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This Week's "Reliable Sources"

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:53:22 -0500

"I had a flirtation, not a romance. We didn't consummate anything." -- New York Times columnist Frank Rich on the media falling out of love with John McCain after the favorable coverage of his 2000 campaign

"I don't get to press delete when I say something on TV like you do. I don't have a shelter of a desk." -- CNN's Ali Velshi to Baltimore Sun's David Zurawik on criticism of his coverage of the financial bailout

"What, is Tom supposed to wrestle them to the ground?...What, is he going to stuff his tie in their mouths?" - Politico's Roger Simon on moderator Tom Brokaw struggling to control the candidates in the second presidential debate

Read the full transcript here.

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All That ... For 14 Seconds of Action

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:12:48 -0500

From Rick Dunham's White House pool report over the weekend:

A brief, bizarre pool spray from the IMF. Tony Fratto's more substantive readout of what we missed is below.

Your pool waited for an hour on the White House driveway for an impromptu presidential drop-by at the G20 session taking place at the International Monetary Fund building.

Pool left South Driveway at 6:16 for the three-block drive to 19th and Pennsylvania. Four minutes later, we scrambled inside IMF Bdg.

After waiting three minutes in the lobby, pool was ushered into Conference Hall 2. President Bush was seated next to Guido Mantega, Brazil's finance minister. Mantega was accompanied by Henrique Meirelles, identified to us as governor of the Central Bank of Brazil.

The Brazilians were seated to Bush's left. Flanking him on the right were U.S. Treasury Secretary Paulson and Fed chair Bernanke. Sitting immediately behind the President were National Security Adviser Steve Hadley and WH Chief of Staff Josh Bolten.

No remarks for the press.

Ten -- count 'em, ten -- seconds after we were ushered in, we were ordered to leave. The whole thing was over in exactly 14 seconds, according to the count of the photo pool.

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Anne Kornblut Did Not Have A Relaxing Weekend

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:35:22 -0500

You may have spotted the Washington Post reporter doing six hits on MSNBC Saturday.

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Morning Reading List, 10.13.08

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:54:39 -0500

Good morning Washington.

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Krugman Wins Nobel Economics Prize

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:44:17 -0500

Well, this is going to be an awkward Nobel Prize ceremony at the White House: New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has won the Nobel Economics prize.

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Andrea & Alan: How To Cover?

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:28:53 -0500

NBC's Andrea Mitchell is married to former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan. So how should that affect her coverage of the current financial crisis? The New York Times' Brian Stelter inquires:

The news division has allowed Ms. Mitchell to continue covering the presidential election, even when the candidates have debated the financial crisis, and has decided on a day-by-day basis what stories are not appropriate for her to cover.

"To me it's a pretty easy balancing act," Mr. Capus said in an interview Sunday. "She knows where to draw the line."

That line, NBC has decided, exists when past economic decisions are being re-examined. The fiscal policies championed by Mr. Greenspan, who retired in January 2006, have come under scrutiny in recent weeks.

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Pictures Of Morning Papers

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:18:31 -0500

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Kurtz: "Does the campaign trail still matter much in an age of digital warfare?"

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:46:17 -0500

From today's Washington Post:

Does the campaign trail still matter much in an age of digital warfare? Or is it now a mere sideshow, meant to provide the media with pretty pictures of colorful crowds while the guts of the contest unfold elsewhere? And if so, are the boys (and girls) on the bus spinning their wheels?

"Anything interesting that happens on the road is going to be eaten up before you can get to it," says Slate correspondent John Dickerson. "By the time you see the papers, you feel like you know it all."

On the road, some of the nation's top print journalists morph into bloggers who post paragraphs on each mini-development, giving them a more stenographic role that leaves less time for actual reporting, or even thinking. Obama advisers have concluded that newspaper and magazine stories no longer have the same resonance but that a brief item by, say, Politico bloggers can spread like wildfire.

With a single correspondent's campaign travel costing as much as $10,000 a week, the number of cash-strapped news organizations willing to pony up has been dwindling in recent years. Only five newspapers -- the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune -- are traveling regularly with Obama and John McCain. The big regional papers, USA Today and Time magazine are there only intermittently, and Newsweek, which had been a constant presence on the trail, pulled back last week for financial reasons. (The networks, which used young off-air "embeds" during much of the primary season, now have front-line correspondents on board to do daily live shots.)

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Happy Hour

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:58:03 -0500

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Sunday Show Preview

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:22:25 -0500

Meet the Press: NJ Gov. Jon Corzine (D), former Rep. Rob Portman (R-OH), Wall Street Journal's Paul Gigot and Discovery Channel's Ted Koppel.

