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CHATTER: Is that Politico's Patrick O'CONNOR - or John FOGERTY - belting out an impressive rendition of 'Centerfield' at Michael STEEL's compound, in cowboy hat and shirt from the Wrangler shop in Cheyenne? ('Put me in, coach -- I'm ready to play --- today.') All the young Capitol Hill royalty turned out for Patrick's 32nd (Observed), with a keeper photo of Ken SPAIN kibitzing with Jennifer CRIDER. Sarah FEINBERG, Kristie GRECO - Steel's a uniter, not a divider. That's Mark PAUSTENBACH slam-dancing to country karaoke, and Paul KANE showing up for a SECOND time, provoking chants of 'P.K. - M.V.P.' Meg LITTLE of Glover Park Group and Politico's Dan REILLY - Generation Y's Ben and Sally - stayed till latenight. Jonathan MARTIN cameoed, and ABC's Sunlen Miller was luckily off the road. Jackie KUCINICH's gift was a bottle of 'Olde Irish 800.' And two of these three facts are true: A bottle of Jameson makes a solid microphone (as do two Miller Lite cans, stacked) ... Michael Steel reads inTouch magazine ... National Review once had the cover line, 'Buckley on Why Mike Steel Matters Now.'
Recovering Journalist reports, "This has been a particularly rough week for the newspaper industry, whose decline seems to be gathering speed."
Wall Street Journal reports, "As the economic pressure on newspapers intensifies, the Associated Press, a 162-year-old newsgathering cooperative for the industry, is beginning to fracture."
A reader tells us, "Roll Call regularly posts misleading time stamps on its web stories. Just check out the story on the Senate votes last night on the Medicare bill and the war supplemental. The time stamp is at 8:32, but the bill did not pass until almost 10pm. This is not unusual for them."
The Los Angeles Times reports, "Fox News is poised to reclaim the title of the most-watched cable news network in the key advertising demographic in the second quarter of 2008."
Wall Street Journal reports, "Pundits are prized for making bold predictions, but they're usually not held accountable for their forecasting accuracy. A news-prediction Web site is trying to change that with a pundit-tracking game, pitting the likes of MSNBC commentator Chris Matthews against technology blog TechCrunch and entertainment blogger Perez Hilton. While the idea is a good one, the execution is flawed."
Washington City Paper's Erik Wemplewrites, "This morning a City Paper staffer walked into my office ridiculing this morning's WaPo Metro feature about toenails. He said it looked like a lame story, typical empty daily feature fare. I'd read it at breakfast and liked it quite a bit. What I liked more than the story itself was the amazing photo presentation by Sarah L. Voisin. NEVER before has the front of Metro looked so inviting, mold-breaking, and all that other good stuff that design experts talk about at journalism conventions. Whereas the old and tired convention with a toenail-painting story would have been to take a shot or two of a woman getting the nails painted, Voisin, here, just took tons of pictures of painted toenails, and the layout people arranged them like a lei around the story text. It was stunningly good. But not on the Web, goddamnit!"
The Washington Post reports, "Richard H. Freeman, 79, a retired publisher of trade magazines and former District resident, died June 24 of complications of lung cancer at Hospice of Visiting Nurse Service in Copley, Ohio. He had been a resident of Akron, Ohio, since 1998."
DCRTV reports, "Washington Post superstar sports columnist Tony Kornheiser (left) bid a low-key farewell to 3WT radio this morning, before leaving for his annual 'Monday Night Football' duties on ESPN. He also confirmed rumors that he'll be returning to the Bonneville talker in January, after his 'MNF' seasonal chores are completed. Come Monday, the 3WT morning team of David Burd, Jessica Doyle, and Victoria Jones will expand into the 8 AM hour where Kornheiser had aired. Kornheiser sidekick Marc 'Nigel' Sterne will join them as in-studio producer. Stephanie Miller will take Korhneiser's 9 AM hour, with Neal Boortz moving from evenings to Kornheiser's re-play slot from 2 PM to 4 PM. Jerry Doyle will air in evenings..."
"Robert Engelman will be discussing and signing his new book, More:
Population, Nature, and What Women Want, and performing songs from or
inspired by the book, at Busboys and Poets (the one at 2021 14th St.,
N.W., at V Street in D.C.) this Monday, June 30, 6:30 to 8 p.m." For more info, click here.
CJR looks at "Unity Day, the press, and Obama’s unstoppable campaign narrative"
David Cornwrites, "Is it wrong for a journalist to be paid a modest fee by a state-supported media entity to provide on-air analysis or commentary? Is it unethical? A recent article by Dafna Linzer and Paul Kiel that was posted by ProPublica, the new nonprofit investigative reporting outfit, suggested that it is. And the article cited me as one of several media people in possible breach of journalistic ethics."
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