Byron Tau

Morning Chatter - Posted April 4, 2012
Quotes of the Day NBC TODAY show's Savannah Guthrie's feet brought to us by NBC Investigative Correspondent Jeff Rossen... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Chatter - Posted April 2, 2012
Quotes of the Day Ouch! HBO comedian Bill Maher performing last night at Rockville, Md.'s Strathmore auditorium: "To me, John Boehner feels female. He wears a lot of bronzer and cries a lot. I need to see his d!@k. The short form." (Maher in ... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Chatter - Posted March 21, 2012
Quotes of the Day Our blind item from Valentine's Day: Read here. Two TV journos part ways...... [FishbowlDC]

Gorillas in Our Midst - Posted December 5, 2011
Politico's Byron Tau reported this weekend on White House Press Secretary Jay Carney's odd... [FishbowlDC]

Politico Hires Globe Reporter to Pick Up the Slack - Posted November 29, 2011
Politico has hired Boston Globe's Donovan Slack to be a senior reporter on their 44 page, which chronicles President Obama. She replaces ... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted November 28, 2011
Quotes of the Day -- the post holiday edition HuffPost's Sam Stein's potential Chanukah present from Ralph Lauren: "Is this sweater a joke? (mom wants to get me it for Chanukah)." ... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted October 6, 2011
Quotes of the Day NBC newsmanTom Brokaw on Day 1 of the Washington Ideas Forum... [FishbowlDC]

Fish Food - Posted September 28, 2011
(A Sprinkling of Things We Think You Ought to Know...) Roll Call HOH's New Offspring Feature - In a new occasional series, HOH will introduce readers to the offspring of lawmakers. This means grandkids, nieces, nephews, spouses of pols who grew up on the Hill and now work ... [FishbowlDC]

A Penguin in Politico's Lobby? - Posted August 5, 2011
Politico Deputy Politics Editor Sara Libby is reporting over Twitter that there's a penguin in Politico's lobby. "OMG this is happening, there's an actual penguin the lobby," she wrote. Her first remark: "AHHHHHH" UPDATE: And the accusations and new Twitter handles are already flying. After Politco's ... [PRNewser]

Politico's Tau Jumps From Smith to Allen - Posted August 2, 2011
Politico's Byron Tau will no longer be taking orders from his superior Ben Smith. But don't fear, he's not leaving the publication. He is leaving Smit... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted July 8, 2011
QUOTES of the DAY ... [PRNewser]

What's Politico Tau's Beef With Beagles? - Posted June 27, 2011
Politico's Ben Smith has quite a scrappy assistant in Byron Tau. Late last week he critiqued Washington's hometown magazine, whic... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers (The Donald Trump Edition) - Posted April 28, 2011
QUOTES of the DAY D.C. Journos react to POTUS and The Donald reality show "Hey, I read stuff that you people write." -Trump to reporters in NH. ("So, we do have readers after all.") -- Roll Call's ... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted April 4, 2011
QUOTES of the DAY "Just flew on smallest plane of my life. Eight seats, plus passenger who rode shotgun w/ pilot." -- Roll Call's Shira Toeplitz in a weekend tweet. Toeplitz tweeted the above photog... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted March 22, 2011
QUOTES of the DAY Random guy owns unfortunate Twitter handle "Also, Tom Pawson is the lucky owner of @tpaw. VERY lucky." - ... [FishbowlDC]

Mark Salter Gets Salty With Politico's 'Anonymous' Authors - Posted January 28, 2011
Politico writes a profile today of Mark Salter, a speechwriter, Sen. John McCain's closest, most trusted aide and presumed author of O: A Presidential Novel. The authors p... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted January 4, 2011
QUOTES of the DAY - (In Part, The New Year's Edition) Note to readers: After taking a few days of R&R, we're diving head first back into the Fishbowl. We're catching up on what happened over the New Year's holiday and will proceed from there. ... [FishbowlDC]

Quotes of the Day - Posted November 16, 2010
Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers Thought of the morning: If we get one more cutesy-vile Shoppybag message from journos around town we're going to scream. Apparently it's involuntary and hopefully we're not sending them out too. Anyone else getting bombarded? Write us at FishbowlDC@mediabistro.com. ... [FishbowlDC]

Interesting, Um, Name for Softball Team - Posted July 28, 2010
In the category of news that might surprise (or offend), The Daily Caller's softball team is called "The Ballers." In a recent story in Roll Call, writer Byron Tau discusses the issue of "The Ballers" having a two-year losing streak. Course he mentions the success the publication is having as a ... [FishbowlDC]

The National Geographic Party Winners Are... - Posted April 13, 2010
Q:Scientists believe that "Hogzilla" was part wild boar and part WHAT? The answer: The many readers who wrote in to answer this question all got it right. It is domesticated pig (or swine) as some of you wrote. THE WINNERS: Kristin Soltis, The Winston Group; ... [FishbowlDC]