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Wednesday Crib Sheet: O'Keefe Honored, Pentagon Vindicated

– James O’Keefe is recognized for his new media achievements: James O’Keefe, founder of Project Veritas, was recognized this week by Forbes Magazine in its list of “30 Under 30” within the media category for his investigation of National Public

Nashville Media Reports OWS Fight On Christmas Day

What? More violence and fighting at an OWS encampment? Say it isn’t so? A tale of two cities’ coverage: Nashville immediately reported the slapfight at their OWS hobo HQ: Occupy Nashville protesters have been together since October 6 on Legislative

White House's Relations With Media Turn Nasty

The Washington Post reports that journalists are complaining of the White House’s heavy-handed rudeness towards them when they do anything but fawn over the administration, branding the correspondence “nastygrams.” … this year, some reporters say, things have taken a decidedly

In Memoriam: Lynn Samuels (1942-2011)

She had the courage to be who she was. From the New York Daily News: On the radio, Samuels was exactly what much of the country thinks New York sounds like. She had a city accent she never tried to

WaPo: Journalists Complain White House Overly Combative

WaPo: The White House’s relationship with the reporters who cover it has blown hot and cold throughout history. And this year, some reporters say, things have taken a decidedly frosty turn. When a reporter gets something wrong or is perceived

Friday Crib Sheet: Twitter Accusations, Cocktail Weiner

– Jib Jab’s biggest stories of 2011, as told via paper cutouts: [youtube 2zls4Ao3GyM nolink] – MEMRI: Twitter breaks US law with its indirect support of jihad: As part of its research, the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor follows

MSNBC To GOP Rep: 'Why Are You Protecting The 1%?'

Who is this Roberts guy? Did they pick him up off the sidewalk back when Zucotti Park was still a hobo heaven, shower up him, shave him, slap a suit on him and stick him behind the camera? Check out

Tuesday Crib Sheet: TV's Most Powerful, Politifact's Lie Of The Year

– The 10 Most Powerful In Television News. – Jake Tapper introduces ABC’s “OTUS.” video platform video management video solutions video player – Plus: ABC’s new tagline “See the whole picture.” – The NYT sells off 16 regional papers. –

Whoa: Mad Magazine's Latest Cover

The hemorrhage of support continues. As 2011 comes to an end, we dive right into the deep end with the MAD 20 – our annual wrap-up of the dumbest people, events and things of the year! From Kim Kardashian to

Sound Bite Of The Day: Firestarter

What a glorious one-liner: “You are a pyromaniac in a field of straw men.” It’s Will vs Reich. Newsbusters has the transcript [bold my emphasis]: CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, HOST: Can government, should government do what the congressman is doing and allow

Progressive Media Meeting With Obama

From Jake Tapper’s Tweet: Progressive talking heads and journolisters meeting the President? Any guesses in the comments as to their meeting agenda? I’m sure the these transparent media folks will disclose this on their shows tonight or within their column

Saudi Prince Buys Massive Stake In Twitter

From Fox Business/Reuters: Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, an investor in some of the world’s top companies, has bought a stake in Twitter for $300 million, gaining another foothold in the global media industry. Alwaleed, a nephew of Saudi

Sunday Crib Sheet: Media Picks Its Candidate, CJR Irony

– And the media begins moving a little less discreetly to cram Mitt Romney down our throats: Sara Murray of the Washington Wire asks: “Can tea partiers grow to love Mitt Romney?” Iowa’s Des Moines Register (dude) endorses Romney. Why

Friday Crib Sheet: NBC Catfight And Elements Of Style, Rap Style

– RIP Chris Hitchens. – Catfight! The claws are out for Chelsea at NBC. The former first daughter is the focus of “intense jealousy” among the show’s female cor respondents, including news veterans Ann Curry, Natalie Morales, Kate Snow and

Lib Talker Bill Press To Tim Tebow: 'S.T.F.U.'

Courtesy of Brian Maloney at The Radio Equalizer, former CNN host Bill Press demonstrates what a tolerant, class act he is … not! [youtube 9z_YZObTX64#!] BILL PRESS (15 DECEMBER 2011) (29:45): Oh yeah, all right all right yeah first of

Thursday Crib Sheet: Fox's 'Obamaney,' Ryan Seacrest for Matt Lauer?

– Huffington Post said they simply couldn’t allow Andrew Breitbart on their pages due to “ad hominem,” but this didn’t stop them from publishing the same from Bill Maher. – Michelle Malkin and Sean Hannity disagree on 2012 candidates. Malkin:

Chuck Todd Flips The Bird On National Television

[youtube 05-q98JXr-s nolink] From Breitbart.tv: NBC News’ Chuck Todd was caught giving an obscene gesture on live, national television this morning. It’s the latest in a series of “mistakes” that seem to continue slip by the producers of the low-rated

Stephanopoulos To Replace Amanpour On "This Week"

ABC’s “This Week” is bringing back George Stephanopoulos little more than a year after Christiane Amanpour replaced him and sent him to NYC for their morning show. There were rumors of Amanpour’s departure for some time, that the shakeup came

Seventy Years Later

Pausing to remember. […] These great Japanese successes, achieved without prior diplomatic formalities, shocked and enraged the previously divided American people into a level of purposeful unity hardly seen before or since. For the next five months, until the Battle

Wednesday Crib Sheet: What Dems And GOP Watch, Soros Moves In On NBC

– Entertainment Weekly: Republicans and Democrats watch different things. Republicans don’t watch MTV’s Jersey Shore. But they dig ABC’s Castle. Democrats don’t like Discovery’sDeadliest Catch. But they swoon for NBC’s Parks and Recreation. Those are a few of the findings

Screencap Of The Day: "Celebrity Apprentice: Politician Edition"

For sheer comedic purposes. Trump’s attempt to keep one foot in the pundit/moderator ring while another is in the will-he-or-won’t-he possible candidacy ring is a bit of a stretch where it concerns legitimacy. While I would prefer Trump as a