Face the Nation: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), CO Gov. Bill Ritter (D), Richmond Mayor Doug Wilder, Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL) and Dr. C. Fred Bergsten, Director, Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Fox News Sunday: McCain manager Rick Davis, Obama strategist David Axelrod, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) and a panel with Brit Hume, Fox News Washington Managing Editor, Mara Liasson, National Public Radio & Fox News, Bill Kristol, Weekly Standard & Fox News, Juan Williams, National Public Radio & Fox News.

This Week: Lawrence Summers, Former Treasury Secretary, James Baker, Former Treasury Secretary, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Chairman, Financial Services Committee, Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Minority Whip and a roundtable with The New York Times' Paul Krugman, The Washington Post's Dan Balz, and ABC News' Cokie Roberts and George Will.

Late Edition: Steve Forbes, Robert Reich, former Pres. Clinton Labor Secretary, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL), Washington Times' Tara Wall, Democratic strategist Paul Begala, Republican strategist Leslie Sanchez, Democratic strategist James Carville, CNN's Gloria Borger, Candy Crowley and Ed Henry.

Reliable Sources: CNN's Candy Crowley, ABC's Lynn Sherr, Politico's Roger Simon, New York Times' Frank Rich, San Francisco Chronicle's Debra Saunders, CNN's Ali Velshi and Baltimore Sun's David Zurawik.

The Post Politics Program with Ed O'Keefe and Emily Freifeld on POTUS '08: Jennifer Agiesta and David Broder.

GPS: Soros Fund Management chair George Soros, Columbia University's Earth Institute director Jeffrey Sachs, Washington Post's Sebastian Mallaby, Peterson Institute for International Economics' Fred Bergsten

C-SPAN's Newsmakers: Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, James Lockhart will be interviewed by Zachary Goldfarb, Washington Post, Reporter, & Dawn Kopecki, Bloomberg News, Finance Reporter.

Inside Washington: Washington Post's Colbert King, NPR's Nina Totenberg, Newsweek's Evan Thomas, and syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer.

Roll Call TV with Robert Traynham: Robin Weissmann, Pennsylvania Treasurer and Obama supporter; Renee Amoore, McCain supporter; and Erin Billings and Emily Heil of Roll Call.

Beyond the Politics: Brookings Institution's William Galston, National Review's Andrew McCarthy, Washington Times' Tara Wall and Princeton University professor Cornel West. Note: Beyond the Politics is airing in place of This Week in Politics

Chris Matthews: Newsweek's Howard Fineman, Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Cynthia Tucker, Washington Post's David Ignatius and CNN's Gloria Borger.

Political Capital with Al Hunt: McCain economic adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Obama economic adviser Jason Furman and DCCC Chair Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).

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Reporters May Be Getting Laid Off Left And Right, But At Least They're Eating Well

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:15:56 -0500

From a White House pool report...penned by the Chicago Tribune's Mark Silva:

En route to Florida we ate a turkey, tomato and cheese melt, open face, on toast, some really sweet and drippy macaroni salad, good, hard dirty potato chips and a big pickle, topped off with tiny cheese cake squares. Anxiety, as the president said, feeds anxiety.

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The Folks At The Watergate Won't Be Happy

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:32:05 -0500

Hillary Clinton's out with a new email publication...

...which sounds awfully familiar to another publication, based in D.C.'s Watergate building.

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Howard Kurtz Facebook Update

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:50:38 -0500

Howard Kurtz added 23 Facebook friends this week, bringing his total friend count to 2,439. He also had nine status updates, which included:

Howard is on the bus again, waiting for the candidate as usual.

Howard is out of the tent and figuring out What It All Means.

Howard is in the Nashville media tent, awaiting the fisticuffs.

Howard is stuck at the hotel because Obama is leaving. Plus it's pouring in Nashville.

Howard is debate-addicted and headed to Nashville.

Howard is watching all the talk about Ayers and Keating Five while the stock market tanks again. Not terribly inspiring.

Howard is wondering why no one cares about the now-convicted O.J., who will soon be banished from polite society.

Howard is watching the debate over the Palin debate and wondering why everyone is blowing off the $700-B bailout. Too depressing?

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Poll of the Day

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:55:41 -0500

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Congrats John and Mei!

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:33:25 -0500

An internal -- and funny -- Washington Post announcement, obtained by FishbowlDC:

It's a girl for Outlook editor John Pomfret and wife Mei. Born this afternoon at Georgetown University Hospital, the newest Pomfret weighed in at 8 lbs. 2 oz. and 19.5 inches. She joins big brother Dali and sister Liya. Mom and baby are resting and doing fine -- but John says they still haven't come up with a name. So if you know one that works equally well in Chinese and English, send it along to [REDACTED]...

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