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Carly Fiorina Hands Sean Hannity a New Tagline

Yesterday, Carly Fiorina, California's brand new Republican Senatorial candidate, had herself an open mic situation while waiting to begin an... More

Going underwater with the AP

Via Joe Strupp (once of Editor & Publisher, now with Media Matters) here's a clip of AP reporter Rich Matthews... More

Pick a Narrative, any Narrative…

So, the results from Super Duper Tuesday are in. What insta-narratives are our leading press outlets constructing? Let’s take a... More

Primaries & The Gang

And the feelin's right/Oh, yes it's... ABC News CBS News's Bob Schieffer: "The biggest election day of the year heading... More

FP On How Media Misread Tehran

Foreign Policy has an interesting package of stories reflecting on the media coverage of last year's elections in Iran, including... More

WaPo denies allegation it sat on WikiLeaks video

Whoever had been posting to the WikiLeaks Twitter account over the last 12 hours has had some very unkind words... More

Sure, He’s an Arrogant Opportunist, but Once You Get to Know Him…

A little while back, in the course of marveling at the entertaining endorsements emanating from the Arkansas press corps, I... More

Those Who Play Spray Together…

What do you get when you bring together a water slide, Wolf Blitzer (among other journalists), water guns, and Rahmbo... More

Arrest in WikiLeaks killing video probe

Wired posted quite a scoop last night: Specialist Bradley Manning, a 22-year-old Army soldier deployed to Iraq, has been arrested... More

“When Jesus Rode a Gay Dinosaur That Had Breast Cancer…”

... to See a Historically Famous American President." David Carr's (slightly?) exaggerated stab at a typical newsweekly "single topic" cover... More

NYT Sourcing: An “Internet Link” “Alleges…”

How's this for sourcing (flagged by a tipster) in the New York Times's A1 story today, "Turkish Funds Helped Group... More

Fineman on Gores: “Finally”

The "surprise" of it all. That has been the overwhelming theme in the (unsurprising) flurry of awkward, speculative commentary from... More

Turner on CNN: More Green Journalism; “Less Yellow Journalism”

CNN is 30 years old today! The on-air celebration has been, so far, low key. There was birthday cake at... More

Meet the “Shadow Congress”

TPM's Zachary Roth (formerly of CJR) and Justin Elliott have put together an interactive map of the "Shadow Congress," the... More

Taking out the Sestak Trash

With Obama’s promise at yesterday’s press conference that the White House would imminently (“When I say ‘shortly,’ I mean shortly.... More

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