Ryan Lizza

Morning Chatter - Posted January 27, 2012
Quotes of the Day: The Moon Edition To the Moon, Newt "THEY ARE STILL DEBATING GOING TO THE MOON." -- The New Yorker's Washington writer Ryan Lizza. "This portion of... [FishbowlDC]

New Yorker Launches New Blog with Huge Pictures - Posted January 11, 2012
If you love politics but are teetering on edge of legal blindness, the New Yorker has created a new blog for you: The Political Scene. The blog just launched Monday and functions like a guide to the 2012 presidential elec... [FishbowlDC]

Raunchy Santorum Sex Jokes Abound - Posted January 4, 2012
There are some things that can't be unlearned. Like the word "santorum." Ever since GOP Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum clumped homosexuality together with bestiality and polygamy and declared them all deviant, syndicated sex columnist ... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Chatter - Posted January 4, 2012
Quotes of the Day -- Behind the Curtain in Des Moines The Rachels: RealClearPolitics' Scott Conroy says on Twitter, "What they're watching at ... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Chatter - Posted December 8, 2011
Quotes of the Day Newsroom tension "You know you've written a good editorial if it makes your boss uncomfortable. @BrettMDecker" -- TWT's Anneke Green. Is WaPo's Gen... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted November 28, 2011
Quotes of the Day -- the post holiday edition HuffPost's Sam Stein's potential Chanukah present from Ralph Lauren: "Is this sweater a joke? (mom wants to get me it for Chanukah)." ... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted November 23, 2011
Quotes of the Day The Keen Observer "Did Ari Fleischer come directly from a crack house? I've got Samsonites smaller than those bags under his eyes." -- Reason Magazin... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted October 20, 2011
Quotes of the Day Journo becomes cast expert "I have it on good authority that casts for broken wrists now come in a bewilderingly vast array of colors." -- AFP's Olivier Knox... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted October 6, 2011
Quotes of the Day NBC newsmanTom Brokaw on Day 1 of the Washington Ideas Forum... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted September 23, 2011
Quotes of the Day -- the Google/Fox News GOP Debate Version Journo experiences random act of kindness "Mom with crying baby on plane just passed out earplugs to all sitting near them. Nice." -- Yahoo! News' Chris Moody en route to Orlando. ... [FishbowlDC]

The FishbowlDC Interview with The Atlantic's Garance Franke-Ruta - Posted March 4, 2011
Say hello to The Atlantic's Garance Franke-Ruta. By fa... [FishbowlDC]

Full Disclosure: Washington's Incestuous Media Ties - Posted March 2, 2011
In the aftermath of Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) firing his spokesman for leaking emails from reporters to another reporter is the news flash that Washington media is an incestuous bunch. Everyone is "friends" with everyone. And increasingly, members of D.C.'s media are making ... [FishbowlDC]

Bardella Blunder: Issa Launches Inquiry Into Press Sec's Actions - Posted February 28, 2011
Kurt Bardella, spokesman for Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) who's recently made enemies in the Washington press corps, may have found himself again in hot water. ... [PRNewser]

Bardella Blunder: Issa Launches Inquiry Into Press Sec's Actions - Posted February 28, 2011
Kurt Bardella, spokesman for Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) who's recently made enemies in the Washington press corps, may have found himself again in hot water. ... [FishbowlDC]

'New Yorker' Darrell Issa Profile Damaging For Congressman and PR Chief - Posted January 18, 2011
The New Yorker's anticipated, head-turning profile of Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA), the recently elected chairman... [PRNewser]

TNR Makes Changes to Web Team and Announces Brand New Class of Reporter-Researchers - Posted October 19, 2010
Today TNR.com Editor Greg Veis announces two additions to its web... [FishbowlDC]

Health Care, Tiger's Return on Tap for 'Reliable Sources' - Posted March 21, 2010
Today's healthcare showdown in the house is topic A on CNN's media-on-media show "Reliable Sources." CBS News chief White House correspondent Chip Reid, political analyst Amy Holmes, and The New Yorker Washington correspondent Ryan Lizza are ... [TVNewser]

Lieberman Hate Fest: He's a "pinata" and a "senatorial prostitute" - Posted December 20, 2009
The media had a field day with Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) this week because of his controversial stance on the national health care reform bill. As reported on CNN's "Reliable Sources" Sunday, ... [FishbowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted December 18, 2009
• NBC's Meet the Press: David Axelrod, Dr. Howard Dean MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, Markos Moulitsas of the DailyKos.com, Rep. Strategist Ed Gillespie, PBS's Tavis Smiley • CBS' Face the Nation: Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Sen. Olympia Snowe (D-LA) and Se. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) • ABC's This Week... [FishbowlDC]

