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"I do think that the quality which makes a man want to write and be read is essentially a desire for self-exposure and is masochistic. Like one of those guys who has a compulsion to take his thing out and show it on the street." - James Jones
Good morning Washington. Wednesday was Karen Travers' birthday. And Mike Allen'sPlaybook tells us that today is the birthday of Mark Mazetti and Lynn Sweet. Did you also see Buzz Aldrin last night at Hudson?
Today's "Angry Journalist" rant of the day: "Geez, I was never out to get rich, but I at least thought journalism would give me enough to pay the bills and then have a little spending money left over at the end of the month. I would have just dropped out of high school and gotten a job working in a convenience store if I'd known I'd make this kind of salary. So much for the value of a college education!"
The Telegraph reports, "A fund raising event at the London home of Rupert Murdoch's daughter has raised $400,000 for Barack Obama's campaign to be President."
The Pew Weekly News Interest Index shows, "Barack Obama may be building an insurmountable lead in the Democratic primary race, but the public is sending a strong message to journalists and pundits: It is too early to declare, as some already have, that the race is over. Fully 72% of the public -- including comparable percentages of Democrats, Republicans and independents – say that journalists should not be anointing Obama as the Democratic nominee at this stage in the race. Just 20% say that journalists should be doing this."
Business Wire reports, "2008 Gerald Loeb Award Finalists Announced by UCLA Anderson School of Management -- Daniel Hertzberg of The Wall Street Journal to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award"
CJR reports, "Read through the coverage of any presidential campaign and you will invariably find instances in which the conventional wisdom was turned on its head. Yet there is a sense that the conventional wisdom about the current contest has been especially wrong. The New York Times, itself a chief purveyor of conventional wisdom, said as much in a March 9 analysis that claimed the 'accuracy rate' has plummeted to 'new lows.'"
Regarding this, a reader tells us, "The first three years of salary of Chris Wallace's contract at FOX were 800,000, 900,000 and 1,000,000. All of Katie Couric's years have been better than Chris Wallace's.
ClickZ reports, "Health and wellness stories are a staple of television and NBC has the archived segments to prove it. Now, NBC Universal Digital Media is forming an online network that makes those video clips available to Web publishers."
Huffington Post reports, "Barack Obama passed off a reporter today in Michigan, and she seemed less than amused by his name for her. 'Hold on one second there, sweetie,' he says. The reporter signed off: 'This sweetie never did get an answer to that question.'"
Media Bloodhound looks at "Brian Williams' 'Truthiness' in Advertising"
TVNewser's Chris Ariensreports, "Normally, you would have seen Howard Fineman on MSNBC last night, but the 2008 primary season has been far from normal. So last night, the Newsweek columnist/senior Washington correspondent/deputy D.C. Bureau Chief and NBC News analyst added another title: author. Fineman was feted by his TV and magazine colleagues for his new book The Thirteen American Arguments. No argument from Brian Williams and his wife Jane and Newsweek editor Jon Meacham and his wife Keith. They threw the bash."
From Hot Air: "Video: Chris Matthews darned tired of being Terry McAuliffe's punching bag"
"Results from the Dow Jones Insight—2008 Presidential Election Media Pulse show that with only six primaries left following the split for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in Indiana and North Carolina, the end may be near for Clinton as media coverage turns more pessimistic in regard to her campaign."
Online Media Daily reports, "Further exploring the latest trend in online content distribution, CondéNet has launched MySpace applications for its top properties, including Style.com, Epicurious.com, Wired.com and its teen girl-focused flip.com."
The AP reports, "A notorious 'Spam King' and his partner now owe MySpace about $230 million in damages after a federal judge awarded the popular online hangout what is believed to be the largest anti-spam judgment ever."
Reuters reports, "Online classifieds leader Craigslist.com filed a countersuit on Tuesday against business rival eBay Inc, alleging eBay used its minority stake in Craigslist to steal its corporate trade secrets."
Online Media Daily reports, "America's business elite, the so-called 'C suite' that run our country's medium and large size businesses, are changing their personal media habits and spending much more of their time online. That may come as little surprise given the corresponding shifts that have taken place in the consumer population but the new findings, released this morning by global market research giant Ipsos, provides tangible proof of the impact digital media is having on one of the most difficult to reach, but most important media targets of all."
"Facebook is stepping up its international expansion. The Palo Alto (Calif.)-based company will introduce tools that translate the site into four additional languages: Dutch, Italian, Norwegian, and Polish, BusinessWeek.com has learned."
The Guardian reports, "BBC Magazines is to launch a US title aimed at readers with a 'curious mind' that will take on National Geographic and other natural history and science publications. The 100-page full-colour glossy, BBC Knowledge Magazine, will publish six times a year from August and use content from UK titles BBC History Magazine, BBC Wildlife Magazine and popular science publication Focus."
Mixed Media reports, "Revenge or coincidence? A few weeks ago, The New Republic cried foul after Time produced a concept cover that resembled one that TNR had published. (Time said its design was in homage to a current NBA ad campaign.) Now it's TNR's turn to be accused of lacking originality. This week's paint-by-numbers cover, consisting of an unfinished watercolor rendering of Barack Obama, bears a distinct resemblance to a Time cover from 2004 featuring Howard Dean."
Media Matters' Eric Boehlertwrites, "Campaign aides for Sen. John McCain want very much to sell the American public on the "McCain brand" and to pitch the Republican candidate as a sort of stand-alone, untarnished political entity, according to a recent Washington Post article. ... So guess what members of the press, including those at MSNBC, CNN, NBC, The Washington Post, Newsweek, the Politico, and The Boston Globe, have been doing incessantly in recent weeks. They've been making glowing references to the durability and appeal of the 'McCain brand.' I mean, how lucky can the Republicans get? The press is echoing precisely the message that the candidate's advisers want repeated again and again. What are the odds?"
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