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Last Night: Book Parties & Screenings - Posted October 20, 2009
• DC's media types also turned out last night for a screening of HBO's documentary "By the People: The Election of Barack Obama" at MPAA with filmmakers Amy Rice and Alicia Sams. NYT's Jeff Zeleny, the New Yorker's Ryan Lizza and Chicago Sun Times' Lynn Sweet were all actually in the... [FishBowlDC]

Media Types Come Out for GQ's "Most Powerful" Party - Posted October 14, 2009
They may not have made the list, but they made the guest list. GQ editor Jim Nelson welcomed some of DC's official "Most Powerful" and some of DC's most powerful media types to 701 last night for good food, flowing wine and Orszag sightings. In attendance: the White House's Bill... [FishBowlDC]

Kennedy Details and Pool Reports from Hyannis Port - Posted August 27, 2009
What we know: Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton will brief the WH press corps traveling with the President at 1:30pm at Oak Bluffs filing center. President Obama will attend and speak at tomorrow's Celebration of Life memorial service. The First Lady will also attend. Pool Report from the Boston Globe's Jenna Russell: Just... [FishBowlDC]

Bill O'Reilly: Does Pres. Obama Hate 'All Powerful' Fox News? - Posted August 25, 2009
O'Reilly Factor producer Jesse Watters is on Martha's Vineyard covering Pres. Obama's vacation. At a White House briefing yesterday, Watters asked Obama spokesman Bill Burton why the administration seemed to be "so thin-skinned with regards to Fox News?" Burton didn't "accept the premise" of the question from Watters, an O'Reilly producer... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 08.24.09 - Posted August 24, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Happy Birthday to Mike Memoli, who celebrated yesterday, Major Garrett and David Gregory. It is Restaurant Week in DC! What hot spots are you hitting... [FishBowlDC]

Outdoors Writer Bill Burton Passed Away This Morning - Posted August 10, 2009
Writer Bill Burton died early this morning at the age of 82. The legendary outdoors man wrote about fishing and hunting in the Chesapeake Bay for more than 50 years, spent decades at The Baltimore Sun and more recently wrote for The Capital and Bay Weekly. ... [FishBowlDC]

Meet Jen Psaki - Posted August 6, 2009
We see Robert Gibbs everyday, Bill Burton's frequently on the cablers, but lesser know is White House deputy press secretary Jen Psaki. CBS' daily webcast "Washington Unplugged" has launched a new series "Unplugged Under 40" and Kaylee Hartung caught up with Psaki at the White House this week. Spoiler-- Mark Knoller... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 08.06.09 - Posted August 6, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. What we know and what we're reading this Thursday morning... TV | ONLINE | WEST WING REPORTAGE | NEWS NOTES | IN MEMORIAM | JOBS TV Bloomberg will... [FishBowlDC]

So Just Who Has Been Tweeting @WhiteHouse? Mystery Solved - Posted July 27, 2009
The mystery plaguing the blogosphere since White House press secretary Robert Gibbs' appearance on C-SPAN Friday morning has finally been solved. Who has been Tweeting updates on @WhiteHouse if Twitter if blocked on White House computers? Especially since most of @WhiteHouse's updates are "from web." WUSA crack reporter Lindsey Mastis reports back... [FishBowlDC]

Behind the Scenes With Katie at the White House - Posted July 24, 2009
Katie Couric takes us behind the scenes of her interview with President Obama this week, with guest appearances by CBS' White House correspondents Chip Reid and Bill Plante, CBS political director Steve Chaggaris, Deputy White House press secretary Bill Burton ("the enforcer"), White House director of broadcast media Dag Vega and... [FishBowlDC]

FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Press Briefing - Posted July 21, 2009
Herding Congress: On the eve of POTUS's fourth prime-time news conference, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs had no trouble keeping health care in the spotlight in his daily briefing. Reporters pointed out that tomorrow's event would make the tenth in 10 days designed to push the WH message in the ongoing debate,... [FishBowlDC]

How Much Does Gibbs Make Compared To You? - Posted July 2, 2009
The White House posted a 29-page list of its employees' salaries late yesterday... WH press secretary Robert Gibbs, communications director Anita Dunn and director of speechwriting Jon Favreau all cap out at $172,200. WH deputy press secretary Bill Burton still does well, but doesn't quite make the David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel $172,200... [FishBowlDC]

RTCA Dinner Wrap-Up - Posted June 21, 2009
We think the President said it best- "The jokes may not be as good, but neither is the guest list." There were no TomKat or Ashton and Demi sightings. The biggest star (and highest dress slit) in the room was former Miss California Carrie Prejean, followed in star power by actor Tate... [FishBowlDC]

