Josh Marshall

Pres. Obama's Coffee with Ed Schultz, Rachel Maddow, Arianna Huffington and More - Posted December 20, 2011
ABC's Jake Tapper has an item about a meeting Pres. Obama had yesterday with "an all-star list of progressive and liberal media fol... [TVNewser]

Morning Chatter - Posted December 19, 2011
Quotes of the Day "The impromptu Hitchens memorial outside his Kalorama apt. building." -- Photograph by Roll Call's Shira Toeplitz... [FishbowlDC]

TPM to Host Fancy Schmancy Election Fete - Posted October 17, 2011
Earlier this month RCP kicked off election season with a party at standby spot, Sonoma Restaurant. Not to be outdone, Talking Points Memo announced today its own 2012 launch fete and upped the ante by adding to their invitation a set of ... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted February 10, 2011
QUOTES of the DAY On the Couch: Publicist Wendy Gordon at a recent 80s party. Scribe smells trouble "C-PAC on one side of the hotel, steel workers union on the other. I see a midwester... [FishbowlDC]

Benjy Sarlin Jumps From The Daily Beast To TPM - Posted February 1, 2011
Although Tina Brown beefed up her Newsweek/Daily Beast staff with ... [FishbowlNY]

TPM to Double Its DC Bureau - Posted January 18, 2011
Earlier today we reported that The Hill's Susan Crabtree is leaving her gig to pursue new opportunities with Talking Points Memo. Now we've learned... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted December 7, 2010
QUOTES of the DAY Moment of regret "A Truly Sad Commentary: I managed to drink all the overpriced diet cokes available in the hotel room fridge #overcaffeinationfail" -- Talking Points Memo founder, Editor and Publis... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted October 22, 2010
QUOTES of the DAY Ruminating on the life and down times of ex-NPR's Juan Williams "Not to me." -- Juan Williams on FNC's O'Reilly Factor Thursday ni... [FishbowlDC]

TPM Trying New Tactic: Obvious Poaching - Posted October 5, 2010
Publications get riled (to s... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted August 24, 2010
Quote(s) of the Day Strange development: Reporter finds Bristol, Tripp in dreams "Had a dream about Bristol Palin last night. She lived in my closet with baby Tripp and asked me to get her a rum and coke." She adds, "This is when you know your job has consumed your life..." - The Washington... [FishbowlDC]

A Spoof on JournoList - Posted July 6, 2010
Here's a satire of conversations from JournoList. Before anyone flies off the handle, this means that it's a fictional, fake, made-up, invented take on conversations that the author, David Burge of Iowahawke, imagines could have transpired on JournoList. WaPo's ... [FishbowlDC]

The Story of Rahm Stepping Down - Fact Vs. Hype - Posted June 22, 2010
Where do media outlets stand on White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's so-called plans to step down due to alleged friction between he and President Obama? A sampling of headlines: Vanity Fair: Rahm Emanuel to Leave White House? Nope, Say Rahm Emanuel and White House Yahoo! News: Is Rahm Emanuel eyeing the exit? CBS... [FishbowlDC]

What Did You Do For Lunch? - Posted November 6, 2009
If you're certain White House reporters, the answer could be lunch with President Obama... Politico reports that CNN's David Gergen, WaPo's Chris Cillizza, Newsweek's Jon Meacham and ... [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 Burton, ... [FishbowlDC]

Hiring News: TPM Looking For Writers, Bloggers - Posted June 30, 2009
Hey all you unemployed writers, reporters and editors, Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo Web site has announced several openings t... [FishbowlNY]

Josh Marshall Responds to Maureen Dowd Incident - Posted May 20, 2009
The brief controversy over NY Times columnist and author Maureen Dowd's copying of a paragraph written by Josh Marshall seems to have concluded. Dowd's ... [GalleyCat]

