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February 2008
- Black Crowes Squawk at Sham Maxim Review
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | Feb 27, 08 2:42 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Pick a number, any number: Maxim 's 2.5-star rating—out of 5—for the Black Crowes' latest album was little more than a guess, the magazine admitted yesterday. No advanced copies were released, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, but that didn't stop Maxim's critic from decreeing in the March issue that Warpaint "hasn't left Chris Robinson and the gang much room for growth." More »
- Dem Debate Oddly Like 'SNL' Parody
  
  New York Times | Feb 27, 08 11:28 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton was so taken by last week's "Saturday Night Live" sketch that had moderators fawning over Barack Obama in a debate between the two candidates that she brought it up in the real debate last night. And the debate lived up to the SNL spoof, Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times : the anchors needled her constantly and seemed to go out of their way to show Obama at his unflappable best. More »
- Journos Find Fault With NYT Story
  
  Cleveland Plain Dealer | Feb 25, 08 7:31 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The New York Times ’ bombshell story about John McCain’s ethics problems—and his allegedly inappropriate relationship with a lobbyist—is nearly a week old, but the media world is still reacting: The Cleveland Plain Deale r’s ombudsman explains that his paper’s editor was too uncomfortable with the romantic angle to run the Times piece—which he accuses of “unsubstantiated innuendo”—and decided to run the unsexed Washington Post story instead. But they drew criticism from readers anyway. More »
- Blogger Wins Award, Vindication
  
  New York Times | Feb 25, 08 1:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The blogosphere is rejoicing in the news that “local boy” Joshua Micah Marshall garnered a George Polk Award for legal reporting. Marshall's Talking Points Memo blog is the first Internet-only operation to win the award, and many bloggers see that as validation, reports the New York Times . Marshall won for coverage of the US attorney firings scandal. More »
- McCain Support Comes From All Corners
  
  Politico | Feb 22, 08 2:03 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - One day after the New York Times reported on John McCain's "close bond" with Vicki Iseman, reaction is still developing, and not necessarily along ideological lines. Observers of the observers offer their impressions. Popular liberal bloggers, "breaking with partisan patterns, are expressing discomfort," Ben Smith of Politico writes, adding, ""The defense of McCain from the left reflects well on the blogs' objectivity.” More »
- Right Rallies to McCain's Defense Against NYT
  
  ABC News | Feb 21, 08 6:12 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Conservative media figures who previously shunned John McCain stood up for him today—but also said he had it coming to him for wooing the mainstream press, ABC reports. Sean Hannity called the New York Times story on McCain's relationship with a lobbyist “beyond disgraceful." Rush Limbaugh, lumping the media in with the left, said, “The lesson is liberals are to be defeated. You cannot reach across the aisle.” More »
- McCain Story Spurred Turmoil at Times
  
  New Republic | Feb 21, 08 1:40 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Today’s New York Times bombshell alleging improper ties between John McCain and a lobbyist dropped only after three months of feuding between reporters who thought they’d “nailed” a story and the Gray Lady’s unsatisfied editor, the New Republic reports. One writer quit the paper over the holdup; another staffer begged off covering McCain's campaign because he felt like “a pawn.” More »
- Wanted: Comic Who Can Imitate This Candidate
  
  New York Post | Feb 20, 08 6:31 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The latest indication Barack Obama is one of a kind: Saturday Night Live can’t find an actor to impersonate the Democratic presidential candidate. Show mastermind Lorne Michaels says mimicking any celeb's “mildly irritating” minor tics is crucial to any impersonation. The show, returning Saturday from the writers' strike, could have a new cast member portraying the Illinois senator, the New York Post reports. More »
- 3 Danish Papers Reprint Cartoon of Muhammad
  
  Bloomberg | Feb 13, 08 6:10 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - After yesterday's arrest of three men allegedly plotting to kill a Danish cartoonist, the country's three largest newspapers all reprinted the offending cartoon, Bloomberg reports. Kurt Westergaard's controversial depiction of the prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb in his turban was originally printed in 2005 by Jyllands-Posten , which reproduced it again today. More »
- Help With Post-Strike TV Schedules
  
  Chicago Tribune | Feb 11, 08 12:16 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - If everything goes according to plan and writers get back to work on Wednesday, when will scripted TV shows get back on the air? In general, the most popular shows will go into production again immediately, but many others won't return until the next season, if at all, reports Chicago Tribune blogger Maureen Ryan. More »
- MSNBC Anchor Apologizes for 'Pimped Out' Jab at Clinton
  
  Washington Post | Feb 8, 08 6:22 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - MNSBC suspended anchor David Shuster today after he drew fire from Hillary Clinton's camp for saying former first daughter Chelsea was being “pimped out in some weird sort of way” by her mother’s campaign. Shuster apologized on air earlier tonight, though he at first stood by the comments, made yesterday, even after a spokesman called his remark offensive, the Washington Post reports. More »
- Cautious TV Wins Super Tuesday
  
  New York Times | Feb 6, 08 10:47 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - It was a chastened, circumspect TV news machine that creaked into action last night, the New York Times reports. After trusting ultimately incorrect polls in New Hampshire, pundits seemed terrified of making bold calls—a strategy that worked out, since the primary bonanza settled nothing. The biggest gaffe came from the AP, which erroneously called Missouri for Hillary Clinton. More »
- Moguls Take Feud to Court
  
  New York Times | Feb 4, 08 1:45 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The escalating fight between media barons Barry Diller and John Malone over control of IAC/Interactive Corp. has its origins in the men’s shared talent for wheeling and dealing, the New York Times reports in a portrait of the colorful, headstrong, vastly different moguls. Both have faced accusations of chasing deals that benefit them more than shareholders—a complaint high among those Malone’s Liberty Media has levied against Diller. More »
- The Cry Echoes: Leave Britney Alone!
  
  Times (UK) | Feb 1, 08 10:48 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - As Britney Spears' public meltdown continues, the pop star has found an unlikely defender: Alistair Campbell, Tony Blair's spin doctor. Writing in the Times of London, Campbell confesses to being a big Spears fan—her songs keep "popping up in the '25 most listened to' on my running iPod"—and regrets her transformation from human being to "news commodity." More »
January 2008
- Fox's Fortunes Fall With GOP's
  
  Salon | Jan 31, 08 6:06 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Fox News soared eight years ago by hitching its star to Republicans in general and George W. Bush in particular; now that the president’s in decline and its one-sided approach is no mystery, the channel has hit the skids. Democrats' refusal to debate on Fox damaged its reputation—and the station’s been embarrassingly unable to get candidate access, Salon 's Eric Boehlert writes. More »
- Post Slams Hillary in Backing Obama
  
  New York Post | Jan 31, 08 2:15 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The New York Post today endorsed Barack Obama in Tuesday's Democratic primary, but devoted most of its space to railing against “the opportunistic, scandal-scarred, morally muddled” Clinton couple. Words like “thuggish,” “cynical,” and, of course, “triangulating,” flew in the right-wing tabloid. Only a few column inches were saved to argue that Obama, though short on “seasoning,” has “the ability to inspire.” More »
- Scribe to Papers: Stop Endorsing
  
  Attytood | Jan 31, 08 8:19 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Newspapers should stop endorsing candidates, Philadelphia Daily News blogger Will Bunch writes, because the practice makes editorial pages look disingenuous. Most papers have been stepping up with one nod to a Democrat and another to a Republican, he notes; what could be more ridiculous than supporting Barack Obama and John McCain—whose policies are diametrically opposed—in the same breath? More »