Archives: December 2006

With 46 % of the vote, Stephen Colbert’s speech at this year’s White House Correspondent Association Dinner has become FishbowlDC’s First Annual Person of the Year.

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Tonight is the last time at the National Press Club’s bar you’ll be able to lite up.

We are seeing a surge in voting…an hour and a half left…

Instapundit reports that while many journos don’t like the recent subpoenas issues by the army, some “seem to confuse” their ethical issues with political ones.

Riehl World View claims that the “AP and E&P have teamed up to perpetuate a lie.” The lie being that “many U.S. troops in Iraq oppose escalation.” What do you think?

Nielsen BuzzMetrics press release revealed that 18 blogs are responsible for the 100 most popular blog posts of 2006. The most popular blog, based on inbound links, was mother.livejournal.com’s petition against changes in the livejournal interface. Crooks and Liars’ posts on Stephen Colbert’s monologue at the White House, and Keith Olbermann commentary on Rumsfeld, were the number 2 and 3 posts, respectively.

From Slate, video included: “Bob Wright engages a Buddha-like Andrew Sullivan in intense theological discussion. Then I try to give Bob grief for not taking the obvious shots at him. Bob takes this rather more seriously than I meant it –and that’s always must-see TV!”

Robert Scoble sat down with The Washington Post’s Dan Balz, to discuss how technology is quickly changing the face of journalism and politics.

Happy New Years!

77.9 % of you use Windows
11.1 % use Mac
10.2 % use “unknown”
.4 % use Linux

57.9 % of you use Internet Explorer as your Internet browser.
19.7 % use Firefox
7.5 % use “Unknown”
6.3 % use Safari
5.4 % use Mozilla.
1.1 % use Netscape
1 % use NetNewsWire
.3 % use Opera
.1 % use Camino

The Top Ten Search Keyphrases for 2006:

1. fishbowl dc
2. fishbowldc
3. dc fishbowl
4. fishbowl
5. brianna keilar
6. david rosenbaum
7. capitol leader
8. media bistro dc
9. fishbowl and dc
10. megyn kendall

Our Top 10 most popular posts in 2006:

1.) “Wallace: ‘I felt as if a mountain was coming down in front of me.’”

2.) “Well, Well, Surprise, Surprise…”

3.) “The Final Day”

4.) “Romney Hates Boston Journos”

5.) “Massive Layoffs At NBC?”

6.) “Stuever On Book Leave”

7.) “A Foxy Affair”

8.) “Keller’s Thoughts on DC’s Leaking”

9.) “Double Takes”

10.) “BREAKING: Colbert To Head WHCA Dinner”

The Post tied a record low for its Hooker Ads this week with a meager three on Wednesday. They made up for it, however, with a near-record high of 10 today.

In terms of daily totals, Friday has become the first day to pass the century mark — no doubt due to the weekend rush.

And, for the sake of tradition, here’s the running total over the last three months:

“Meet The Press”: Tom Brokaw, Bob Woodward and Michael Beschloss, E.J. Dionne, Kate O’Beirne, Eugene Robinson and William Safire.

“The Chris Matthews Show”: HD Net’s Dan Rather, Chicago Tribune’s Clarence Page, BBC’s Katty Kay and MSNBC’s Norah O’Donnell.

Face The Nation: Gen. Alexander Haig, Washington Post’s Ben Bradlee, Ford Historian James Cannon and New York Daily News’ Tom DeFrank.

“This Week”: John and Elizabeth Edwards, Time’s Jay Carney, former Bush advisor Dan Senor, ABC’s Claire Shipman and Donna Brazile.

C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers”: Newly appointed chairman for the DCCC, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD). The Hill’s Jonathan Kaplan and Roll Call’s David Drucker participate in the questioning.

Fox News Sunday: Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), Governor Tom Vilsack (D-IA), Charles Krauthammer, Mara Liasson, Bill Kristol, Juan Williams