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The Kicker
You Say So-TO-mae-ohr…
June 2, 2009 10:09 AMI post the below Daily Show clip from last night for the footage of various TV news anchors and pundits straining to pronounce the last name of Obama's Supreme Court nominee. Continue reading
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“The World’s Most Important Network”
June 2, 2009 09:23 AMBelow, a compilation of news stories from 1987, when CNN moved its Atlanta headquarters from a red brick, white-columned "former country club" to a towering shopping complex. Why this? Because, I guess, CNN is 29 this year (h/t, Michael... Continue reading
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Your Shoe Leather Is Safe In Riyadh
June 1, 2009 04:45 PMTime's White House correspondent (and onetime CJR employee), Michael Scherer, shares the official U.S. State Department "instructions" for reporters traveling tomorrow with President Obama to Saudi Arabia: The Saudi government is permitting journalists accompanying President Obama entry into... Continue reading
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Well, Maureen Dowd’s “On Vacation…”
June 1, 2009 03:35 PM...so in her absence it fell to someone else at the New York Times to call President Obama out for eating at Blue Hill in New York City ("artisanal techniques," locally-farmed ingredients) over the weekend, thereby heightening what... Continue reading
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“Case Study of How the Echo Chamber of Washington Works…”
June 1, 2009 02:21 PM...NPR's description of Jeffrey Rosen's infamous "The Case Against Sotomayor" TNR article "blog entry" (h/t, Glenn Greenwald). Rosen won't be "blogging" again anytime soon, telling NPR he wants to "spend more time with the material before hitting... Continue reading
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What Obama White House “Feels Like”
June 1, 2009 01:43 PMA reader's question from today's chat with Ana Marie Cox and Tucker Carlson at washingtonpost.com: Q: Ana, you see this administration up close. What does it feel like? Give me an image I can understand. Is it West Wing?... Continue reading
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A “Long Shot Effort” by Star Ledger “Refugees”
June 1, 2009 08:44 AMIn today's New York Times, David Carr writes up NewJerseyNewsroom, ex-Star Ledger reporters' "effort at creating an alternative source of news" for New Jersey, which Jersey resident Carr aptly calls "a virtual Superfund site of corruption." Continue reading
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Is CNN “Fading?”
June 1, 2009 08:36 AMCNN's prime time ratings are down, observes Politico's Michael Calderone. Some "staffers" are concerned. [Wh]ile being “nonpartisan” is something most journalists strive for — and [CNN] staffers stressed that ratings aren’t as important as remaining committed to quality journalism... Continue reading
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“The Worst Piece of Paper on the East Coast”
June 1, 2009 08:23 AMTen songs about print journalism, per Paste -- because: "Once upon a time, being a newspaperman (or woman) was something to stand up and shout about...That was a long time ago." Continue reading
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Reporters “Waiting for Weezy?”
May 28, 2009 10:24 AMVia HuffPo: Wanda Sykes made fun of the media skirting the race issue when talking about Michelle Obama during an appearance on Leno Wednesday night... Sykes says the media didn't know how to cover her. "There are little subtle... Continue reading
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ABC News Denied Access to Senatorial Spin Class?
May 28, 2009 10:18 AMA tweet just now from ABC News's Jake Tapper: Congress denied ABC News' request to film the House/Senate gyms that YOUR tax dollars pay for. Interesting. No Pilates with Pelosi. No bicep-curls with Boehner. UPDATE: Just to clarify, I'm... Continue reading
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Getting Giddy With Gibbs
May 28, 2009 09:50 AMIf you watch the White House press briefings with any regularity, chances are you've noticed (and, in my case, been bugged) by all the (often unwarranted) giggling and guffawing done by reporters (this is such a Politico story): Whenever... Continue reading
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Prepare to Pay?
May 28, 2009 09:27 AMFrom The Atlantic's James Warren: Shhhh. Newspaper publishers are quietly holding a very, very important conclave today. Will you soon be paying for online content? "Models to Monetize Content" is the subject of a gathering at a... Continue reading
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“So Far.” NYT Mag’s Bill Clinton Profile
May 27, 2009 04:20 PMIt's not until some 1,300 words in to Peter Baker's several-thousand-word profile of Bill Clinton in this coming Sunday's New York Times Magazine that readers encounter the first anonymous quote: Unless Obama messes up, says a former top... Continue reading
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Why “Conservatives” Should Root For the NYT
May 27, 2009 02:39 PMPer Francis Wilkinson, executive editor of The Week: If conservatives were to look up from hammering nails in the Time’ coffin, they might notice that there is a growing web-based journalism infrastructure preparing to supplant their bête noir. It’s an... Continue reading
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Geraldo Got Goosebumps
May 27, 2009 01:24 PMGail Shister interviewed Geraldo Rivera (last seen offering to buy Blagojevich dinner) on his personal reaction to yesterday's Sotomayor news ("goosebumps") and reports that "Rivera plans to celebrate Sotomayor's nomination by 'drinking rum and eating rice and... Continue reading
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On Fox & Friends, Miss California Subs For Miss America
May 27, 2009 12:15 PMThe day after the California Supreme Court upheld the state's ban on gay marriage, proponent of "opposite marriage," Carrie Prejean (Miss California USA, 2009), sat in for Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson (Miss America, 1989). Prejean on yesterday's... Continue reading
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Sounds… Familiar?
May 27, 2009 11:05 AMPer the AP: Twitter Inc.'s co-founders say the rapidly growing online communications company will eventually charge fees for its services, but it's unclear which ones and what will drive revenue. "There will be a moment when you... Continue reading
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Here You Go, Jeffrey Rosen
May 27, 2009 10:40 AMThe New York Times, on its Web site, has posted "Selected Cases of Judge Sonia Sotomayor" (516 pages, pdf) for perusal by anyone who, perhaps, hasn't "read enough of Sotomayor's opinions to have a confident sense of them."... Continue reading
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Gibbs: You Didn’t Mind Anonymous Sources Before
May 27, 2009 10:08 AMThe Washington Post's Howard Kurtz has a piece today about, in part, how some reporters have protested background briefings like the one the White House held yesterday in which reporters were fed off-the-record, pro-Sotomayor quotes by officials who... Continue reading
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