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GQ's "50 Most Powerful in DC" List: One Degree of Obama - Posted October 13, 2009
Photo from GQ.com. Forget Kevin Bacon. President Barack Obama and VP Joe Biden may be excluded from GQ's "50 Most Powerful in DC," but looks like most of the list's top half are one degree of separation from the West Wing. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Federal... [FishBowlDC]

Fortune Releases 10 Most Powerful Washington Women List - Posted September 10, 2009
As part of Fortune's 50 Most Powerful Women list, which launched today, the mag created a a special new list of the 10 Most Powerful Women in Washington: #1 Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House #2 Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State #3 Sheila Bair, Chair of FDIC #4 Christina Romer, Chair of White... [FishBowlDC]

TWT Scores Air-Time via CBS News Partnership - Posted July 29, 2009
Yesterday was a big day for the Washington Times. First, the paper got a plug from a very unlikely source - Nancy Pelosi. Then, they scored big by partnering with CBS News on a made-for-TV version of Amanda Carpenter's investigative piece about Legal Services Corp. A quick visit to... [FishBowlDC]

Pelosi Plugs TWT - Posted July 28, 2009
In today's fact sheet, Nancy Pelosi referenced a Washington Times piece...you don't see that every day. ... [FishBowlDC]

More Statements On Cronkite's Passing From Around Town, Country - Posted July 20, 2009
Former President George W. Bush: "Walter Cronkite was an icon of American journalism who shaped his profession in countless ways during his decades on the air. Tonight, his family is in our thoughts and prayers." Former President George H.W. Bush: "Barbara and I join the nation in mourning the passing of Walter... [FishBowlDC]

Chris Matthews Hosts Event Honoring Fathers - Posted June 18, 2009
The National Father's Day Committee held their 68th annual "Father of the Year" awards lunch today in New York, emceed by MSNBC's Chris Matthews. Recipients ranged from Michael Krzyzewski ("Coach K") to Gen. David Petraeus, who was not in attendance. Also honored was ABC's George Stephanopoulos, who missed the pre-lunch news... [TVNewser]

Chris Matthews Hosts Event Honoring Fathers - Posted June 18, 2009
The National Father's Day Committee held their 68th annual "Father of the Year" awards lunch today in New York, emceed by MSNBC's Chris Matthews. Recipients ranged from Michael Krzyzewski ("Coach K") to Gen. David Petraeus, who was not in attendance. Also honored was ABC's George Stephanopoulos, who missed the pre-lunch news... [TVNewser]

Hail Mary: Moore Makes Press Club Appearance - Posted May 29, 2009
*Photo courtesy of The Washington Times Mary Tyler Moore made an appearance at the National Press Club yesterday to discuss her battle with juvenile diabetes (Type 1). The longtime spokeswoman for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) was able to turn the room on with more than just her smile... From... [FishBowlDC]

Decision, Decisions: Pres. Speech at Naval Academy or Nancy Pelosi Briefing - Posted May 22, 2009
After yesterday's dueling speeches from Pres. Barack Obama and former VP Dick Cheney, this morning the cablers had another programming decision to make: Pres. Obama speaking at the Naval Academy commencement or House Speaker Nancy Pelosi giving her weekly briefing, with heightened interest about her CIA commments from last week. (She... [TVNewser]

Maureen Dowd Blames Plagiarism On A Friend - Posted May 18, 2009
Yesterday, a sharp-eyed blogger accused New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd of reprinting a sentence pulled from Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo blog in her Sunday column without any attribution. A few hours later, Dowd responded to the accusations through an email to the Huffington Post. She blamed the oversight on a... [FishBowlNY]

FNC Producer Involved in Scuffle at Pelosi Briefing - Posted May 15, 2009
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's news-making briefing yesterday was not the only excitement in the room — some press members got into a scuffle as well. Roll Call reports Fox News producer Chad Pergram, "got a bit hot under the collar with a photographer who had been jostling him" during the... [TVNewser]

Eric Holder Now Says He Also Is For Adjusting Antitrust Policy to Save Newspapers - Posted March 19, 2009
Agreeing with a statement made by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier this week, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder now says that he's open to adjusting antitrust laws to help newspapers survive. From Reuters: Some struggling newspapers in multiple-newspaper cities have limited antitrust immunity under the 1970 Newspaper Preservation Act, allowing them to... [FishBowlLA]

Lunch: Dishing on the Oscars & Obama - Posted February 25, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE As I've been reporting for weeks, it was SRO at Michael's today as the movers and shakers, undeterred by the unsettling economic news, were out in full force plotting their next big move -- or looking for a safe place to land. On the menu today: plenty of talk... [FishBowlNY]

