Paul Krugman

NJ Poll: Media Influencing the Insiders - Posted September 18, 2009
Which media figures influence the insiders? National Journal published the results of its most recent poll that asked a panel of Congressional and Political Insiders to rank, one-through-five, those columnists, bloggers, and television or radio commentators who most help to shape their own opinion or worldview. New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 09.17.09 - Posted September 17, 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 know and what we're reading this Thursday morning... TV | BOOKS | NEWS NOTES | WEST WING REPORTAGE | JOBS TV In the ABC green room, George... [FishBowlDC]

Opinion Aggregator Atlantic Wire Launches - Posted September 16, 2009
Atlantic Consumer Media has launched a new stand alone site The Atlantic Wire, to aggregate some of the best opinions and debates on the Web. The Atlantic has long been a source for well-thought out opinions and discussions, and some of the voice from the magazine and its Web site, like columnist... [FishBowlNY]

Allbritton and VandeHarris Make VF's "New Establishment 2009" List - Posted September 2, 2009
Politico's Robert Allbritton, John Harris, and Jim VandeHei join the ranks of Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett and Eric Schmidt (though we question his #5 ranking we suffered through Gmail glitches for hours yesterday) for the first time this year on Vanity Fair's annual top 100 Information Age powers list. By our count,... [FishBowlDC]

Four Vie For 2009 Thurber Prize|FBDC Founding Editor Graff Takes Over Washingtonian|NYT Columnist Buys New Home|Us Weekly Thrives|Economist Sells Single Copies In U.K. - Posted August 13, 2009
GalleyCat: The organizers of the Thurber Prize for American Humor couldn't narrow their short list down to the usual three candidates -- so this year there are four authors competing for the $5,000 prize: Sloane Crosley, Ian Frazier, Don Lee and Laurie Notaro. FishbowlDC: FBDC's founding editor Garrett Graff has been named... [FishBowlNY]

Taking Out The Trash - Posted August 3, 2009
What we almost missed today... • Welcome back from vacation, David Shuster! Check out some technical difficulties during New York Magazine's Jennifer Senior's hit on MSNBC earlier today above-- but that wasn't all that Shuster had to deal with. After the jump, another MSNBC clip. (h/t HuffPost) • Paul Krugman came to the... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 24, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton CBS' Face the Nation: White House senior advisor David Axelrod, Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) and historian Douglas Brinkley ABC's This Week: Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and a roundtable with NYT's David Brooks, Arianna Huffington, 2008 Nobel... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 24, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton CBS' Face the Nation: White House senior advisor David Axelrod, Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) and historian Douglas Brinkley ABC's This Week: Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and a roundtable with NYT's David Brooks, Arianna Huffington, 2008 Nobel... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 23, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton CBS' Face the Nation: ABC's This Week: Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and a roundtable with NYT's David Brooks, Republican strategust and former Bush advisor Ed Gillespie, Arianna Huffington, 2008 Nobel Prize Winning Economist Paul Krugman and George Will Fox News... [FishBowlDC]

Weekend Show Preview 06.27.09 - Posted June 26, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press with David Gregory: Senior White House Adviser David Axelrod, Mitt Romney and Lindsey Graham. Roundtable with David Brooks, E.J. Dionne, Mike Murphy and Dee Dee Myers. CBS' Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: UN Ambassador Susan Rice and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour. ABC's This Week: Fox News Sunday:... [FishBowlDC]

