Monday, July 06, 2009

More “Circus” Talk from MSM

Not quite a week after the Politico’s Mike Allen called Sarah Palin a “circus act” – and later attempted to claim he had not done so – CNN’s Tom Forman takes to Anderson Cooper’s blog to celebrate “the final act of Cirque Du Sarah.” Forman even doles out advice to Democrats: “simply sit back and let the GOP burn.”

GMA Leads With Michael Jackson

The night Michael Jackson died I wrote about why we mourn celebrities: “With the loss of anyone famous what we’re really mourning is the passage of our own lives, their death a marker on OUR journey.”

Mediaite Launches

After a series of heated Twitter exchanges and blog posts between Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) and Rachel Sklar (@rachelsklar) over founder Dan Abrams’ role in the new site, Mediaite goes live today. What do you think?

Friday, July 03, 2009

The Key to Huffington Post’s Power

Scanning HuffPo’s front page, I caught a post and a reply that synthesized the power of the site. The blogger is British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who published an entry titled Ban Ki Moon in Burma: The Chance for a New Beginning...

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Politico: WaPo Sells Access for $25K to $250K

Mike Allen is getting attention with this piece… the question is which “Obama administration officials and members of Congress” are participating.

Chuck Todd Rejects Carl Bernstein’s Allegation That Reporters Are Lazy

Patrick highlights an interesting exchange between Chuck Todd and Carl Bernstein. First, Todd gets testy about his journalistic work ethic. Then, as Patrick points out, Todd begins saying the White House press briefing is a sham (a ‘show’), but bites his tongue at the last minute…

Bernstein: It’s Time for the Press to Stop Whining

Famed White House reporter Carl Bernstein Thursday claimed “the press needs to stop whining” during an MSNBC’s Morning Joe segment on Wednesday’s heated exchange between columnist Helen Thomas and White House press secretary Robert Gibbs.

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

The ‘C’ in CNBC Stands for Charlatans

Anyone who watches the financial networks on a regular basis will quickly see the duplicity (and sheer audacity) of stock-picking advice. On a daily basis, a parade of ‘experts’ shows up on CNBC—ostensibly to help investors navigate the markets. In fact, these people do not have a CLUE where the markets are headed….

This Was CNN

CBS Early Show Mentions ‘Comedian’ Al Franken’s Victory and Shows Same Pic as Drudge

In an Early Show segment this morning, Russ Mitchell spoke about ‘comedian’ Al Franken’s victory and showed the same Stuart Smalley photo as Drudge. Fair?