This Week's Other Big Get - Posted January 27, 2009
Following up on Blago, the broadcast and cable networks are going after Ted Haggard, the once mighty evangelical pastor who resigned in disgrace after admitting soliciting a male prostitute for sex and drugs. Haggard is the subject of an HBO documentary "The Trials of Ted Haggard" which premieres Thursday night. Haggard will... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted January 23, 2009
Meet the Press: National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers, House Minority Leader John Boehner and a roundtable with New York Times' Thomas Friedman, NPR's Michele Norris and Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes. This Week: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and a roundtable with former CEO of Hewlett-Packard Carly Fiorina, the New... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted January 16, 2009
Meet The Press: Rahm Emanuel, Incoming White House Chief of Staff, Tom Brokaw, NBC News, David Brooks, New York Times, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Presidential Historian, Tavis Smiley, Host, PBS's Tavis Smiley, Chuck Todd, Political Director, NBC News. Face the Nation: Incoming National Economic Council director Lawrence Summers, Georgetown University Michael Eric Dyson... [FishBowlDC]

Blitzer's Final "Late Edition": Cheney, Pelosi - Posted January 9, 2009
CNN's Wolf Blitzer's final "Late Edition" this weekend will feature two high profile interviews — with Vice President Dick Cheney and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Both interviews are being taped today. Blitzer has anchored "Late Edition" for 11 years. John King begins anchoring "State of the Union" next weekend. It's been a... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted January 9, 2009
Meet the Press: Bill Cosby, DC Mayor Adrian Fenty, Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint, Rep. Maxine Waters and a roundtable with former Rep. David Bonior, Wall Street Journal's Paul Gigot, CNBC's John Harwood, Vanity Fair's Bethany McLean and McCain economic adviser Mark Zandi. This Week: President-elect Barack Obama and a roundtable with former... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted December 12, 2008
Meet The Press: IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan, MI Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D), former MA Gov. Mitt Romney (R), former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, Wal-Mart Pres./CEO Lee Scott, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and a roundtable with Chicago Sun-Times' Mary Mitchell and NBC political director Chuck Todd. Face The Nation: Sen. Sherrod Brown... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 12.03.08 - Posted December 3, 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]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted November 21, 2008
Meet The Press: Former Secretary of State James Baker, former Commerce Secretary William Daley, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and a roundtable with CNBC's Erin Burnett, former Wall Street Journal Detroit bureau chief Paul Ingrassia and NBC political director Chuck Todd. Face the Nation: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Obama economic adviser Austan Goolsbee. This... [FishBowlDC]

Pelosi Talks About the Economy With Magazine Peeps - Posted October 6, 2008
This is Nancy Pelosi at the 2008 American Magazine Conference. It comes to us from our sister site FishbowlNY. They are covering the conference. You can hear someone whisper "Noah" on the video. Snicker.... [FishBowlLA]

Scenes From The Floor - Posted August 27, 2008
For President Bill Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention tonight, we made our way out to the convention floor and grabbed some video. We stationed ourselves near the CNN BPTOT stage, where Anderson Cooper and John King watched the speech intently, while the rest of the panel seemed a bit less... [TVNewser]

Scenes From The Floor - Posted August 27, 2008
For President Bill Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention tonight, we made our way out to the convention floor and grabbed some video. We stationed ourselves near the CNN BPTOT stage, where Anderson Cooper and John King watched the speech intently, while the rest of the panel seemed a bit less... [TVNewser]

Denver '08: We Drink CNN's Milkshake! - Posted August 27, 2008
CNN may equal politics, but the CNN Grill equals heaven. FBNY is currently inside the Grill drinking a chocolate milkshake with no plans to move, maybe ever. CNN has done a very good job of branding the convention space and the Grill (in our opinion) is the crowning glory.... [FishBowlNY]

Denver '08: We Drink CNN's Milkshake! - Posted August 27, 2008
CNN may equal politics, but the CNN Grill equals heaven. FBNY is currently inside the Grill drinking a chocolate milkshake with no plans to move, maybe ever. CNN has done a very good job of branding the convention space and the Grill (in our opinion) is the crowning glory.... [FishBowlNY]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 22, 2008
Meet The Press: Caroline Kennedy, Co-chair, Obama's Vice Presidential Search Committee, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Speaker of the House, 2008 Democratic National Convention Speaker, Gwen Ifill, Moderator, PBS's "Washington Week", Correspondent, PBS's "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer", Jon Meacham, Editor, Newsweek magazine and Chuck Todd, Political Director, NBC News Face The Nation:... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 1, 2008
Meet the Press: Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and a roundtable with NBC's Andrea Mitchell, NBC's Chuck Todd and PBS' Judy Woodruff. Face the Nation: McCain Victory Chair Carly Fiorina and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. This Week: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former PA Gov. Tom Ridge (R), and a... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 1, 2008
Meet the Press: Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and a roundtable with NBC's Andrea Mitchell, NBC's Chuck Todd and PBS' Judy Woodruff. Face the Nation: McCain Victory Chair Carly Fiorina and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. This Week: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former PA Gov. Tom Ridge (R), and a... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 1, 2008
Meet the Press: Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and a roundtable with NBC's Andrea Mitchell, NBC's Chuck Todd and PBS' Judy Woodruff. Face the Nation: McCain Victory Chair Carly Fiorina and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. This Week: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former PA Gov. Tom Ridge (R), and a... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 1, 2008
Meet the Press: Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and a roundtable with NBC's Andrea Mitchell, NBC's Chuck Todd and PBS' Judy Woodruff. Face the Nation: McCain Victory Chair Carly Fiorina and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. This Week: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former PA Gov. Tom Ridge (R), and a... [FishBowlDC]

