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   “Dream” Deferred?

   January 27, 2009 03:24 PM

   Earlier this hour, the following weather-related headline appeared on the NBC News Washington Web site: Moments after I took that screen shot, the headline became, "Drivers Beware, Snow Blankets DC Area." (Well,... Continue reading

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   Want To Be “Envelop[ed] in a Multimedia Web of [Rick] Warren’s Message”?

   January 27, 2009 11:56 AM

   Then you'll want to pay the $30 subscription fee Reader's Digest is charging for Pastor Rick Warren's new quarterly magazine, Purpose Driven Connection, which, as the Wall Street Journal reports, also buys you "a bundle of multimedia products" including... Continue reading

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   Franklin: “By Watching [The Inauguration] On TV, I’d Missed It”

   January 27, 2009 11:35 AM

   I recommend (after a colleague recommended it to me) reading Nancy Franklin's "On Television" column in the current New Yorker about the experience of watching President Obama's inauguration on cable TV (an experience that so many of us shared).... Continue reading

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   Woodward Tells Matthews Something He Doesn’t Know

   January 27, 2009 09:30 AM

   I am sure, though I can't find a link at this moment, that I have complained before about the "Tell Me Something I Don't Know" segment of The Chris Matthews Show. This is the part of Matthews's Sunday morning show... Continue reading

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   Could Knowing Everything The Obamas Eat Be Good For You?

   January 26, 2009 03:17 PM

   From a recent Associated Press report: The country's top chefs, several of whom traveled to Washington for Obama's inauguration this week, hope that Obama's flair for good food will encourage people to expand their horizons when it comes... Continue reading

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   Blago to Geraldo: “Is That Ethical?”

   January 26, 2009 01:57 PM

   Fox News's Geraldo Rivera was promised a "2:00 interview" with Gov. Blagojevich. Snubbed by the governor's "sleazy PR guy," Geraldo-- "rather than allow us to be victimized here at Fox News, where the first cable news interview was promised" --... Continue reading

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   Miss New York: Palin, Pageant Misunderstood

   January 26, 2009 12:50 PM

   During the question-and-answer section of Saturday night's Miss America pageant, Miss New York, Taylor Smith, fielded this question: In Governor Sarah Palin's campaign for vice president, the media [ed. note: meaning, SNL?] made an issue of her having been a... Continue reading

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   How To Handle Blago’s “Out-of-Context” Comeback

   January 26, 2009 11:41 AM

   Those words have been "taken out of context" seems to be Gov. Blagojevich's go-to reply when asked by reporters about some of the things he's said or stands accused of saying. For example, on The View moments ago: BARBARA WALTERS:... Continue reading

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   Prez Talks Energy Independence; CNN Cues SUV Ad

   January 26, 2009 10:53 AM

   If you tuned in to CNN just now to watch President Obama take some first steps to reverse Bush administration climate policies (among other things), this is what you saw: PRES. OBAMA:....now is the time to meet the challenge of... Continue reading

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    “Governor Ignores Trial, Goes For Glam”

    January 26, 2009 10:35 AM

    While we await Gov. Blagojevich's appearance on The View (three minutes!), a selection of headlines out of Illinois today: <br... Continue reading

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    Sen. Winfrey

    January 26, 2009 10:18 AM

    Last week, my colleague Megan questioned Oprah Winfrey's inclusion on Forbes's list of the "25 most influential liberals in the U.S. media," writing: ...here she is, included in a list of people who, while some of them straddle the... Continue reading

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    Kristol’s Swan Song, Upstaged

    January 26, 2009 09:29 AM

    I nearly missed the six italicized words below William Kristol's column in yesterday's New York Times ("This is William Kristol’s last column"), so distracting was Maureen Dowd's confession: I love Blago. I love... Continue reading

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    Obama Administration’s “Visual Press Releases”

    January 22, 2009 11:40 AM

    The AP, Reuters and AFP refuse the White House's handouts: Three news agencies refused to distribute White House-provided photos of President Barack Obama in the Oval Office on Wednesday, arguing that access should have been provided to news photographers.... Continue reading

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    Chuck Todd Scolds Single-Source Kennedy’s Out Reporting

    January 22, 2009 10:02 AM

    Of the reporting, which began late yesterday (first from the New York Post and New York Times), that Caroline Kennedy had removed herself from consideration for Hillary Clinton's now-vacant Senate seat, MSNBC's Chuck Todd this morning offered this... Continue reading

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    NSA Knows What Olbermann Said To His Little Nephew In Upstate New York?

    January 22, 2009 09:48 AM

    The National Security Agency spied on journalists, according to former NSA analyst Russell Tice. Part of Keith Olbermann's interview with Tice last night (h/t, Michael Calderone): OLBERMANN: I mention that you say specific groups were targeted. What group or... Continue reading

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    And He Wore Kevlar

    January 21, 2009 04:39 PM

    A welcome break from all the discussion of What The First Lady Wore: Wired on who could have designed President Obama's reportedly bullet-resistant inauguration wear. Also, Howard Kurtz's Fashion Do's and Dont's for Female Reporters Covering... Continue reading

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    Biden’s “A Long-Winded Person”

    January 21, 2009 03:47 PM

    Damon Weaver, the 10-year-old reporter who interviewed Joe Biden back in October, revealed to MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell just now his top two questions for President Obama, should he land such an interview. 1) What are you going to... Continue reading

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    WardrobeGate’s Coattails

    January 21, 2009 02:48 PM

    From Robin Givhan's Washington Post piece about Michelle Obama's Inauguration Day wardrobe (and her fashion choices more generally): The bill for the entire inaugural trousseau was paid by the Obamas, [Katie] McCormick Lelyveld [Mrs. Obama's spokeswoman] said. Would... Continue reading

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    Bush’s “Eyes Shrink, While His Ears Grow”

    January 21, 2009 01:00 PM

    Political cartoonist Daryl Cagle, in the (Midland, TX) Lone Star Iconoclast on "How to Draw President George W. Bush:" Another cartoon characteristic that has grown from years of drawing President Bush are his eyes, two little dots, close together,... Continue reading

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    Malia And Sasha…In the Plush

    January 21, 2009 12:18 PM

    Crain's reports today the latest -- and, for my money, the creepiest, to date-- Malia and Sasha news: the maker of Beanie Babies, Ty Inc., is selling Malia and Sasha Obama dolls. "Marvelous Malia" and "Sweet Sasha" sell for... Continue reading

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