CNN's Emily Chang writes about her experience in Beijing trying to get a hold of an "Oba-Mao" T-shirt that has been banned by the Chinese government.

We found nothing but could not be sure they hadn't sold them there before. So, I chose that opportune moment to do a piece to camera… Read full post »

The Week takes on the new Sarah Palin vs. The Media squabble over the fact-checking of her book, "Going Rogue." Here are some of its findings:

"The blogosphere has been busy truth-squading [Sarah Palin's new memoir] 'Going Rogue,' reports The New York Times, calling the Associated Press's debunking of… Read full post »

Here's a snippet of this morning's news shows from POLITICO.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told NBC's David Gregory today on "Meet The Press" that she would happily accept an offer from former Gov. Sarah Palin to sit down for a coffee, as mentioned in Palin's new book, "Going Rogue."

"I absolutely would look forward to having coffee. I've never met her.… Read full post »

There have been between 14 million and 34 million cases of 2009 H1N1 between April and Oct. 17, 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced yesterday.

It estimates that 2009 H1N1-related deaths range from 2,500 to 6,000.

The report also said that between about 63,000 and 153,/…

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The Los Angeles Times asks the question this morning after President Barack Obama greeted Japanese Emperor Akihito today with a very low bow, which is often seen as a sign of great respect and deference to a superior in Japan.

The photo is sure to garner the ire of the conservative pundits/…

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The Colorado Springs Gazette, a Freedom Communications Inc. newspaper, laid off 11 employees today, President and Publisher Steve Pope announced.

Seven employees are from the newsroom, three are from circulation and one is from advertising.

Wayne Heilman of the Gazette writes:

The cuts here included sev… Read full post »

Sam Stein of The Huffington Post today wrote about Anita Dunn, the outgoing interim White House communications director, and her parting shots at Fox News:

The outgoing administration spokeswoman took a clear and enjoyable dig, first at Sean Hannity for recently airing spliced footage designed to make… Read full post »

The New York Times News Service will dismiss nearly eyeryone on its editorial staff and will move the news operation to the Gainsville Sun, the service announced yesterday through a report in The New York Times.

David Kaplin writes on PaidContent.org:

The NYTNS edits and syndicates articles from the N… Read full post »

Mark and Gary Stern, two brothers who are veteran publishers, announced today that they plan to launch a daily newspaper for the Detroit area, The Associated Press' Jeff Karoub reported.

Brothers said Friday they'll start publishing the Detroit Daily Press on Nov. 23, selling it for 50 cents daily and… Read full post »

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Here's a short one-minute snippet of reactions to Lou Dobbs sudden departure from CNN. It was compiled by POLITICO. Most everyone was gracious to Dobbs with the exception of Keith Olbermann and The New York Times, who both showed their class once again.

In addition to his on-air comments, Olbermann ha… Read full post »

CNN host Lou Dobbs told The New York Times this evening that he is leaving the cable news channel effective immediately.

“Some leaders in the media, politics and business have been urging me to go beyond my role here at CNN and engage in constructive problem-solving,†Mr. Dobbs said just after 7… Read full post »

Newspapers in the United States reported that they dismissed 366 people from their jobs in the month of October. It's the third consecutive month that the reported number of newspaper employees losing their jobs has been below 425 people.

The biggest cut came from The New York Times, which reported th…

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Here is President Obama at today's ceremony honoring the fallen at Food Hood.

Former GOP congressman Tom Tancredo walked off the set last night during a discussion about health care with Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas and David Shuster.

Shuster, who was sitting in for Ed Schultz on his MSNBC show, asked Tancredo whether the Veterans Administration, which is a single-payer/…

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Ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) yesterday released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in the Pelosi health care bill (H.R. 3962, as a…

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Fox News correspondent Shannon Bream had a live interview on Tuesday afternoon with New Jersey GOP gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie. Afterward, Shepard Smith said on air that Jon Corzine, the Democratic incumbent, should have been interviewed too, and he apologized. Later that evening, Fox incl/…

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Thomas Frank writes today in The Wall Street Journal that President Barack Obama was right about Fox, but his administration should have taken a different approach in attacking the network.

To point out that this network is different, that it is intensely politicized, that it inhabits an alternate rea… Read full post »

Michael Calderone of POLITICO this morning looks at a possible connection between declining circulation in American newspapers and CNN's dead-last finish in ratings behind the partisan competitors of Fox and MSNBC.

Eric Alterman, a media columnist for the Nation, and a frequent critic of the MSM, thin… Read full post »

Fox News White House correspondent Major Garrett gave his side of story about the White House not allowing Fox to participate in a pool interview with pay czar Kenneth Feinberg last week.

Garrett told a Washington radio show today that he's had a "standing request" to sit down with any newsmakers when/…

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Do you have trust in reporters? If so, you are one of the few in America, according to a new Rasmussen report released today.

Only four percent of Americans trust reporters' judgment in matters concerning what's good for the country, the survey reports.

Here is the text of its report:

A Rasmussen Repor… Read full post »

USA TODAY's public relations department was in full force this afternoon as it touted the daily newspaper as leading the nation in total daily print circulation on the day the Audit Bureau of Circulation rated it No. 2 behind The Wsll Street Journal by about 124,000 a day.

For immediate release

USA… Read full post »

Circulation for the country's daily newspapers were in a steep decline over the past six months since September, the Audit Bureau of Circulation reported today.

ABC said that 379 daily newspapers reported an average 10.6 percent drop in their circulation to 30,395,652. This represents one of the most…

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Public-releations agencies are no longer relying on journalists in their efforts to create publicity, Ad Age reports.

As the body count of magazines and daily newspapers continues to rise and the once-robust news and feature holes of surviving publications shrink along with reporting staffs, some mar… Read full post »