Remnick Takes On Blitzer, Kurtz - Posted July 17, 2008
On Wednesday's "The Charlie Rose Show", New Yorker Editor David Remnick criticized local boys Howard Kurtz and Wolf Blitzer for their critiques of the New Yorker's controversial Obama cover: ... [FishBowlDC]

Remnick Takes On Blitzer, Kurtz - Posted July 17, 2008
On Wednesday's "The Charlie Rose Show", New Yorker Editor David Remnick criticized local boys Howard Kurtz and Wolf Blitzer for their critiques of the New Yorker's controversial Obama cover: ... [FishBowlDC]

Name that Convention Tune - Posted July 15, 2008
We already know what Barack Obama listens to on his iPod, now comes word of what attendees at the Democratic Convention in Denver this August will get to listen to. According to "The Sleuth" blog at washingtonpost.com supporters can expect to be entertained by the likes of Kayne West,... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 07.15.08 - Posted July 15, 2008
Good morning Washington. What area restaurant serves the above dessert tray? Let us know. 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... [FishBowlDC]

What is Funny?: Fallout from the New Yorker Obama Cover - Posted July 15, 2008
It's been 24 hours since The New Yorker's Barack Obama "Politics of Fear" cover hit newsstands, which means the print world has had time to weigh in. Also, FBNY readers!: 55% percent of the couple of hundred of you who voted found it more offensive than not, which may mirror the... [FishBowlNY]

Barry Blitt's New Yorker Cover Tests World's Satire Detection Skills - Posted July 14, 2008
It's entitled "The Politics of Fear" and features a turbaned, robe-clad Barack Obama in an Oval Office fist bump with his wife, Michelle, who has swapped her usual sheath dress and pumps for camo fatigues and combat boots, accessorized not with gumball pearls but an AK-47 and a swath of bullets.... [UnBeige]

Barry Blitt's New Yorker Cover Tests World's Satire Detection Skills - Posted July 14, 2008
It's entitled "The Politics of Fear" and features a turbaned, robe-clad Barack Obama in an Oval Office fist bump with his wife, Michelle, who has swapped her usual sheath dress and pumps for camo fatigues and combat boots, accessorized not with gumball pearls but an AK-47 and a swath of bullets.... [UnBeige]

The New Yorker Cover Gets Cablers Talking - Posted July 14, 2008
One of the big stories of the day so far (well, besides Miss USA's tumble last night) on the news channels is this week's controversial New Yorker cover depicting pretty much everything Sen. Barack Obama's Fight the Smears web site is working against. There's the "Obama-muslim?" stereotype, a front-and-center "terrorist fist jab"...even... [TVNewser]

The New Yorker Cover Gets Cablers Talking - Posted July 14, 2008
One of the big stories of the day so far (well, besides Miss USA's tumble last night) on the news channels is this week's controversial New Yorker cover depicting pretty much everything Sen. Barack Obama's Fight the Smears web site is working against. There's the "Obama-muslim?" stereotype, a front-and-center "terrorist fist jab"...even... [TVNewser]

The New Yorker's 'Politics of Fear' Cover: Political Satire or Downright Offensive? - Posted July 14, 2008
Let the quarterbacking begin! Over at Eat the Press David Remnick tells Rachel Sklar that he ran the already controversial 'Politics of Fear' cover because he felt that it held "up a mirror to the prejudice and dark imaginings about Barack Obama," furthermore, Remnick says it's "not a satire about... [FishBowlNY]

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]

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]

Morning Reading List, 09.24.07 - Posted September 24, 2007
Good morning Washington. You think Dan Rather has totally lost it. An NBC release announced, "According to national Nielsen Media Research data, 'Meet the Press with Tim Russert' was the top-rated Sunday morning public affairs program, winning the week ending Sunday, September 16 in all categories across the country and in Washington, D.C."... [FishBowlDC]

David Remnick's Love Letter To The Sopranos - Posted May 29, 2007
Whaddya gonna do without me, David Remnck? New Yorker editor David Remnick was clearly jonesing harder than we were without his Sunday Sopranos fix (HBO took the Memorial weekend off before airing the final two episodes) as his withdrawal led to this farewell ode in the New Yorker: Everyone in "The Sopranos" has... [FishBowlNY]

Yes, the New Yorker's Having an Innovation Conference, and Yes, the Irony Is Killing Us - Posted February 27, 2007
Eustace Tilly might as well be getting LASIK. With a lineup that's plucked from the design and technology conferences of the past year, the New Yorker Conference/2012: stories from the near future is rallying to be a heavyweight for those of the innovation persuasion: "It's the ultimate insider's look at the works... [UnBeige]