Weekend Show Preview 06.27.09 - Posted June 26, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press with David Gregory: Senior White House Adviser David Axelrod, Mitt Romney and Lindsey Graham. Roundtable with David Brooks, E.J. Dionne, Mike Murphy and Dee Dee Myers. CBS' Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: UN Ambassador Susan Rice and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour. ABC's This Week: Fox News Sunday:... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview for 05.31.09 - Posted May 29, 2009
So our headline has become a bit misleading...really should read "Weekend Show Preview." That said, I think it is just about complete. NBC's Meet the Press with David Gregory: Chairman of the Judiciary Committee Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to discuss Sotomayor confirmation hearings. ABC's This Week... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview for 05.31.09 - Posted May 28, 2009
We'll continue updating throughout the day... NBC's Meet the Press with David Gregory: Chairman of the Judiciary Committee Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to discuss Sotomayor confirmation hearings. ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos: Sens. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and John Cornyn (R-TX) and roundtable with former Bush adviser... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted May 1, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Center for Disease Control Acting Director Dr. Richard Besser and a roundtable with MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and former counselor to President Bush Ed Gillespie CBS' Face the Nation: Sen. Arlen Specter... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted May 1, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Center for Disease Control Acting Director Dr. Richard Besser and a roundtable with MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and former counselor to President Bush Ed Gillespie CBS' Face the Nation: Sen. Arlen Specter... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted May 1, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Center for Disease Control Acting Director Dr. Richard Besser and a roundtable with MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and former counselor to President Bush Ed Gillespie CBS' Face the Nation: Sen. Arlen Specter... [FishBowlDC]

WNYC Debuts Live Broadcasts in The Greene Space With Lou Reed Concert - Posted April 29, 2009
Photo credit Scott Ellison Smith On Tuesday afternoon, we were lucky enough to catch a live performance of Soundcheck with John Schaefer at WNYC's new downtown performance space, The Greene Space. The show -- featuring a discussion between the host, Santi "Santigold" White, Lou Reed, and Mary Rowell from the string quartet... [FishBowlNY]

WNYC Debuts Live Broadcasts in The Greene Space With Lou Reed Concert - Posted April 29, 2009
Photo credit: Scott Ellison Smith On Tuesday afternoon, we were lucky enough to catch a live performance of Soundcheck with John Schaefer at WNYC's new downtown performance space, The Greene Space. The show -- featuring a discussion between the host, Santi "Santigold" White, Lou Reed, and Mary Rowell from the string quartet... [FishBowlNY]

The Morning Media Menu, Pirates(!) Edition - Posted April 13, 2009
Today on the menu we chat first about Gorilla blogging (otherwise known as Verizon cutting off my internet and leaving me to wander the streets this morning prowling for an non-password coded signal). After which we are joined by Rachel Sklar who drops in to chat about Pirates. "Paul Krugman said... [FishBowlNY]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 10, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: NPR's "Planet Money" Alex Blumberg and Adam Davidson and a roundtable with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, NPR's Michele Norris, Washington Examiner's Byron York and "Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East" author Robin Wright CBS' Face the Nation: Mexican Ambassador to the US Arturo Sarukhan... [FishBowlDC]

Noon Reading List 04.03.09 - Posted April 3, 2009
Good afternoon FishbowlDC! Sorry for the delay... 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 74 covering the Obama administration and week nine for us. What we know and what we're reading this Friday... NEWSPAPERS |... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted March 27, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) CBS' Face the Nation: President Barack Obama ABC's This Week: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and a roundtable with ABC's Matthew Dowd and Cokie Roberts, NYT's Paul Krugman and columnist George Will Fox News Sunday: Secretary Robert Gates CNN's State of the... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted March 27, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) CBS' Face the Nation: President Barack Obama ABC's This Week: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and a roundtable with ABC's Matthew Dowd and Cokie Roberts, NYT's Paul Krugman and columnist George Will Fox News Sunday: Secretary Robert Gates CNN's State of the... [FishBowlDC]

Salman Rushdie Launches PEN World Voices Festival - Posted March 26, 2009
GalleyCat caught up with Salman Rushdie yesterday at the launch of the PEN World Voices Festival held on the patio of the Instituto Cervantes. The festival, which is celebrating its fifth year -- if you build it they will come! says Rushdie -- runs from April 27 to May 3... [FishBowlNY]

FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Press Briefing - Posted March 23, 2009
If your name's not Rush or Rick...: There's no love lost between the Obama team and NYT's Paul Krugman, who has used his clout as a Nobel laureate to voice consistent criticism of the administration's economic policies. But rather than engage in another one-on-one with a critic, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs... [FishBowlDC]

FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Press Briefing - Posted March 23, 2009
If your name's not Rush or Rick...: There's no love lost between the Obama team and NYT's Paul Krugman, who has used his clout as a Nobel laureate to voice consistent criticism of the administration's economic policies. But rather than engage in another one-on-one with a critic, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs... [FishBowlDC]

