Michael Scherer

Morning Reading List 08.06.09 - Posted August 6, 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. What we know and what we're reading this Thursday morning... TV | ONLINE | WEST WING REPORTAGE | NEWS NOTES | IN MEMORIAM | JOBS TV Bloomberg will... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 08.06.09 - Posted August 6, 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. What we know and what we're reading this Thursday morning... TV | ONLINE | WEST WING REPORTAGE | NEWS NOTES | IN MEMORIAM | JOBS TV Bloomberg will... [FishBowlDC]

Who Will Get Called On Tonight? A Look Back At Obama's Pressers - Posted July 22, 2009
Tonight is President Obama's fourth prime-time press conference, fifth overall. Each presser has lasted about an hour and averages 13 reporters' questions. Fox did not air Obama's 100th day press conference, the third, on the network and will not tonight either. In his first prime-time press conference Feb. 9th, the President called... [FishBowlDC]

Pitney v. Milbank: Round II - Posted June 29, 2009
Nico Pitney claims on HuffPost that Dana Milbank called him a "dick" at the end of their segment on CNN's Reliable Sources this weekend. Howard Kurtz Twitters that it didn't happen- "Dana Milbank did not call Nico Pitney a dick or anything else after their Reliable debate, @anamariecox. It... [FishBowlDC]

Pitney v. Milbank: Round II - Posted June 29, 2009
Nico Pitney claims on HuffPost that Dana Milbank called him a "dick" at the end of their segment on CNN's Reliable Sources this weekend. Howard Kurtz Twitters that it didn't happen- "Dana Milbank did not call Nico Pitney a dick or anything else after their Reliable debate, @anamariecox. It... [FishBowlDC]

Who Was Called On? - Posted April 29, 2009
President Obama's news conference this evening lasted pretty exactly an hour as promised to the networks, and he took questions from 13 reporters (lucky 13- President Obama took 13 questions at a previous primetime press conference). In this order: AP's Jennifer Loven (three for three being called on first), The Detroit... [FishBowlDC]

FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Press Briefing - Posted April 13, 2009
BoWatch: The briefing was nearly an hour old when AP Radio's Mark Smith pitched the first "First Dog" question. "Thanks for leaving it to me, guys," he laughed, only to be followed by a flurry of questions surrounding the canine royalty's official arrival at the White House tomorrow. As one reminded... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 03.05.09 - Posted March 5, 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. Its day 45 covering the Obama administration and one month down for us. What we know and... [FishBowlDC]

Battle of the DC Book Party - Posted February 27, 2009
On any given night in DC, champagne flutes are raised for a new book by a journo, a politico, and last night was no exception. Boston Globe editor Martin Baron and Washington Bureau Chief Peter Canellos hosted a book party at the office for "Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of... [FishBowlDC]

Taking Out the Trash - Posted February 19, 2009
What we almost missed today... Talking Points Memo tops Time's 25 Best Blogs of 2009. Other blogs making the cut include HuffPost (#2), Daily Dish (#5) and the Conscience of a Liberal: Paul Krugman (#10). Michael Scherer will have a profile of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs in tomorrow's Time Mag. Playbook... [FishBowlDC]

Taking Out the Trash - Posted February 19, 2009
What we almost missed today... Talking Points Memo tops Time's 25 Best Blogs of 2009. Other blogs making the cut include HuffPost (#2), Daily Dish (#5) and the Conscience of a Liberal: Paul Krugman (#10). Michael Scherer will have a profile of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs in tomorrow's Time Mag. Playbook... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 01.28.09 - Posted January 28, 2009
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]

Time Names Michael Scherer White House Correspondent - Posted January 27, 2009
Time has named Michael Scherer its new White House correspondent. Scherer, who joined Time in December of 2007, covered the Romney campaign during the primaries before moving over to report on John McCain during the election season. He is a regular contributor Time's political blog Swampland and according to... [FishBowlNY]

In Case You're Wondering Where All the News Went - Posted July 24, 2008
We were going to title this post "Wonder What John McCain is Doing Right Now" except, probably no one is wondering that. As we write this Barack Obama is in Berlin doing his JFK/Reagan thing, however! maybe Obama supporters (the ones who can vote anyway, and full disclosure, that does... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 12.20.07 - Posted December 20, 2007
Good morning Washington. On this day in 2002, Sen. Trent Lott resigned as Senate Majority Leader. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | REVOLVING DOOR | JOBS You think card games are "much fun." NEWSPAPERS A reader wonders, "Where did the Washington Times Christmas tree go? It... [FishBowlDC]

Scherer Joins Time - Posted December 7, 2007
Salon.com's Michael Scherer is heading to Time magazine, where he will be a political correspondent. Scherer is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School. ... [FishBowlDC]

Hotline Profiles Scherer - Posted October 24, 2007
From its Friday Feature: Michael Scherer is the Washington corr. for Salon.com. Befor that he was the Washington corr. for Mother Jones, an asst. ed. at the Columbia Journalism Review, an ed. fellow at Mother Jones, and an education reporter for the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Scherer has been published in Rolling Stone,... [FishBowlDC]