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Congratulations to the Octagon for Grabbing the Most Network Facetime of 2009

According to network-news statistician Andrew Tyndall, Jake "the Octagon" Tapper's inquiring face was on ABC News' air for 370 minutes—or six long hours—last year, making him the most unavoidable network news reporter of 2009. More »

01/06/10

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By John Cook

#journalismism

ABC News' Wrongest Reporter Strikes Again

There was a major terrorism incident this week, which means ABC News' chronically wrong investigative reporter Brian Ross rushed in with a highly suspect blockbuster story about it. This time, he claimed former Gitmo inmates planned the Christmas bombing attempt. More »

12/30/09

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By John Cook

#media

Crack-Smoking TV Newsman Indistinguishable From Colleagues

Former North Carolina TV newsman Jon Robinson is more interesting than most TV newsmen: "What I really wanted to say [on air] is, 'I shot heroin last night and smoked crack and watched eight hours of pornos.'" More »

12/21/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#mediacrack

After E&P Comes Rock 'n Roll

In your freezing Friday media column: Greg Mitchell goes rock-n-roll, 2009 was a dangerous year for reporters, Ted Koppel still chilling out, and your daily local newspaper wingnuttery. More »

12/18/09

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#dancingqueen

Katie Couric's Forbidden Dance of Gin

When CBS News anchor Katie Couric isn't asking Sarah Palin gotcha questions, she's doin' Da Butt, or the Lambada, or whatever white ladies do when the Black Eyed Peas are on the sound system. More unbelievable images after the jump. More »

11/23/09

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#journalismism

Jake Tapper Demands White House Apologize To Fox News

ABC White House correspondent and alleged tool Jake Tapper is furious with the White House for saying Fox News is not a "legitimate news organization." He had an argument with Robert Gibbs about it! More »

10/21/09

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By Pareene

#foxnews

Obama Declares War on the Republic of Fox News

It's war! War between Obama and Fox! All that talk about Democrats being too weak to use American might was wrong: Obama will win Afghanistan and the afternoon! More »

10/12/09

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#blagoplease

Exclusive: How the Press Pandered to Blagojevich after His Arrest

On the morning he was arrested on corruption charges last December, Rod Blagojevich was the nation's biggest greaseball. So obviously, the national press was willing to say anything to land an interview. And we've got their emails to prove it. More »

09/03/09

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By John Cook

#tvnews

Diane Sawyer Will Take Over ABC's World News Tonight Anchor Chair

Click here to read Diane Sawyer Will Take Over ABC's <em>World News Tonight</em> Anchor Chair

In moving Diane Sawyer from GMA to World News Tonight next year, ABC News is shifting a star resource from a hugely profitable morning show to a dying legacy newscast. All so she can sleep in a few hours later. More »

09/02/09

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#clips

Shep Smith Has an HD Surprise for Us!

Studio B With Shepar Smith's new HD weather graphics? They do not really seem completely finished, maybe. But still, Fox is 200% more high-def than all the other cable news networks! Plus! More »

08/19/09

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By Pareene

#journalismism

Beware the Ides of August

Tomorrow is August 15, when we wade into the thickest weeds of summer, sleepy and slow. Everyone's on vacation (or sad they're still working), media B-teams helm the control rooms and Page One meetings, and bullshit stories blossom like gladiolas. More »

08/14/09

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By John Cook

#talkingheads

Going Rate for Talking Head Blather Approaching Zero

Television networks are dying, so they've stopped paying "experts" to come on their news shows. Does that stop the "experts" from showing up at the Today studio at 6:30 a.m.? No, they do it for nothing. More »

08/10/09

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#rockisdead

Aging MSNBC Host Ruins Elvis Costello and Sex For Everyone, Ever

Joe Scarborough was on Jimmy Fallon's show ~~last~~ Wednesday night, and he wanted to work through his mid-life crisis by playing some rock'n'roll guitar. So he played an Elvis Costello song about desperately wanting to get laid, with the Roots. More »

08/07/09

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#layoffs

NBC Lays Off Promo Staffers Nationwide; Makes Reporters Flack Their Stories

We're getting tips that NBC Universal is laying off the creative services staffs—the people that make those awful "news at 11" promo spots—at all of its stations nationwide, and will start producing all promos out of New York. More »

08/07/09

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#thatsentertainment

Glenn Beck: Man of A Thousand Voices

It's best to watch this clip without any context or introduction. Just click, and press play, and prepare to be entertained. More »

08/05/09

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#theunknowable

Click here to read With Only One Possibly Innocent Man's Life Ruined, <i>The Wanted</i> Goes Off the Air

With Only One Possibly Innocent Man's Life Ruined, The Wanted Goes Off the Air

Charlie Ebersol, who got into television through his dad Dick and who directed a movie about a snowboarder once, revolutionized TV news with his new Judgment at Nuremberg-meets-Dog the Bounty Hunter show The Wanted. More »

07/29/09

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By Pareene

#fox

Another Reason to Love Shep Smith

Fox anchor and car chase aficionado Shepard Smith is probably the best anchor on TV right now, both for pure entertainment value and for his genuinely non-partisan commitment to telling the truth as he sees it. Also he hates Boston. More »

07/27/09

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By Pareene

#lawsuits

Dan Rather was awarded access to thousands of documents in his lawsuit against CBS. [Times]

07/22/09

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Fox News In the Gutter, Looking at the Czars

The Fox crew are plain goin' nuts about how Obama has appointed many people whom the media have dubbed "Czars." They will not shut about about the Czars! You know who else hated Czars, guys? How soon we forget! More »

07/13/09

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By Pareene

#carchase

Shep Smith Gets Another Late-Afternoon Car Chase

What's that? A car chase, in Houston? Studio B With Shep Smith was on the case! It is, as always, delightful. Though it wasn't as exciting as last week's, you wouldn't know it from listening to Shep.

07/06/09

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