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'Newsweek' Calls John McCain a Liar

Reporter Michael Isikoff's story of John McCain's unethical relationship with lobbyist Vicki Iseman is up at Newsweek! It's been speculated that news that Isikoff was working on the story is one of the many factors that prompted the New York Times to "rush" their version into print earlier this week. Isikoff's story comes with a nice little mini-bombshell: proof that McCain already lied in his "sweeping denial" of the Times story! More »

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Wayne Barrett Isn't Pissed At Michael Isikoff After All!

There's a feud brewing between Village Voice reporter Wayne Barrett and Newsweek reporter Michael Isikoff over who broke the story about Rudy Giuliani's ties to terror-financiers in the Middle East. Or so a bunch of catty mainstream publications' blogs would have you think! More »

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Media Bubble: 'LAT's Manhattan Project Probably Involves Baquet Moving Back to Manhattan

• The genius Ogilvy & Mather suicide bomber PSA has been pulled. [Guardian]
• Why don't Jack Shafer and Michael Isikoff hang out any more? [Slate]
LAT rearranging the deck chairs. [NYT]
Howard Kurtz loooooves Tony Snow. [WaPo]

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Judith Miller Backlash Roundup

Michael Isikoff finds "the Times' conduct at this point inexplicable." He also reveals in Newsweek that Judy's super-secret magically discovered June notes were "discovered in the [Times'] Washington bureau," rendering a little suspect the paper's former claims that it didn't have any of Ms. Miller's notes.
Syd Schanberg points out a brilliant exchange from Judy's Barbara Walters interview:
Later, Walters, in an awe-filled voice, said: "You were in jail longer than any other journalist." Miller quickly corrected her, "Twice as long as any other journalist."

Greg Mitchell has a buncha questions for Miller and the Times, like why haven't any of those mighty arbiters of political discourse in the Op-Ed section offered any opinions whatsoever on the case?
• If all this criticism actually has you feeling a little bad for Judy, here's a golden opportunity to tell her in person how much respect for have for her, and how much you want to punch that jerk Fitzgerald. The Media Law Resource Center invites you to crash: More »