The Recruitment Song for Paul Krugman - Posted March 23, 2009
This is Jonathan Mann singing a plea to NYTimes Columnist Paul Krugman to be the Secretary of the Treasury. "For god sakes you won the Nobel Prize - Timothy Geithner uses Turbo Tax." Via Buzzfeed... [FishBowlLA]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted February 20, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) and Gov. Charlie Crist (R-FL) and a roundtable with Bloomberg News' Al Hunt, NPR's Michele Norris and CNBC's Becky Quick ABC's This Week: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) and a roundtable with ABC's George Will, NYT's Paul Krugman, Business Week's Suzy Welch and NYU economics... [FishBowlDC]

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]

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 Arianna Huffington (who ranks second). A number of people on the list are bloggers: Ezra Klein, Josh Marshall, and... [FishBowlNY]

The New York Times to do an Obama Book - Posted December 24, 2008
Per today's Publisher's Marketplace:OBAMA: The Historic Journey, a heavily-illustrated book covering Barack Obama's life, from his childhood through his inauguration as the 44th president of the United States, with a final chapter that includes the inaugural address and a 32-page photo essay by 12 New York Times staff photographers, with an... [FishBowlNY]

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, 11.20.08 - Posted November 20, 2008
Good morning Washington. What D.C. street is featured in the above picture? Think you know? Drop us an email and we'll give you the correct answer (and list the correct guessers) in tomorrow's Morning Reading List. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted November 14, 2008
Meet the Press: Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), BP Capital Management founder/chair T. Boone Pickens and a roundtable with New York Times' Tom Friedman, BBC's Katty Kay, NBC's Andrea Mitchell and PBS' Tavis Smiley. Face the Nation: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), Newt Gingrich and Gov.... [FishBowlDC]

The Financial Crisis Explained: It Was All Just Pretend Money - Posted October 20, 2008
It's been a few days since we looked into the Financial Crisis of '08, which in the current Internet news cycle is pretty much the equivalent of a few months. Paul Krugman, the Nobel prize-winning NYT columnist, says that it's going to get worse before it gets better. The... [FishBowlNY]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted October 17, 2008
Meet The Press: Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell (Ret.), NBC's political director Chuck Todd, David Brooks of the New York Times, Jon Meacham of Newsweek magazine, Andrea Mitchell of NBC News, and Joe Scarborough of MSNBC's "Morning Joe." Face the Nation: Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D), Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 10.16.08 - Posted October 16, 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]

Krugman Wins Nobel Economics Prize - Posted October 13, 2008
Well, this is going to be an awkward Nobel Prize ceremony at the White House: New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has won the Nobel Economics prize. ... [FishBowlDC]

Paul Krugman Wins 2008 Nobel Prize for Economics - Posted October 13, 2008
The Swedes may not like our novelists and poets but apparently our economists (and Op-eders) are great. Reuters is reporting that New York Times columnist and Princeton professor Paul Krugman has been awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for economics. The $1.4 million prize "recognised Krugman's formulation of a new... [FishBowlNY]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted September 19, 2008
Meet the Press: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a roundtable with CNBC's Erin Burnett, CNBC's John Harwood, CNBC's Steve Liesman and Washington Post's Steven Pearlstein. Face The Nation: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Rep. Barney Frank, Chairman, House Financial Services Committee, Sen. Richard Shelby. Fox News Sunday: Sens. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 11.27.07 - Posted November 27, 2007
Good morning Washington. You are not encouraging your kids to follow in your journalism footsteps. Television An ABC release announced, "According to Nielsen Media Research for the week of November 12, 2007, ABC News' 'Nightline' outperformed CBS' 'Late Show with David Letterman' among total viewers and Adults 25-54. In addition, 'Nightline' continues to... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 11.19.07 - Posted November 19, 2007
Good morning Washington. National Journal reports, "Average time spent consuming news on a typical workday," broken down by type of Washingtonian. The Pew Talk Show Index for November 4-9 shows, "Dennis Kucinich's call to impeach Vice President Cheney made nary a blip with the general media last week but it was a... [FishBowlDC]