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   Fleischer to WH Press: Don’t “Act Like Fools On National TV”

   February 23, 2009 09:41 AM

   Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer predicts White House reporters will "make themselves look bad if left to their own devices" -- that is, if permitted to shout out questions at presidential press conferences rather than being called on... Continue reading

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   Reporter-Rodent

   February 19, 2009 10:31 AM

   Michael Miner was worried he'd have nothing to tell the young, aspiring journalists at an upcoming panel discussion. After talking to a fellow journalism vet, he's come up with this advice: Live like rats, I’ll tell the kids, and... Continue reading

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   “Bait[ing]” Sasha Obama

   February 19, 2009 09:55 AM

   Having filed her official Washington Post column about her recent ride with fellow columnists (Bob Herbert, Ron Brownstein, E.J. Dionne, Clarence Page) on Air Force One, Kathleen Parker dumped what remained in her notebook at The Daily Beast... Continue reading

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   Somali U.N. Official Calls For “Truce”…”In Reporting”

   February 18, 2009 04:28 PM

   "Why is a U.N. diplomat comparing Somali reporters to Rwandan war criminals?" asks Anna Husarska, a senior policy adviser at the International Rescue Committee, in a column for Slate. Background: On February 2 in Mogadishu a roadside bomb... Continue reading

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   “NY Post In Obama-Chimp-Stimulus-Racism Flap…”

   February 18, 2009 01:02 PM

   ... right where the tabloid wants to be? For more on this "flap," see first here, and then here and, here. (The headline to this post is Portfolio's. And I thought I'd already found the... Continue reading

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   Panhandle in Polk-Worthy Prose

   February 18, 2009 11:08 AM

   Gay Talese! You just won a George Polk Award for career achievement! What will you do next? Apparently, this. Continue reading

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   “Media Being All Over” Bristol

   February 18, 2009 10:35 AM

   Fox News squeezed a second night out of Greta Van Susteren's interview with 18-year-old Bristol Palin (mother of baby Tripp and daughter of Gov. Palin, who also made an appearance in the interview). Wasn't much to it,... Continue reading

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   Can’t Touch This

   February 18, 2009 10:22 AM

   Try as they might, U.S. tabloids and cable news folks just can't sex up a chimp attack quite like the Brits. The (UK) Times packs it all in to the headline and lede: "Celebrity chimp who savaged handler in... Continue reading

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   Talking Back To Headlines

   February 18, 2009 10:04 AM

   AP: "'Truth commission' could spark more partisanship" Me: Ya think? Continue reading

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    Is Your Blog Among Time’s “25 Best?”

    February 18, 2009 09:30 AM

    Talkingpointsmemo tops the list. Andrew Sullivan's The Daily Dish made the cut, as did Paul Krugman's The Conscience of a Liberal and The Huffington Post. Among the "Most Overrated Blogs?" Gawker. Daily... Continue reading

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    You Had Us At Chimp Attack

    February 17, 2009 04:42 PM

    That chimp attack in Connecticut? Startling, upsetting story, to say the least. 200-pound pet chimpanzee in Stamford, Connecticut severely mauls a woman. Owner stabs chimp repeatedly but fails to stop the attack. Chimp goes after police when they arrive... Continue reading

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    15 Most-Visited Newspaper Web Sites

    February 17, 2009 02:07 PM

    Neiman Journalism Lab tallied "the top 15 newspaper websites of 2008" by average monthly unique visitors (based on Nielsen Online data). Topping the list, by far, The New York Times, with 19,503,667 average monthly unique visitors in 2008... Continue reading

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    And Tomorrow’s Polks?

    February 17, 2009 12:10 PM

    It's hard to read about all the outstanding journalism (investigative, international, local, labor, environmental, etc.) recognized by the George Polk Awards yesterday and not wonder, as someone said in our news meeting this morning, how's this sort of reporting... Continue reading

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    Bristol Palin More Comfortable On The Record Than Van Susteren

    February 17, 2009 10:37 AM

    Part 1 of Greta Van Susteren’s interview with Gov. Sarah Palin’s 18-year-old daughter, Bristol Palin (and family), aired last night on Fox News. Van Susteren appeared rather uncomfortable at times (more so than Bristol) talking about the stated... Continue reading

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    More on Dover Media Ban

    February 17, 2009 08:58 AM

    The Washington Post has a piece today on the Dover media ban, including a brief history of the policy and this on its future: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates expects a review of the issue back within days,... Continue reading

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    Pelosi: “The Media Did Not Fairly Repesent Them”

    February 16, 2009 04:03 PM

    From Salon's Q&A with Alexandra Pelosi (daughter of Nancy, director of Journeys With George) about her new documentary, "Right America: Feeling Wronged. Some Voices From The Campaign Trail," for which Pelosi "attend[ed] McCain and Sarah Palin... Continue reading

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    TNR Surveys “The Carnage”

    February 16, 2009 02:26 PM

    The current issue of The New Republic offers many ways (long and short, funny and less-so) to worry about journalism (not to mention, "What's Politico Doing to Journalism?" from which, an excerpt): [Politico's... Continue reading

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    Breaking: Luke Russert Has Not “Yet” Begun To Tweet

    February 16, 2009 01:07 PM

    Twitter may be "taking off among Washington journalists," but there are -- believe it or not -- still some reporters who have not yet begun to Tweet. Including MSNBC's "youth issues" correspondent, Luke Russert, as viewers learned earlier today... Continue reading

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    “Understand More…” Or Not

    February 16, 2009 12:01 PM

    Maybe you've noticed the odd little circle diagrams below some news articles on The Washington Post's web site? (I hadn't, but a more observant co-worker pointed them out). The Post has partnered with a company called Evri which provides,... Continue reading

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    Home Alone

    February 16, 2009 10:02 AM

    Secretary of State Clinton is on her first overseas trip for the Obama administration. Over the weekend, CNN's John Roberts interviewed Bill Clinton and, um, teased one segment from the interview as follows: I'll have more of my conversation with... Continue reading

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