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If I covered sports media in Boston . . . well, I wouldn't
WatchdogRegardless of its reputation, the New York media always has been a bastion of reserve and sanity compared to our bratty cousins to the northeast. Today's development: a venerable Boston newspaper columnist who moonlights on TV took on a famous......Tags: NESN, Sports, Boston Celtics, Baseball, Major League Baseball
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PBS to go gavel-to-gavel on conventions
The Swampby Frank James Years ago the commercial broadcast networks stopped gavel-to-gavel coverage of political conventions. Scenes of people in funny hats and long-winded politicians at the podium just can't compete against episodes of Lost. But PBS says it will...Tags: Bob Murphy, David Brooks, National Government, The New York Times, Politics
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Dan Patrick reunites with Keith Olbermann on NBC
WatchdogSeveral easy newspaper column topics have come and gone during my vacation; here's another: Dan Patrick is reuniting with Keith Olbermann on NBC's Sunday night football program this fall, another step in the network's strategy of hiring everyone in...Tags: ESPN (tv network), James Brown, Super Bowl, NBC (tv network), Newspaper and Magazine
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New Yorker flap turns attention to satire
The Swampby Katie Fretland The cartoon on the cover of the latest New Yorker magazine depicting Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, as militant radicals drew the ire of the presidential candidates Monday and posed the question of how satirical journalism......Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Al Sharpton, Magazines, Literature, Barack Obama
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More on the Obama humor deficit
The Swampby James Oliphant We discussed last week at length the problem late-night talk show hosts and others (such as a certain New York-based magazine) have had satirizing or mocking Barack Obama. Media critic Howard Kurtz took on the topic on......Tags: Sean Hannity, Magazines, Literature, Barack Obama, Politics
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Columnist Novak hits pedestrian
The Swampby Frank James Politico is reporting that syndicated conservative columnist Robert Novak hit a pedestrian this morning during rush hour, then drove off in his black Corvette. Fortunately, the pedestrian appears to have sustained only minor injuries and...Tags: Bono, John McCain, Disasters and Accidents
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Page: A big story is media's biggest bias
The Swampby Clarence Page A respected group of media researchers has found that Barack Obama gets a lot more coverage than John McCain. I didn't need a think tank to tell me that. After all, Madonna gets more coverage than McCain......Tags: Newspapers, Newspaper and Magazine, Barack Obama, Political Candidates, Washington Post Co.
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Robert Novak's hit-run victim talks
The Swampby Frank James A Washington D.C. radio station got an interview with the pedestrian struck by conservative commentator Robert Novak's black Corvette earlier this week. Turns out the man struck by the 77-year old syndicated columnist is 86-years old (yes,....Tags: Valerie Plame Wilson, Mass Media, Vehicles, Radio Industry, Services and Shopping
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Columnist responds to critics of column on Erin Andrews
WatchdogInteresting Deadspin interview with columnist Mike Nadel, following up on his controversial piece on Erin Andrews' visit to the Cubs' clubhouse earlier this week. (Parental warning: One of the questions contains a non-family-friendly term that is not...Tags: Chicago Cubs
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'My Boys' boss responds to withering WatchDog inquiry
WatchdogMy hodgepodge of a Tuesday newspaper column includes items on the Cowboys starring in the latest "Hard Knocks," YES debuting an A-Rod "Yankeeography," "Mike and the Mad Dog" reuniting in Albany and an interview with "My Boys" creator/executive producer...Tags: Sports, Entertainment, Chicago Bears, Chicago Cubs, Soldier Field
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Tyra Banks portrays Michelle Obama
The Swampby Katie Fretland Supermodel Tyra Banks appears as the First Lady of fashion in the September issue of Harper's Bazaar magazine, posing as Michelle Obama. The photo shoot captures Banks beside a Barack Obama look-alike model in an Oval Office......Tags: National Government, Newspaper and Magazine, Magazines, Services and Shopping, Barack Obama
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Russia's Putin a 'genius': NYP columnist
The Swampby Frank James The oft-controversial and colorful Ralph Peters, the retired Army lieutenant colonel who is also a New York Post columnist, has a take on Vladimiir Putin guaranteed to outrage the Russians and probably many Americans to boot. He......Tags: National Government, George W. Bush, Dmitry Medvedev, Government, Volleyball
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