Is Coverage of the Online Glass Ceiling Just Reinforcing It? - Posted July 30, 2008
Lots of talk today about women and blogging, much of it kicked off by the NYT's coverage of the annual BlogHer conference in San Francisco last week-end. The article was widely criticized by women in the blogosphere and many questioned whether the NYT was merely reinforcing the glass ceiling that... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch: Valerie Bertinelli Weighs In - Posted March 12, 2008
— DIANE CLEHANE As much as we love our bird's eye perch from the bar, it's always a treat when we're invited to dine in the grown up section — especially when the scene is as head-spinning as it was today. Hallmark Channel's senior vice president Jen Geisser and her power... [FishBowlNY]

ABC Wraps Up Debat Investigation, Details "Reporting That We Couldn't Confirm" - Posted October 22, 2007
You'll recall how, a few months ago, it was discovered (by Rue 89) that ABC News' Alexis Debat may not have conducted all the interviews he claimed took place (including ones with Sen. Barack Obama and Rep. Nancy Pelosi). ABC launched an investigation and FishbowlDC has the report from ABC News... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 10.18.07 - Posted October 18, 2007
Good morning Washington. It's a close one, but it looks doubtful that Stephen Colbert's presidential bid in SC will do any major damage. Roll Call announced that Jay Heflin is going to be joining the CongressNow staff full-time beginning today. He will be covering taxes and trade. An ACLU release announced, "The American Civil... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 09.14.07 - Posted September 14, 2007
Good morning Washington. Most of you open up new web pages in a new tab, as opposed to a new window. And most of you are sorta geeky too. A NBC release announced, "According to Nielsen Media Research data, 'Meet the Press with Tim Russert' was the No. 1 Sunday morning public affairs... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 07.17.07 - Posted July 17, 2007
Good morning Washington. Most of you think LateNightShots.com is disgusting. Slate's Jack Shafer writes, "Homer Simpson Has What the Bancrofts Want -- Editorial independence." Bill Mitchell, the Editor of Poynter Online, is asking for your opinion on the website with a survey. "We want to know what's important to you and others in your... [FishBowlDC]

Bidding Tate A Fond Farewell - Posted May 22, 2007
Roll Call has the details on Tina Tate's fond farewell from the House Radio-TV Gallery: Gallery regulars, including Fox News Senior Producer Jim Mills and NBC's Mike Viqueira, presented Tate on Thursday with a mocked-up House resolution (printed in an awfully convincing format -- a testimony to the well-placed sources of those... [FishBowlDC]

Camille Paglia in Salon: Still Agitatin' - Posted April 11, 2007
FBLA is always glad when people agree with us, and having Camille Paglia agree with us is even more delicious. She's answering readers' questions in Salon: And what does it say about PBS that it allowed a documentary on Leibovitz in its prestigious American Masters series to be filmed and directed by... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 04.04.07 - Posted April 4, 2007
Good morning Washington. It's close, but most of you would not encourage your kids to go into journalism. See the First Quarter Program Rankings. An ABC release announced that "World News with Charles Gibson" "averaged 7.93 million Total Viewers and a 2.0/9 among Adults 25-54, placing first in the key demo rating for the... [FishBowlDC]

This Week In Pool Reports - Posted March 30, 2007
Mixed emotions this week in the pool between the news of Tony Snow and Wednesday night's festivities. FLOTUS makes a fashion faux pas and John Boehner has a little trouble with the letter "G". "FLOTUS wore a shimmering purple/green dress -- which the pool will bet dollars-to-doughnuts is the same dress she... [FishBowlDC]

Taking Out The Trash, 01.23.07 - Posted January 23, 2007
Bolo tie wins. Just goes to show there is a difference between should wear and will wear. Jack Shafer on words journalists should not use. "Cheney, media to take stand in Libby perjury case" An ABC release announced that Charles Gibson will anchor ABC's coverage of the State of the Union from Capitol Hill.... [FishBowlDC]

Is Greg Gutfeld Really A 9 Year Old Boy and Does The Huffington Post Know? - Posted January 8, 2007
Resume building starts earlier and earlier. Over at the Huffington Post, the 10 year-old daughter of two Washington media insiders give readers a child's eye view of Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. Here's the part Dorothy Parker would like: I was glad I had skipped school that day to go with... [FishBowlLA]

Is Greg Gutfeld Really A 9 Year Old Boy and Does The Huffington Post Know? - Posted January 8, 2007
Resume building starts earlier and earlier. Over at the Huffington Post, the 10 year-old daughter of two Washington media insiders give readers a child's eye view of Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. Here's the part Dorothy Parker would like: I was glad I had skipped school that day to go with... [FishBowlLA]