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Today's FishbowlDC comment of the day (with regards to yesterday's post on "On Covering Obama...": Reader frankiea77 writes, "Did anyone else catch that Obama bought ice cream for all the pool reporters on a recent trip? Isn't that a gift that would constitute a conflict of interest for the reporters involved? Call it Vanilla-gate. Journos, get on it." Keep the FishbowlDC discussion going by dropping your comments here.
Inside Cable News reports, "In 'The Decider,' Chris Matthews takes an in-depth look at the eight-year Presidency of George W. Bush. The documentary, a creative collaboration between Hardball and MSNBC's Long Form unit and produced by Peacock Productions, writes history's first draft of the Bush Presidency. The program will premiere in the Hardball slot at 5 and 7 p.m. on Monday, December 29th."
TVNewser reports, "Following a news conference today in which President-elect Barack Obama dodged questions related to Gov. Rod Blagojevich, NBC Washington bureau chief Mark Whitaker told Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC that journalists must continue to 'press them hard.'"
Matthew Yglesiaswrites, "Steven Benen asks: 'If six media figures joining Democratic campaigns is proof that reporters are liberal, are seven loyal Bushies joining news outlets proof that major media outlets are conservative?' Of course not! The loyal Bushies joining major media outlets is proof that the media is liberal -- so liberal, in fact, that even the hard-core liberals who control the media feel so guilty about it that they need to hire hack propagandists from the Bush administration to try to counteract their own liberal liberalishness. Similarly, CNN hiring Steve Hayes also proves that the media is liberal."
A NBC release announced, "According to Nielsen Media Research data, 'NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams' was the most-watched network evening newscast, winning the week of December 8-14, 2008. It was a strong week for the Williams-led newscast as it averaged nearly ten million total viewers (9,993 million), an impressive +1.418 million more than ABC 'World News' 8.575 million, and +2.886 million more than CBS 'Evening News' 7.107 million."
TVNewser reports, "The news that Time's Washington bureau chief Jay Carney is leaving the magazine to become Vice President-elect Joe Biden's communications director will also have an impact on Carney's wife, ABC News national correspondent Claire Shipman. ABC News SVP of communications Jeffrey Schneider tells TVNewser, 'It's something we've obviously given a lot of thought to. We will not assign Claire to anything that would create even the perception of a conflict of interest.'"
The Washington Blogger December Meetup is tonight at RFD at 7:00 PM. RSVP here.
The Pew Internet & American Life Project shows that "internet leaders, activists and analysts shows they expect major technology advances as the phone becomes a primary device for online access, voice-recognition improves, artificial and virtual reality become more embedded in everyday life, and the architecture of the internet itself improves. They disagree about whether this will lead to more social tolerance, more forgiving human relations, or better home lives."
A release announced, "On Saturday, Jan. 3, WAMU 88.5 will implement minor changes to its weekend morning schedule. The BBC World Service now will air at 5 a.m., Saturdays, followed by The Parents' Journal at 6 a.m., and a re-broadcast of the station's own Metro Connection at 7 a.m. On Sunday morning, WAMU 88.5 will reserve the 6 a.m., hour for specials, documentaries, and special occasional series like WNYC's Radiolab. These weekend changes will fill holes left in the weekend schedule by two shows, Calling All Pets and The Infinite Mind, which have ceased production."
Advertising Age presents, "Media Guy's Worst Media Feuds Of 2008"
Former Politico'r and "Worldfocus contributor Samuel Loewenberg travels to the east African country of Tanzania to look at the impact of river blindness on one village, where the only source of water is also a breeding ground for disease."
