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1. Behind the News

   Best of 2008: Liz Cox Barrett’s Picks

   December 26, 2008 05:18 PM

   1) Media's Mixed Nuts I personally enjoyed cataloging how reporters handled Jesse Jackson's open mic moment. So prudish. Also, I learned a new word: orchiectomy. 2) Lara Logan This is one example of an ongoing issue... Continue reading

2. The Kicker

   Some Things Borrowed

   December 23, 2008 12:47 PM

   For a 2007 New Yorker piece exploring how Picasso borrowed from Rembrandt, did Simon Schama borrow too much from an earlier, longer, essay (one which Schama does credit/mention in his piece)? Peter Hellman argues that case at the... Continue reading

3. The Kicker

   “Beach Body”

   December 23, 2008 10:52 AM

   Perhaps you've seen, in some form, this image? Politico has the background on who shot it (not a member of Obama's traveling press corps), which publications have run it, and... Continue reading

4. The Kicker

   Morning Joe’s Three “No’s”

   December 23, 2008 09:57 AM

   Howard Kurtz profiles Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC's Morning Joe, revealing that Brzezinski and cable go back a long time (before Joe, there was "Melissa"): While attending Washington's Madeira School, she and a friend started the "Mika and Melissa... Continue reading

5. The Kicker

   CPJ: Iraq Still “Deadliest Nation For Press”

   December 23, 2008 09:25 AM

   Forty-one journalists were killed worldwide "in direct connection to their work" in 2008, according to The Committee to Protect Journalists. This is down from last year's 65 killed, a decrease "largely attributable to Iraq, where deaths dropped from... Continue reading

6. The Kicker

   Schieffer’s “Facelift Gone Wacko…”

   December 22, 2008 04:45 PM

   ...is actually just "dental work," as he explained, in rhymes, on Face The Nation yesterday, h/t, FishbowlDC. (Is it me? I don't see anything different about Schieffer's face even as "apologizes" for his "Joker's leer," saying, "Mr. Christmas fat-face... Continue reading

7. The Kicker

   NYT Is Sorry. Again. For Botched Kennedy Coverage

   December 22, 2008 03:50 PM

   Another day, another "Editor's Note" in the New York Times prompted by rushed ClintonSenateSeatStakes (Caroline Kennedy) coverage. On December 10, there was this (the Times failed to call and verify that a certain phone call actually occurred). Today, we... Continue reading

8. The Kicker

   Obamas-In-Hawaii Headlines

   December 22, 2008 03:11 PM

   A look at some of the Obamas-Vacation-in-Hawaii headlines so far (keeping in mind Charlie LeDuff's "don't be boring" mantra): ABC News gives us the uninspired, "Obamas Say Aloha To Hawaii" (which sounds no more inspired, Extra... Continue reading

9. The Kicker

   Labash on LeDuff

   December 22, 2008 01:03 PM

   Matt Labash profiles Detroit ("the city where the sirens never sleep") for the Weekly Standard, a profile in which Charlie LeDuff, formerly of the New York Times, now a metro reporter for The Detroit News, plays a starring... Continue reading

10. The Kicker

    Just Dance

    December 22, 2008 12:23 PM

    23/6 describes its "danceable symphony of graphics and noises entirely constructed from every single cable news sound effect or theme song that we could get our hands on" as "Mozart + Wolf Blitzer + Timabaland = this" (h/t, TVNewser).... Continue reading

11. The Kicker

    AP: Michelle Obama’s “Hairstyles Probably Will Be Scrutinized”

    December 22, 2008 12:11 PM

    What makes you think so, Associated Press? (And, are you implying you won't partake?) The AP makes this bold predication at the end of an article about all the D.C.-area hair stylists jockeying for... Continue reading

12. The Kicker

    Are You On The List(s)?

    December 22, 2008 10:34 AM

    1) Politico's "Top Ten Media Blunders of 2008" (three of the top five involve MSNBC) 2) E&P's list of "Top 10 Newspaper Industry Stories Of The Year" (Number one? "Record Job Cuts." Writes E&P's Joe Strupp: "Three... Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    NYT’s Zimbabwe Coverage (What “Deterioration” Means)

    December 22, 2008 10:00 AM

    A reminder of what, generally, we stand to lose as newspapers close overseas bureaus and otherwise cut back on foreign coverage. Today's print New York Times includes two articles about Zimbabwe. One, on A11, is a short AP article... Continue reading

14. The Kicker

    NJ “Plog” “Shuns Web, And Thrives”

    December 22, 2008 09:18 AM

    The TriCityNews, an Asbury Park, NJ alt weekly with a print run of 10,000, "is prospering precisely because it ignores the Web," reports David Carr in today's New York Times. "Why would I put anything on the Web?"... Continue reading

15. The Kicker

    “I Saw Someone On Cable Say This…”

    December 18, 2008 10:23 AM

    ... were Obama campaign manager David Plouffe's "least favorite words in the English language," according to Mark Leibovich's profile of Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine. Also: Staff members were encouraged to ignore... Continue reading

16. The Kicker

    Counting Questions

    December 17, 2008 04:43 PM

    Number of questions President-Elect Obama has taken at press conferences since being elected? 48 The Washington Times' Christina Bellatoni is keeping a tally, with names/outlets (h/t, Michael Calderone). Her own name is not on the list but,... Continue reading

17. The Kicker

    We’re “Harboring” Ex-Journos Here

    December 17, 2008 04:35 PM

    Over at Slate, Jack Shafer gives a shout-out of sorts to our "Parting Thoughts" series: Hardly a day goes by, it seems, without some laid-off or bought-out journalist writing a letter of condolence to himself and his profession.... Continue reading

18. The Kicker

    Scarborough’s “Big Apology” to NYT

    December 17, 2008 01:09 PM

    The bee in Joe Scarborough's bonnet this morning? This story -- "Obama's $10 Billion Promise Stirs Hope In Early Education" -- and the accompanying photo (Obama smiling, seated in a preschool classroom) on the front page of the New... Continue reading

19. The Kicker

    Spitzer: Being a Columnist “Sucks”

    December 17, 2008 12:25 PM

    "It sucks. I used to be governor of New York," http://blogs.ft.com/gapperblog/2008/12/eliot-spitzer-shows-his-face-in-chinatown/">said a smiling Eliot Spitzer to John Gapper, the Financial Times's "chief business commentator," when Gapper asked him "how he was enjoying life as a columnist" for... Continue reading

20. The Kicker

    Sight For Sore Eyes on CNN

    December 16, 2008 10:03 AM

    No, not Anderson Cooper. A visual calm (well, not quite that) has come to CNN. The cable network has retired its bottom-of-the-screen news crawl ("The Ticker") and replaced it with rotating phrases/headlines (The Flipper") that actually stay static on... Continue reading

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