More RTCA Dets: CBS Pre-Parties, Maddow Guest Bartends At MSNBC After-Party, Gibbs To Play MC Rove - Posted June 18, 2009
Ok, we're kidding about Robert Gibbs playing this year's MC Rove, but we have learned of a few more legitimate details to share with you about tomorrow evening's RTCA dinner... • CBS News is hosting a pre-party on the second floor of the convention center. There will be a live band... [FishBowlDC]

Mike Allen's "Surprise" Birthday Party, Brought To You By Starbucks - Posted June 18, 2009
Most of DC wakes up to him, even more of DC wonders if and when he ever sleeps, Politico's Mike Allen never seems to stop. So last night, co-hosts John Harris and Ann O'Hanlon, Jim and Autumn VandeHei, Mike Feldman, Betsy Fischer, Hilary Rosen, Jonathan Karl, Greta Van Susteren and John Coale... [FishBowlDC]

FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Press Briefing - Posted May 5, 2009
Come on Down -- You're the Next Contestant!: Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew joined the party today to announce the administration's global health initiative budget proposal: $63 billion over six years primarily directed toward "a lot of countries in Africa." The Obama team tipped their hats to President Bush and... [FishBowlDC]

FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Press Briefing - Posted May 4, 2009
SCOTUS Idol: Supreme Court Justice David Souter's retirement announcement still hangs over the news cycle as anticipation of his replacement pick has heated up. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, fending off speculation that POTUS will prioritize race and gender, outlined a veritably bi-partisan list of traits for the ideal candidate, "whether it's... [FishBowlDC]

Can You Spot the WH Staffer in This WaPo Photo? - Posted April 9, 2009
A FBDC reader points out that's White House Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton (drinking in the blue) in the middle of this photo on the cover of yesterday's WaPo Food section. ... [FishBowlDC]

Founder of Roll Call, Now Hall of Famer - Posted March 11, 2009
The Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association has announced its 2009 Hall of Fame inductees, who include the founder of Roll Call, Sid Yudain. From the release: Sid Yudain loved to start newspapers. It began when he and his brother produced competing newspapers at home and continued in elementary school, in junior high, at the... [FishBowlDC]

"Budget Cuts Or Something?" -Morning Joe Guest Gov. Deval Patrick - Posted February 24, 2009
According to weather.com, it feels about 15 degrees out today and probably even colder at 6am when MSNBC's Morning Joe begins airing. Beautiful day to anchor for a few hours from the White House North Lawn! Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski (wrapped in blankets) and Willie Geist were joined there by Press... [FishBowlDC]

John Dickerson Guest Hosts CBSNews.com Webcast - Posted February 12, 2009
Slate Magazine's chief political correspondent John Dickerson will guest moderate "Washington Unplugged" tomorrow. The webcast airs at 2pm on CBSNews.com/WashingtonUnplugged. Dickerson will be joined by guests Deputy White House Press Secretary Bill Burton and WaPo's Thomas Ricks, author of "The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq 2006-2008."... [FishBowlDC]

With Less Than a Month to Go, Media/Campaign Clashes Heat Up - Posted October 9, 2008
• During Hannity & Colmes coverage after Tuesday's debate, things got heated between Obama communication director Robert Gibbs and Sean Hannity. Bringing up Hannity's recent special and its use of an interview with Andy Martin, Gibbs said, "Why am I not to believe that everybody who works for the network is... [TVNewser]

Bounds and Burton: Through The America's Newsroom Wringer - Posted September 16, 2008
America's Newsroom anchors Megyn Kelly and Bill Hemmer took a fact-check of some recent campaign ads from Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama directly to spokesmen for each campaign. Kelly went first, and took it to Tucker Bounds of the McCain campaign (reminiscent of the RNC Campbell Brown interview that ended... [TVNewser]

Greta Brings McCain, Obama Camps Together - Posted August 25, 2008
It was their first joint appearance, but it wasn't even on TV. Obama spokesperson Bill Burton and McCain spokesperson Tucker Bounds appeared together for an impromptu interview with Greta Van Susteren on the FOXNews.com's The Strategy Room. Prior to the online appearance, Burton and Bounds were both on Fox Report separately... [TVNewser]

Covering Barack: The New Yorker Depicts Terrorist Fist-Jabbing Couple in Oval Office - Posted July 13, 2008
Ironic or just nuts? The cover of this week's New Yorker is sure to make some waves when it hits newsstands and mailboxes. It depicts the Obama's in the Oval Office revealing their "true" selves: Michelle is a revolutionary feminist(?) sporting an afro, Obama is a Osama-worshiping Muslim who... [FishBowlNY]

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