Byron Tau

Redford Revisits 'All The President's Men' - Posted April 19, 2013
It's been 37 years since the Watergate scandal was captured in the movie "All the President's Men." The anniversary was marked Thursday at the Newseum with a screening of "All The President's Men: Revisited," a documentary about the movie. The White House Correspondents' Association and Discovery hosted the event. P... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Chatter - Posted April 8, 2013
Quotes of the Day BREAKFAST AT ABC's THIS WEEK: HuffPost-AOL Editor-in-Chief Arianna Huffington: "French toast, home fried potatoes, sausage patties and bacon in the ABC gree... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Chatter - Posted March 29, 2013
The Media Critic The new Prince book from Toure sounds interesting. - CNN's Jake Tapper Spring Fever You guys, this is ... [FishbowlDC]

NJ's Fung: Why'd You Miss Your Party? - Posted February 7, 2013
The gang from R to L: WSJ's Danny Yadron and Andrew Grossman, ... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Chatter - Posted December 12, 2012
Quotes of the Day "This here is a Christopher Hitchens Christmas ornament." -- The Hill's Daniel Strauss. ... [FishbowlDC]

6 Bizarre Big Bird Stories - Posted October 10, 2012
Not too long ago much of the political chattering class bemoaned the fact that this election has become preoccupied with tiny things like the gaffe du jour. The media has finally responded by reporting on something far bigger: Big Bird. In the presidential debate last week Republican c... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Chatter - Posted October 10, 2012
Quotes of the Day "A lot of moist sheets going into this next debate..." -- Politico's Mike Allen on the Democratic sentiment going into the next presidential debate on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" this morning just after... [FishbowlDC]

French Maid Spices Up Daily Caller Book Party - Posted October 5, 2012
What was initially thought to be a special appearance by David Martosko's personal secretary at last night's Daily Caller book launch party ended up being nothing of the sort. To the left is a photo of Nandi... [PRNewser]

French Maid Spices Up Daily Caller Book Party - Posted October 5, 2012
What was initially thought to be a special appearance by David Martosko's personal secretary at last night's Daily Caller book launch party ended up being nothing of the sort. To the left is a photo of Nandi... [FishbowlDC]

The Gossip Pages: Who Wrote it Best? - Posted September 11, 2012
The non-endorsement of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney by rapper Nicki Minaj was picked up by Washington's famed gossip pages such as Washington Examiner's Yeas & Nays, Politico CLICK and The... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Chatter - Posted August 23, 2012
Quotes of the Day Russert Makes it to the Big Screen: "On the jumbotron at the Nats game: 'Happy birthday @LukeRussert' - Politico's Byron Ta... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Chatter - Posted August 20, 2012
Quotes of the Day Not exactly health food "The kids are winners of a contest to create "original lunchtime recipes that are healthy affordable and tasty. Guess my grilled cheese with bacon, chocolate morsels and mini-marshmallows didn't stand a chance." - CBS's ... [FishbowlDC]

11 Scenes From the Bowels of the Buzzfeed Party - Posted August 9, 2012
  By Betsy Rothstein and Eddie Scarry Buzzfeed's Washington Bureau officially popped its cork last night with a packed party at the U Street haunt Brixton, where a DJ spun vinyl records thanks to Bureau Chief John Stanton... [PRNewser]

11 Scenes From the Bowels of the Buzzfeed Party - Posted August 9, 2012
  By Betsy Rothstein and Eddie Scarry Buzzfeed's Washington Bureau officially popped its cork last night with a packed party at the U Street haunt Brixton, where a DJ spun vinyl records thanks to Bureau Chief John Stanton... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Chatter - Posted August 6, 2012
Quotes of the Day Photo credit: Jonathan Ernst for NYT. Oh, what a concidence! "A photo of Jonathan Weisman interview [Sen.] Claire McCaskill [D-Mo.] alongside a ... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Chatter - Posted April 17, 2012
Quotes of the Day HuffPost media writer Jason Linkins eats the above ham on a biscuit in gravy over the weekend. Why we have to be subjected to this cream ... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Chatter - Posted April 12, 2012
Quotes of the Day Journo in a Dress: "And here's a photo of me circa 1991 wearing my cousin's dress after I got my clothes dirty. #NOSHAME." -- Simon Landau, web ... [FishbowlDC]

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]