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1. The Kicker

   In Defense of Clothing Coverage

   February 12, 2009 11:35 AM

   At the Washington Post columnist Jeanne McManus argues for more, non-"ham-handed" coverage of what Michelle Obama wears: I understand the dilemma faced by mainstream media in the coverage of this first lady at this moment in time. Of course,... Continue reading

2. The Kicker

   Gates Reviewing Media Ban

   February 11, 2009 01:36 PM

   The New York Times reports: Defense Secretary Robert Gates suggested today that he was open to allowing the media to photograph the flag-draped coffins of fallen soldiers as their bodies and remains are returned to the United States... Continue reading

3. The Kicker

   Michelle Obama Cover Coverage

   February 11, 2009 11:36 AM

   Michelle Obama is on the cover of the March issue of Vogue which, of course, generates its own coverage (in part, I guess, because Obama is only the second American First Lady to appear on Vogue's cover; Hillary Clinton... Continue reading

4. The Kicker

   To Catch A War Criminal?

   February 11, 2009 09:28 AM

   Brian Stelter reports in today's New York Times that an NBC News crew and a Rwandan prosecutor, as part of an NBC News investigation of possible war criminals, recently confronted a Rwandan professor working at a Maryland college "with... Continue reading

5. The Kicker

   CNN’s Toxic Assets Explainer (With Pink Piggy Prop!)

   February 10, 2009 01:35 PM

   Have you ever, while watching cable news, felt embarrassed for (even, insulted by) an anchor and something he said or wore or a visual aid or prop he used to ostensibly enhance his reporting? Of course you have. Today,... Continue reading

6. The Kicker

   Tapper: “Bad Ass” or “Pissy Little Spat?”

   February 10, 2009 01:31 PM

   Is Jake Tapper, ABC News's White House correspondent (and my vote for "Best Question" last night), the "Briefing Room Bad Ass" or an instigator of "pissy little spats?" At The Daily Beast Rachel Sklar gets some of Tapper's... Continue reading

7. The Kicker

   Fox News, Too, Crowdsources Stimulus Bill

   February 10, 2009 12:52 PM

   Megan recently wrote about The Huffington Post "crowdsourcing" its analysis of the stimulus bill and how that effort has worked out (pretty well, actually). Fox News, too, is calling on its readers to pore over the hundreds of pages... Continue reading

8. The Kicker

   What HuffPo Getting a Question Means

   February 10, 2009 11:30 AM

   That The Huffington Post Getting A Question at last night's presidential press conference would raise lots of questions was never in question. President Obama called on The Huffington Post? Who knew they had a White House reporter (<a... Continue reading

9. The Kicker

   Mike’s O’Reilly Ambush Lives On!

   February 10, 2009 09:56 AM

   On last night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart revisited Mike's Memorable Morning At The Bus Stop, a.k.a. his "O'Reilly Ambush." Stewart, too, appreciated O'Reilly's rant about "vicious paparazzi" and "privacy of Americans" coming, as it did, directly after the footage... Continue reading

10. Campaign Desk

    President Obama’s First News Conference: Superlatives!

    February 10, 2009 07:00 AM

    Best Question: Jake Tapper, ABC News TAPPER: “The American people have seen hundreds of billions of dollars spent already. And still the economy continues to free-fall. Beyond avoiding the national catastrophe that you've warned about, once all the legs... Continue reading

11. The Kicker

    Matthews: “Our Breed Looked Pretty Good Tonight”

    February 9, 2009 09:16 PM

    One post-press conference observation from MSNBC's Chris Matthews: Well, I think our breed looked pretty good tonight. I think the press looked very good tonight. They asked great questions. I would be very impressed with the press tonight. Mara Liasson's,... Continue reading

12. The Kicker

    “The Gold Standard For Presidential Q-and-A’s”

    February 9, 2009 04:02 PM

    With President Obama's prime time news conference hours away, veteran political reporter Walter Shapiro ponders at The New Republic "what made [Pres. John F.] Kennedy's performances the gold standard for presidential Q-and-A's" and concludes: John Kennedy was different for... Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    Froomkin On What Reporters Should Ask Tonight

    February 9, 2009 02:47 PM

    Washingtonpost.com's Dan Froomkin compiled a list of questions he'd like to see asked of President Obama at tonight's prime time economic-stimulus-themed news conference, two of which are inspired by recent New York Times columns (Paul Krugman's today and... Continue reading

14. The Kicker

    White House Press Briefings “Like Little British Tea Parties”

    February 9, 2009 02:28 PM

    Yesterday, "author and journalist" Liz Trotta had this exchange with Fox News Live's Eric Shawn (discussion topic: "How Has D.C. Media Handled Obama Administration?"): TROTTA: So far the [White House] news conferences have looked like little British tea parties. I... Continue reading

15. The Kicker

    Sullivan: Newspaper Web Sites Should Go Dark For a Week

    February 9, 2009 12:16 PM

    Earlier, I linked to Steve Brill's "secret" memo to the New York Times urging them to start charging online readers. Brill suggested, at one point, "a new marketing campaign ...'you get what you pay for.'" Here, TJ Sullivan... Continue reading

16. The Kicker

    Sully v. Sully v. Octuplets’ Mom

    February 9, 2009 10:51 AM

    As far as network morning news show viewers know, there is but one story in the news today. According to TVNewser, Good Morning America devoted its "entire first hour" today to Captain Chesley Sullenberger (of the Hudson River... Continue reading

17. The Kicker

    Brill To NYT: You Are Not Fungible

    February 9, 2009 09:57 AM

    Someone emailed to Romenesko a "confidential memo" written by Steve Brill late last year urging the New York Times to "have the fortitude to get off the free-content treadmill" and offering the paper a "plan" for doing so. The... Continue reading

18. The Kicker

    Newsweekly No More

    February 9, 2009 09:27 AM

    Jon Meacham, Newsweek's editor, describes the thinking behind the magazine's planned makeover: "There’s a phrase in the culture, ‘we need to take note of,’ ‘we need to weigh in on.'... That’s going away. If we don’t have something... Continue reading

19. The Kicker

    Tweets of the Rich(ish) and Famous(like)

    February 5, 2009 02:06 PM

    I guess A-List Hollywood has not yet caught the Twitter bug. How else to explain the appearance of CNN's Rick Sanchez on the (New York) Daily News's list of "Top 10 celebrities on Twitter" (to say nothing of... Continue reading

20. The Kicker

    Have Reporters Gone “Pong Slayer” On The Stimulus Bill?

    February 5, 2009 10:56 AM

    Whose In Defense of The Stimulus Bill, Which Republicans Have Given A Bad Name-themed op-ed today do you prefer: E.J. Dionne's in the Washington Post or Gail Collins's in The New York Times? I'm partial to Collins's (it's... Continue reading

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