NYT's Dowd Accused of Plagiarism - Posted May 18, 2009
Correction: May 18, 2009 Maureen Dowd's column on Sunday, about torture, failed to attribute a paragraph about the timeline for prisoner abuse to Josh Marshall's blog at Talking Points Memo. That correction is now attached to Maureen Dowd's column from yesterday's NYT following accusations of plagiarism. In an article last Thur... [FishbowlDC]

Maureen Dowd Blames Plagiarism On A Friend - Posted May 18, 2009
Yesterday, a sharp-eyed blogger accused New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd... [FishbowlNY]

Maureen Dowd Accused of Copying Josh Marshall - Posted May 18, 2009
Over the weekend an eagle-eyed blogger spotted similarities between one paragraph of NY Times columnist and author Maureen Dowd's weekend column and a recent post by ... [GalleyCat]

Morning Reading List 02.18.09 - Posted February 18, 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 or let us know in the tips box below. ... [FishbowlDC]

Shuster Highlights "Progressive Blogosphere" - Posted February 17, 2009
David Shuster's "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" is looking to the Web. The anchor is now active on Twitter, and yesterday he revealed he would spend a segment on the program each night looking at what's being ... [TVNewser]

Forbes.com Ranks the Liberal Media Elite - Posted January 23, 2009
Forbes.com has compiled a list of the 25 Most Influential Liberals in US Media, which depending on who you are includes most of the East Coast, or begins and ends with ... [FishbowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 12.22.08 - Posted December 22, 2008
Good morning, Washington. Which Washingtonians feature the above framed message in their bathroom?' Think you know? Email us with your best guess. AND: Join us after the jump to find out if you guessed our last contest correctly. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 11.26.08 - Posted November 26, 2008
Good morning, Washington. What DC restaurant is featured above? Think you know? Email us and give us your best guess. AND: Join us after the jump to find out if you guessed our last contest correctly. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort... [FishbowlDC]

Reporters, On Campaign Life - Posted November 20, 2008
High-profile members of the media met on Tuesday night at the Folger Shakespeare Library for a Vanity Fair-sponsored discussion of election coverage, including NBC's Andrea Mitchell, former White House communications officer Dan Bartlett, Frank Rich ... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 10.15.08 - Posted October 15, 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... [FishbowlDC]

Does Frank Rich Read His Own Comments Section? - Posted October 14, 2008
Yesterday at the Time Politics Summit 2008 we chatted with Frank Rich about the fact the ... [FishbowlNY]

Is John McCain's New Attack Ad Racist? - Posted July 31, 2008
Apparently John McCain missed the Barack Obama teflon memo. The latest, and now controversial, ad out of the McCain camp includes images of ... [FishbowlNY]

"The Week" Opinion Awards Announced - Posted April 7, 2008
Psst: Note to the PR people at "The Week" magazine. Don't announce your awards on the same day that the Pulitzers come out (it's the definition of "getting drowned out"). Still, the winners of "The Week's" Opinion Awards are up at HuffPo:<UL The Washington Post's Pulitzer-nominated Ruth Marcus for Columnist of the Year,... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 10.10.07 - Posted October 9, 2007
Good morning Washington. Overwhelmingly, Joe Biden is your Democratic candidate of choice. An ABC release announced, "For the week of October 1-5, 'World News with Charles Gibson' was the most-watched evening newscast among Total Viewers, Ho... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 08.24.07 - Posted August 24, 2007
Good morning Washington. Looks like a lot of folks have been phoning it in this summer, taking more than five vacation days. The next Washington Blogger Meetup is September 19, 7:00 PM. learn more ... [FishbowlDC]

Hill Goes Four Days - Posted February 9, 2007
Today marked The Hill's first Friday issue, which marks their entry into the four-times-a-week publishing schedule. They write in their front page note: TGIF Welcome to the first Friday issue of The Hill. With The Hill having evolved from a weekly paper into a daily when Congress is in session, the decision to publish... [FishbowlDC]