Last Night: Book Parties & Screenings - Posted October 20, 2009
• DC's media types also turned out last night for a screening of HBO's documentary "By the People: The Election of Barack Obama" at MPAA with filmmakers Amy Rice and Alicia Sams. NYT's Jeff Zeleny, the New Yorker's ... [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... [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]

Morning Reading List 02.25.09 - Posted February 25, 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]

Morning Reading List 02.23.09 - Posted February 23, 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]

The More Things Change, Etc.: Obama Emulated Bush Press Tactics - Posted December 17, 2008
Over at Politico Michael Calderone go... [FishbowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 11.13.08 - Posted November 13, 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 t... [FishbowlDC]

Boys (and Girls) on the (Stockholm) Bus: Election Coverage '08 - Posted October 29, 2008
Well, here's a description of the inside of the Obama plane you don't come across everyday:It felt like the Lord of the Flies in there...The people who have been there for a long time have all of their little decorations and knickknacks all over the back of the plane. Everyone's a... [FishbowlNY]

Hottest Media Types: Friday Morning - Posted August 8, 2008
We ran into a bunch of FishbowlDC hotties (Hulse, Verdugo, Kucinich, Pietras, Friere, Stanton, etc.) at last night's DCI Group party and, boy, were their fingers tired. Why? Because over 280,000 votes have been cast in this year's contest (you can vote as often as you'd lik... [FishbowlDC]

24 - Posted August 7, 2008
That's the number of requests we've received from people to change or update profile pictures featured in our Hottest Media Types contest. (Go ... [FishbowlDC]

How do You Say 'Crush on Obama' in German? - Posted July 23, 2008
Maybe you've heard. Presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama is on a trip overseas, along with the entire American Press Corps (not including ... [FishbowlNY]

Rachel Sklar is Sensational...istic - Posted July 21, 2008
We were trolling Huffpo and came across Rachel Sklar's latest: Obama's Revenge: New Yorker Reporter Banned From Press Plane For Overseas Trip... [FishbowlLA]

And the First Obama Overseas Interview Goes To... - Posted July 20, 2008
CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Lara Logan, who just relocated to Washington DC, was the first correspondent to interview ... [TVNewser]

An Afternoon of MSNBC Highlights - Posted July 14, 2008
Chris Matthews taking his turn in botching Sen. Barack Obama's name, Salon's Joan Walsh sounding rather in love with herself and New Yorker's Ryan Lizza doing his b... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 04.15.08 - Posted April 15, 2008
Happy Tax Day Washington. Playbook tells us that "Patrick Henry, Ed's son, is 7." Here's your TV coverage of the Pope's visi... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 02.21.08 - Posted February 21, 2008
Good morning Washington. Jennifer Love Hewitt is 29! (But don't you dare say size 29...) Yesterday was David Corn's bday. He's also just 29. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | ... [FishbowlDC]

Obama First Pol To Grace GQ Cover In 15 Years - Posted August 13, 2007
First on FishbowlDC... GQ asks: Does "the new star of the Democratic Party" have "the nerve, the political spine, and the will to do the (sometimes dirty) work it takes to get to the White House?" That was then (Nov. 1992)... ...this is now (Sept. 2007)... FishbowlDC has learned that Sen.... [FishbowlDC]

Maybe Milbank Will Make This List... - Posted May 23, 2007
(earlier) FishbowlDC hears that Ryan Lizza is working on a project about the 100 most powerful people in Washington for GQ. This list will be a mix of the usual suspects (senatorial, cabinet, running-for-president types), the somewhat well known (a stealthily influential congressman, a top committee staffer, big shot lobbyists), and the... [FishbowlDC]

Lizza Scores Book Deal - Posted March 30, 2007
TNR/GQ's Ryan Lizza has sold his untitled book to David Hirshey at Harper. The book will examine the underlying shifts in American politics by following the 2008 major presidential candidates. ... [FishbowlDC]

Peretz Says Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na To W. Post / NYTimes / Time Mag - Posted March 9, 2007
From an email sent recent from TNR's Marty Peretz (via Gawker): The first new New Republic will feature a long and deep article on Barack Obama by our own Ryan Lizza, the brilliant young journalist who The New York Times and The Washington Post and Time tried to hire away. What I... [FishbowlDC]