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   Even Walter Isaacson…

   February 5, 2009 10:10 AM

   "...has quit subscribing to the New York Times, because if it doesn't see fit to charge for its content, I'd feel like a fool paying for it." So Isaacson (former Time managing editor, current CEO of The Aspen Instiute, and... Continue reading

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   President, “Spotlight Hog?”

   February 4, 2009 01:40 PM

   This morning, MSNBC asked (via chyron), whether President Obama is "Losing His Luster?" And if so, CNN -- via its own chyron just now -- may have located a reason: "Too Much Pres.?" President Obama is, apparently, over-exposed.... Continue reading

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   Presidential Interview “Lightening Rounds”

   February 4, 2009 11:11 AM

   Of the five TV interviews President Obama sat for yesterday, two involved, toward the end, what the anchors described as "lightening rounds," or a series of rapid-fire questions. Here is what that looked like on CNN: ANDERSON COOPER: Final... Continue reading

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   AP: “The Audacity of Acknowledging Poor Judgment”

   February 4, 2009 09:37 AM

   The AP finds a similar refrain throughout President Obama's five TV interviews yesterday. Regarding his handling of the Daschle nomination: : President Barack Obama to CBS: "I screwed up." Obama to CNN: "I think I screwed up,... Continue reading

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   Its, The Economy Stoopid

   February 3, 2009 04:32 PM

   Reports MSNBC: [W]hile blunders and bloopers have ever exasperated the spelling snobs and grammar grunions of the world, our recent woes — housing foreclosures, massive layoffs, rising debt and war — may be ratcheting up the pressure some feel... Continue reading

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   Daschle “Read NYT,” “Called The President”

   February 3, 2009 11:30 AM

   On MSNBC earlier this afternoon, Andrea Mitchell described her phone call with Tom Daschle today and how he came to withdraw as nominee for head of the Health and Human Services Department (h/t, Michael Calderone): MITCHELL: I just got... Continue reading

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   Iraqi Newspapers: Elections (And Egyptian Actresses)

   February 3, 2009 10:38 AM

   The New York Times's Baghdad Blog surveys Iraqi newspaper coverage of the provincial elections. While official election results are not yet in: Iraqi newspapers have spent the time since voting booths closed trying to squeeze early indications of the... Continue reading

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   Career Change?

   February 3, 2009 09:36 AM

   From today's New York Times: An unusual number of journalists from prominent, mainstream organizations started new government jobs in January, providing new kindling to the debate over whether Mr. Obama is receiving unusually favorable treatment in the news media.... Continue reading

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   Headline News From Lauer’s Obama Interview

   February 2, 2009 02:08 PM

   What news was made during Matt Lauer's Super Bowl Sunday interview with President Obama on NBC? What's the headline? Depends, of course, on who was watching: USA Today: "Obama: Substantial number of troops will be home by next... Continue reading

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    Groundhog Tweets

    February 2, 2009 09:48 AM

    Looks like Gen. Beauregard Lee has finally found a way to get out from under Punxsutawney Phil's shadow: "Georgia groundhog uses Twitter, says spring's almost here," reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Among Beau's tweets: "[L]ots of people yelling... Continue reading

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    “Thank God The Newspaper Exists…”

    February 2, 2009 09:23 AM

    ...said Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Novaya Gazeta, "an independent newspaper that has established itself as one of the Kremlin’s sharpest critics and that 10 days ago lost a 25-year-old reporter in what apparently was... Continue reading

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    Nightline’s Future (Per “People With Knowledge Of Meetings”)

    January 29, 2009 11:04 AM

    The New York Times today reports: "ABC Said To Consider 'Kimmel' in 'Nightline' Slot," (that is, moving comedian Jimmy Kimmel's show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, which currently airs at 12:05am, to 11:35pm ). This, according to unnamed in-the-know people who... Continue reading

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    Joan Walsh “Could Never Be” Dick Armey’s Wife (So There!)

    January 29, 2009 10:09 AM

    Chris Matthews sort of lost (or failed to take) control of Hardball last night . What happened? During a loud debate between former Republican Congressman Dick Armey and Salon's Joan Walsh over "Does Rush [Limbaugh] Rule the GOP?," an agitated... Continue reading

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    End Of (Book) World?

    January 29, 2009 09:24 AM

    After February 15, the Washington Post will no longer publish Book World, its stand-alone print book review section. Books coverage, Howard Kurtz reports "will be shifted to the Style section and a revamped Outlook section." But: Book World will... Continue reading

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    Bow Reports

    January 28, 2009 04:56 PM

    Do you know this Lego woman? Look familiar, at all? The LA Times explains. SF Weekly offers additional images. The (Columbia, SC) State reports on the real thing. Continue reading

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    Andrea, Anecdotally

    January 28, 2009 01:19 PM

    Anecdotal evidence gathered mostly via IM by The (New York) Observer suggests that... some of the Observer reporters' gay friends and acquaintances are Andrea Mitchell fans. Some more enthusiastic than others. (In other words: Mitchell, NBC News's Chief Foreign... Continue reading

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    By Blago Interview #14, What’s Left To Ask?

    January 28, 2009 11:11 AM

    What's left to ask when you're conducting the 17th 14th (of 17, total*) interview with Gov. Blagojevich in 48 hours (per Campbell Brown's own tally)? Among the questions CNN's Brown came up with last night: BROWN: How exactly... Continue reading

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    Did Blago Make “Self-Condemning News” On Maddow’s Show?

    January 28, 2009 10:05 AM

    MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, directly after her interview with Gov. Blagojevich last night, wondered on-air: Did he just confess to me that he broke the law but that he thinks it's okay because he broke the law for a good... Continue reading

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    Calling All “Enlightened Philanthropists…”

    January 28, 2009 09:45 AM

    On today's New York Times op-ed page, David Swensen and Michael Schmidt (an investment officer and a financial analyst, respectively, at Yale) call on "enlightened philanthropists" to endow "our most valued news sources" -- and, fast-- "or watch a... Continue reading

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    “The Epidemic That Wasn’t” (Even If We Said It Was)

    January 27, 2009 03:54 PM

    Maybe you're old enough to remember the media coverage of "crack babies" back in the '80s and '90s? Allow the front page of today's New York Times "Science Times" section to refresh your memory. When the use of crack... Continue reading

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