Christopher Hitchens

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 29, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), Bob Shrum, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and Maria Shriver CBS' Face the Nation: Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Georgetown University sociologist Michael Eric Dyson ABC's... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 28, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), Bob Shrum, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin CBS' Face the Nation: Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Georgetown University sociologist Michael Eric Dyson ABC's This Week:... [FishBowlDC]

Atlantic/NJ Poll of Prominent Journos Says Journalism Hurt By Internet; Obama Coverage "Right" - Posted April 10, 2009
The Atlantic and National Journal turned to the big dogs to get a read on the state of traditional journalism. They polled 43 prominent journalists on whether journalism has been helped or hurt by the Internet- 65 percent said it has been hurt more, while 34 percent said it has been... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 03.31.09 - Posted March 30, 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. Its day 71 covering the Obama administration and week nine for us. What we know and what we're reading this Tuesday morning... NEWSPAPERS | TV | RADIO... [FishBowlDC]

Taking Out The Trash - Posted March 30, 2009
What we almost missed today... "Mr. Definitely, can I call you that?" -Christopher Hitchens to Mos Def on Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher. Watch here. CBS' Investigative Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson was a guest on yesterday's C-SPAN's Q&A with Brian Lamb. Did you know she's a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon... [FishBowlDC]

Taking Out The Trash - Posted March 30, 2009
What we almost missed today... "Mr. Definitely, can I call you that?" -Christopher Hitchens to Mos Def on Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher. Watch here. CBS' Investigative Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson was a guest on yesterday's C-SPAN's Q&A with Brian Lamb. Did you know she's a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 12.04.08 - Posted December 4, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

BBC is no CNN. "At Some Point It's Almost Parody" - Posted November 1, 2008
Gail Shister TVNewser Columnist If you're looking for bells and whistles on Election Night, the BBC is not your cuppa tea. "I don't think the BBC will ever be, or aspire to be, the bells-and-whistles network," says CBS exile Rome Hartman, executive producer of "BBC World News America." "Fundamentally, we're about great stories. Graphics help,... [TVNewser]

Election Endorsements: The Media Really Does Love Barack Obama - Posted October 14, 2008
For those of you who follow politics regularly (and at this point that probably includes anyone who's literate) it may feel like the op-ed pages of the nation's newspapers have been endorsing one candidate or another for the past eighteen months. However! Get ready because the real presidential endorsements... [FishBowlNY]

First Friday With Hitchens - Posted October 7, 2008
If you stopped by First Friday's happy hour on -- wait for it -- Friday, you would have had the privilege of drinking hanging out with honored guest Christopher Hitchens, who stuck around from 6:00 till 10:00. He held court all night, signed books, told jokes and talked with just about... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 07.18.08 - Posted July 18, 2008
Good morning Washington. Above, Luke Russert and James Carville spearhead XM radio's coverage of the MLB All-Star Game. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 03.04.08 - Posted March 4, 2008
Good morning Washington. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | BOOKS | JOBS You think Hillary will win Ohio. NEWSPAPERS Rush and Malloy reports, "It must be exasperating to be Christopher Hitchens. Recently voted the fifth most important intellectual in the world, Hitchens was nice enough... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 02.20.08 - Posted February 20, 2008
Good morning Washington. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | RADIO | JOBS Most of you did not have to work on Monday. NEWSPAPERS Wonkette takes a look at the latest David Brooks column calling it "the worst column in American History". Gawker reports, "Alt-weekly crusader and Washington City Paper editor Erik... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 12.19.07 - Posted December 19, 2007
Good morning Washington. On this day in 1998, the House of Representatives sent articles of impeachment against Bill Clinton to the Senate. Oh, and Alyssa Milano turns 35. (Hat tip: MicCheckRadio) Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | REVOLVING DOOR | JOBS So far, you... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 10.24.07 - Posted October 24, 2007
Good morning Washington. You think global warming is no big deal. An ABC release announced, "For the twenty-fourth time in twenty-six weeks, 'World News with Charles Gibson' was the #1 evening newscast among Adults 25-54. The ABC broadcast averaged a 2.1/9 and 2.58 million among key demo viewers, outperforming NBC's 'Nightly News' by... [FishBowlDC]

Hitchens May Win National Book Award - Posted October 11, 2007
...and, as this AP article notes, "Should Christopher Hitchens win a National Book Award, you can be sure he won't thank any higher powers. "The author, columnist and commentator was nominated for 'God Is Not Great,' a polemic with a self-evident theme." Side note: Hitchens recently penned a piece for Vanity Fair that... [FishBowlDC]

Christopher Hitchens Writes on Meeting Lt. Daily's Family - Posted October 8, 2007
In the November Vanity Fair,Christopher Hitchens writes about Mark Daily, a soldier who died in Iraq last January. Hitchens first read about Lt. Daily and his family in Irvine in the LA Times. Teresa Watanabe wrote about the effect that Hitchens' writings had had upon the young man: "Somewhere along the way,... [FishBowlLA]

What Elmore Leonard Really Thought of 3:10 to Yuma - Posted September 11, 2007
Elmore Leonard had rather more to say about 3:10 to Yuma than what's used in the EPK, as Amy Alkon reports from Italy. The press kit has Leonard saying only,"It's a good-looking picture". Why? Probably because the flacksters thought this exchange might be a problem: Q: Is there something about James Mangold... [FishBowlLA]

