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   Fox & Friends Spreads Herpes-Beer Pong Hoax

   March 4, 2009 09:31 AM

   Perhaps you watched your friends at Fox & Friends a few weeks ago playing beer pong above the chyron: "Practice Safe Pong; CDC warns of spreading diseases"? I missed it (until I saw it last night on The Colbert Report).... Continue reading

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   “Politico Is Reporting…”

   March 3, 2009 04:33 PM

   Did I hear that phrase once or twice during today's White House press briefing? (Maybe, "Would a White House reporter reference this article in his question at the daily press briefing?" should be added to that List of Questions... Continue reading

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   ABC News’s “Idiot[ic,]” “Train Wreck” of a Story

   March 3, 2009 03:49 PM

   Read the ABC News article that Mother Jones blogger Kevin Drum calls a "train wreck" (and the author of which Drum dubs "Moron of the Day"), TNR's Jonathan Chait suggests was written by an "idiot reporter," and... Continue reading

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   To Tweet or Not To Tweet

   March 3, 2009 01:03 PM

   Joe Klein, over at Time's Swampland blog, confesses to being "existentially stressed." Because of Twitter. Because, Klein writes, "I'm not sure I quite understand what it is...except that it's another thing. And I'm still trying to figure out the... Continue reading

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   Should Journalists Name “Zombie Banks?”

   March 3, 2009 11:54 AM

   An interesting exchange on MSNBC's Morning Joe this morning between Joe Scarborough, the Financial Times's Chrystia Freeland and The New York Times's Andrew Ross Sorkin: SCARBOROUGH: We keep hearing about "zombie banks." Who do you think the "zombie banks" are?... Continue reading

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   Remembered

   March 2, 2009 03:53 PM

   Paul Harvey, who died Saturday at age 90, had been delivering his "News and Comment" nationally for ABC Radio Networks since 1951 (remember when Mitt Romney briefly stood in for Harvey in 2008)? TV Barn's Aaron Barnhart, perhaps... Continue reading

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   Mothers of Fallen Soldiers Discuss Dover Media Ban

   February 26, 2009 10:42 AM

   While the Obama administration continues, presumably, to review the policy banning the media from photographing the flag-draped coffins of fallen soldiers returning to Dover Air Force Base, listen to "Moms of Fallen Soldiers Discuss Coffin Photo Ban"... Continue reading

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   “It’s Exhilarating To Be Fired At Age 86…”

   February 26, 2009 10:14 AM

   ... is how Liz Smith winds down her final New York Post column today. "It's emasculating" to be fired, Smith tells fellow fired gossip columnist Lloyd Grove at The Daily Beast. Smith on why she thinks she... Continue reading

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   Kenneth’s Response to the “Internet Hoo-Hah”

   February 26, 2009 09:41 AM

   Jack McBrayer, the actor who plays 30 Rock's Kenneth The Page, the character to whom many bloggers compared Gov. Bobby Jindal, the governmor who delivered Tuesday night's response to President Obama's address, delivered last night on Jimmy Fallon's Late... Continue reading

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    WaPo On The End of Big Pimpin’

    February 25, 2009 03:56 PM

    The Boston Globe recently brought us the story of people "Laid Off And Loving It." Today, the Washington Post introduces readers (on A1) to some young people who have been laid off and ... are not liking it... Continue reading

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    Calderone Gets To The Bottom of “Oh God”-Gate

    February 25, 2009 01:14 PM

    Politico's Michael Calderone solves the mystery of "Oh God"-Gate -- that is, which MSNBC anchor's voice could be heard last night whispering, "Oh God" as Gov. Bobby Jindal walked toward the podium to deliver his much-criticized response to... Continue reading

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    First Lady’s Arms Inspire Envy, Suspicion (And Fear?)

    February 25, 2009 11:24 AM

    Michelle Obama Goes Sleeveless, Again" is the annoyed-sounding headline on Jodi Kantor's post on The Caucus Blog at NYTimes.com, observing that the First Lady, as she is wont to do, wore a sleeveless dress during last night's presidential address.... Continue reading

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    “We Will Recover…”

    February 25, 2009 09:55 AM

    ... is the phrase from President Obama's speech last night that seems to have grabbed headline writers at newspapers across the country (according to a quick scan of the Newseum's front pages collection today). Other headline-making quotes: "We will... Continue reading

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    Cooper: “I Guess The Republicans, Then, Are 50 Cent?”

    February 25, 2009 09:32 AM

    Cut the deficit in half...."Restart the engine of our prosperity"... Health care reform... The question on many cable commentators lips immediately following President Obama's address last night was some variation of: Is The President Biting Off More Than He Can... Continue reading

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    Stephanopoulos’s Twitter Misunderstanding

    February 24, 2009 03:00 PM

    "The bass not served w cannabis! 'Pot' short for potato!" read an urgent tweet minutes ago from ABC News's George Stephanopolous regarding the menu served at the http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0209/Obama_lunches_with_anchors_Sunday_hosts.html?showall">lunch he shared earlier today with President Obama... Continue reading

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    Take Our Pundits To Work Day

    February 24, 2009 11:46 AM

    White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs brought MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski (and Morning Joe viewers) on a "behind the scenes" tour of his office this morning. Apart from the actual seeing of the space (new-looking beige carpets, staff... Continue reading

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    Friedman’s Got Fallon’s Back (Strange Column Alert)

    February 23, 2009 04:14 PM

    Marketwatch's Jon Friedman regrets his harsh assessments back when of Katie Couric's first night anchoring The CBS Evening News and Jimmy Kimmel's first weeks as a late-night host. To make up for it, I guess, he's asking... Continue reading

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    NYT’s Incomplete Snark Review

    February 23, 2009 02:20 PM

    Yesterday, the New York Times reviewed David Denvy's book, Snark... minus the chapter (yes, chapter) taking down Times columnist Maureen Dowd. (h/t, Eric Boehlert) Of Dowd's Bush-era columns Denby asks: "Did it ever occur to Dowd that her... Continue reading

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    Column Advice For Paul Krugman

    February 23, 2009 11:29 AM

    In Ryan Lizza's New Yorker profile of Rahm Emanuel, the White House Chief of Staff and "political John McEnroe" offers some advice to New York Times columnist Paul Krugman: “They have never worked the legislative process,” Emanuel said of... Continue reading

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    Does This Count As Early Childhood Education Reporting?

    February 23, 2009 10:16 AM

    I was about to type up a post observing that according to US News & World Report's "Washington Whispers," Chris Matthews may have decided not to run for Senate because he could not answer his friend's question of what... Continue reading

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