Using Cronkite’s Voice-Over

   July 20, 2009 10:31 AM

   Viewers of the CBS Evening News heard Walter Cronkite's voice-over for final time Friday night. The network opted to retire the familiar intro after Cronkite passed away on Friday. “It just didn’t feel right" to continue with Cronkite's... Continue reading

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    Sanford’s Sorry State Column

    July 20, 2009 09:41 AM

    Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina apologizes and seeks forgiveness via guest column in Sunday's The State. In part: It’s in the spirit of making good from bad that I am committing to you and the larger family... Continue reading

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    Do Reader Comments on Web Articles “Devalue” Journalism?

    July 16, 2009 07:15 AM

    Douglas Bailey, president and founder of DBMediaStrategies Inc., thinks so. (What is DBMedia Strategies? The company's web site says that it " helps businesses, individuals and institutions navigate through the media thicket and devises strategies for their messages to... Continue reading

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    GlobalPost Reporter On His Weeks in Iran’s Evin Prison

    July 15, 2009 03:10 PM

    GlobalPost correspondent Iason Athanasiadis, while reporting on the demonstrations in Tehran, was arrested and held in Evin jail for three weeks. Here, Athanasiadis writes about his experience and about Majid Saeedi, a friend and photographer (who has shot for... Continue reading

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    CNN’s Rick Sanchez “Take[s] the Conversation Outside the Beltway…”

    July 15, 2009 03:04 PM

    ... to the South Florida kitchen of his mom's house to, "with some trepidation," ask his mom, Adela Fernanndez, "the wisest of all Latina women, what she thought of Sonia Sotomayor." (Fernanndez is "proud" of Sotomayor, that she "came from... Continue reading

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    “For She’s a Jolly Good Journalist”

    July 15, 2009 11:57 AM

    The Washington Post's Jacqueline L. Salmon today profiles Randall Terry, onetime head of Operation Rescue, who "is trying to build a new antiabortion organization and mount a comeback," and has been visible this week on the outskirts of... Continue reading

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    Obama to Costas: “Is This Hannity?”

    July 15, 2009 10:59 AM

    Before President Obama threw out the first pitch at the MLB All-Star Game last night, MLB Network's Bob Costas got a sit-down with the president (insert softball joke). A sample: COSTAS: Were you around 30 years ago this month for... Continue reading

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    More From The State: Tapper, Jenkins Woo Sanford

    July 15, 2009 09:46 AM

    How's the sausage made? More details today from The State: "Media jostled for access to Sanford:" The media e-mails also illuminate the tactics of national outlets to land the big interview. ABC News White House reporter Jake... Continue reading

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    The State: Media Outlets Offered to Spin Sanford Story

    July 14, 2009 01:56 PM

    The (South Carolina) State, via open records laws, late yesterday received "nearly 600 pages of documents — e-mails and phone call exchanges — between" South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's staff members during those days last month when the governor was,... Continue reading

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    Fox News: Scratch That; Reverse It.

    July 14, 2009 11:43 AM

    On Fox News a few minutes ago, anchor Bret Baier described the "interruptions" during yesterday's Sotomayor hearings as "about abortion, abortion rights advocates." Of course yesterday's interrupters were not "abortion rights advocates." The opposite, in fact. (The ponytail... Continue reading

19. The Kicker

    When’s a “Stare” a “Glare?”

    July 14, 2009 10:24 AM

    Was Sonia Sotomayor "glaring" (as in, per Merriam Webster, staring angrily or fiercely or expressing hostility by staring angrily) throughout yesterday's hearings? That's how the AP's Larry Neumeister saw it, using the word "glare" three times to describe... Continue reading

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    “Is This Supposed To Be Journalism?”

    July 14, 2009 09:42 AM

    Per the New York Times, NBC News's show The Wanted (a.k.a. To Catch A Terrorist/War Criminal) -- the one that made news in February -- debuts next week. From the show's promotional materials: The truth is the real... Continue reading

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