Kaplan Changes TNR Role, Will Launch New Journal - Posted August 24, 2007
FishbowlDC has learned that New Republic Senior Editor Lawrence Kaplan is stepping down as a staffer at the magazine, although he will remain a contributing editor. Kaplan will be launching a new, DC-based foreign policy quarterly journal called "World Affairs," which will include such authors as Christopher Hitchens, David Rieff and George... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 07.30.07 - Posted July 30, 2007
Good morning Washington. Washington Post reports, "Four days after the Democratic debate in Charleston, S.C., more than 400 questions directed to the GOP presidential field have been uploaded on YouTube, as Republicans are scheduled to take their turn at video-populism on Sept. 17. But only Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and Rep. Ron... [FishBowlDC]

Journo Ringtones - Posted June 19, 2007
This is, admittedly, a trend we'd like to see more of: Media ringtones. You can have Chris Matthews yell "Let's play Hardball!" every time your cell phone rings (but, come on, we'd much rather hear his "HA!" laugh. Who will make FishbowlDC's day and send us a .wav of that?!?). What... [FishBowlDC]

Hitchens On Hitchens - Posted June 4, 2007
Christopher God Is Not Great Hitchens is still doing publicity rounds for latest controversial tome, stopping by BookExpo America this weekend to promote the book. Meanwhile, God Is Not Great, the latest in 2007's crop of atheist lit, is priming up for U.K. release. Which leads to an interesting quandry. Should... [FishBowlNY]

BookExpo America Preview: Christopher Hitchens, MySpace and Book Bloggers Who Like To Party - Posted May 31, 2007
BookExpo America 2007, the nation's largest publishing convention, kicks off at the Javits Center today. One of this year's major convention sponsors will be, of all things, MySpace. The social networking ubernetwork, which recently launched MySpace Books, will be hosting a panel on networking and surviving as a supporting sponsor. BookExpo... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 05.17.07 - Posted May 17, 2007
Good morning Washington. In your opinion, the Fox debate had much better format and questions than the MSNBC/Politico debate. TNR opines that Rupert Murdoch's "intention to purchase a crown jewel of U.S. journalism, The Wall Street Journal ... should be a pivotal moment for liberals -- a time to dial back their... [FishBowlDC]

Lunch at Michael's: Tina Brown's Bathroom Promise - Posted May 16, 2007
We were expecting a celeb sighting or two since it's Upfront time — the week the networks trot out their overpaid and underfed stars to shill for their supper — but alas, there were no signs of McDreamy or Matthew Fox anywhere. (Thankfully, we didn't see any cavemen either.) Disappointed, we... [FishBowlNY]

Is Vanity Fair The Next News Organization To Drop Out of WHCA Weekend? - Posted May 8, 2007
When Christopher Hitchens was recently told of the NYT's decision to drop out of the WHCA weekend, he said: "How did I miss that?" he exclaims. "I'm upset, is my reaction." He explains that he'd wanted Vanity Fair, in whose name he hosts an annual after-party, to be the first to pull... [FishBowlDC]

Video: Inside The Ellies - Posted May 2, 2007
While we were busy liveblogging the blingy National Magazine Awards last night, our Brooklyn-based videographer Kelly Loudenberg was there shooting the revelry. Watch Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner attack the Bush administration ("... killing innocent people for some fantasy war, denying global warming exists and burning more f*cking fossil fuels than... [FishBowlNY]

National Magazine Awards - Posted May 2, 2007
It was a big night for locally-based magazine National Geographic, which took home two awards. New York magazine won five and -- gasp! -- the New Yorker took home a big fat zero (other losers: Newsweek, Time, Atlantic). Foreign Policy magazine (also locally-based) picked up an award as did Christopher Hitchens... [FishBowlDC]

Ellies 2007: Handicapping The Races - Posted May 1, 2007
New York's Adam Moss [left] and the New Yorker's David Remnick [right] flank Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner at the 2006 National Magazine Awards Counting down the hours to tonight's National Magazine Awards in New York (FishbowlNY will be there, liveblogging). It's about time to reveal our bracket-busting picks for the 2007 Ellies... [FishBowlNY]

Christopher Hitchens: Va. Tech Shootings A 'Non-Story' - Posted April 30, 2007
Virginia Tech was a "non-story," no more important than news of a "traffic accident." Magazine editors should be ashamed of themselves for not publishing the Danish cartoons. Anna Nicole was a "fat slut." Religion "poisons everything." Oh, and women? They still aren't funny. Some words of wisdom offered by Vanity Fair contributing editor,... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 04.10.07 - Posted April 9, 2007
Good morning Washington. New York Times' Brad Stone reports, "The conversational free-for-all on the Internet known as the blogosphere can be a prickly and unpleasant place. Now, a few high-profile figures in high-tech are proposing a blogger code of conduct to clean up the quality of online discourse." Dan Radmacher criticizes mainstream media,... [FishBowlDC]

Jack Shafer's Friend Ranking, Version 3.0 - Posted November 20, 2006
UPDATED 2/20/07: David Hammond, Steven Poole and Eric Klinenberg join the list! Jack Shafer has more friends than we originally thought. With a little help from Wonkette, some from Shafer, and a whole lot of reading, we have Shafer's updated rankings. #1. David Corn ("David Corn, my current #1") #2. Greg Easterbrook ("In... [FishBowlDC]