“We appreciate the DOJ’s prompt response, but it does not adequately address our concerns,” writes Pruitt, in a statement. “The letter simply restates the law and claims that officials have complied with it.”

Pruitt goes on to say that he believes the root of the DOJ’s shady move was an AP report about the government stopping a bomb from being placed on a plane in May of last year. Though the AP worked with the government to ensure it didn’t reveal any national security information, Pruitt suggests that ultimately, the AP’s report didn’t paint the feds in a kind enough light.

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In a letter to the AP, the DOJ apparently offered no explanation for the seizure. The AP’s CEO and president, Gary Pruitt, responded with his own letter, protesting the DOJ’s actions:

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Brian Stelter, who launched TVNewser almost 10 years ago, is now a published author. “Top of the Morning,” out today, lays bare a tumultuous year for network morning news shows which saw one anchor pack her bags, another face a serious health issue, a ratings leader fall — and lose a quarter of its audience — and an entirely new show launch.

In his first interview for the book, Stelter tells us about the secrecy behind “Top of the Morning,” the access he got, and what he thinks about being called Matt Lauer‘s nemesis.

• Part II, tomorrow: What happens when Brian Stelter Tweets something he shouldn’t?

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The complete abandonment of facts and subsequent bear hugging of rumors forced the FBI to issue a statement. The short version: Shut up nothing has happened. Idiots.

The longer version:

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There are going to be a slew of heroic tales that emerge in the coming days regarding the Boston Marathon tragedy, but since we’re media centric here, we thought we’d gather some of the thoughts expressed by journalists covering the event. Below are just a few.

John Tlumacki – Boston Globe photographer, as told to Time:

I was so shook up about it — I was speechless when I was there [on scene]. My eyes were swelling up behind my camera. We use a camera as a defense but I was shaken when I got back, just scanning the pictures. The other sad part was that I took my shoes off because they were covered in blood from walking on the sidewalk taking pictures.

I always wondered what it would be like when I see photographers covering this stuff all over the world. You go to Israel and then there’s an explosion and photographers are there. It’s haunting to be a journalist and have to cover it. I don’t ever want to have to do that again.

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The inmate at the military’s most infamous prison described the daily despair and degradation he and other hunger strikers suffer in an op-ed titled, “Gitmo Is Killing Me.”

“I’ve been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 pounds,” he wrote. “I will not eat until they restore my dignity.”

The article, published late Sunday night online, drew swift criticisms from both poles of the political spectrum.

On one side, the ever-pugnacious Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian (and formerly Slate) columnist and an ardent human rights crusader, offered rare praise.

“Kudos to the NYT for publishing one of the most powerful Op-Eds ever,” he tweeted.

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Judge Carlos Samour Jr.

Holmes’ defense team was trying to get Winter to testify and thus reveal her sources for the book, and the judge was expected to make a decision on that matter tomorrow. Instead, Fox News reports that Samour Jr. deferred, saying that he won’t decide on the issue until he has ruled if the notebook will be permitted as evidence.

Winter, to her credit, was determined to accept a jail sentence over divulging her sources. And because the notebook isn’t currently evidence, there’s a chance it could never be. This is clearly a small victory. Let’s keep our fingers crossed Winter never sees the stand.

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Jana Winter

As Fox News reports, because Winter isn’t revealing her sources for the notebook, she is facing time behind bars. Holmes’ defense attorneys were unsuccessful in their attempts to get Colorado law enforcement agents to admit that they were Winter’s source, so now they’re going after Winter.

On April 10, Judge Carlos Samour Jr. will issue a decision about Winter testifying in court. Although Colorado’s “shield law” protects journalists from being incarerated for refusing to divulge sources, it does allow judges to force a reporter’s hand if prior attempts to unveil the source’s identity have failed.

Winter’s lawyer said that she will not divulge the source’s identity if put on the stand.

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The AP’s senior vice president and executive editor, Kathleen Carroll, said that the decision to rid the term from the AP manual came about during discussions that centered around using labels when reporting:

The new section on mental health issues argues for using credibly sourced diagnoses instead of labels. Saying someone was “diagnosed with schizophrenia” instead of schizophrenic, for example. And that discussion about labeling people, instead of behavior, led us back to ‘illegal immigrant’ again. We concluded that to be consistent, we needed to change our guidance. So we have.

Bravo, AP.

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The unhappiness was boiled down to two factors: Incomplete reporting and less stories. Among those people who said they had notice financial struggles in news companies, 48 percent said that they found stories to be incomplete, and 31 percent noticed fewer stories overall.

Other notable findings from the Pew report:

• 450 of the nation’s 1,380 daily newspapers are going to launch or have already implemented some sort of paywall.
• Digital advertising grew 17 percent in 2012. It now makes up 23 percent of the total ad market. That’s up from 20 percent in 2011.
• All major news magazines saw newsstand sales plummet last year. Time got it the worst, as sales dropped 27 percent compared to 2011.
• Ad pages at news magazines also dropped. Among those studied by Pew, The Week was hurting the most, as ad pages declined 24.5 percent.

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Channel 11 did their own reporting with Mary Murphy and Dan Mannarino at The Vatican. Tamsen Fadal anchored from the PIX studios.

Fadal spoke on the phone with several experts and theologians.

There was a live glitch with one of those interviews, Maureen Tilley of Fordham University, when the call dropped and dial tone was heard. They reestablished the line a few minutes later.

Murphy and Mannarino also found people in the Rome crowd. The duo under umbrellas talked to a New Yorker draped in an American flag who has Cardinal Dolan on his wish list.

Waiting for the new pope to emerge, WPIX added a live report from Ann Mercogliano, stationed at Dolan’s “home,” St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

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WABC investigative reporter Sarah Wallace found Julio Acevedo, who the NYPD has been on a manhunt for since leaving the scene of a car crash that killed a young Orthodox Jewish couple in Williamsburg. The interview was coordinated through Acevedo’s former cellmate friend.

The story resonated further with the city. The couple was en route to the hospital early Sunday to deliver her baby. The newborn survived for one night after an emergency c-section on the dead mother.

Acevedo told Wallace via cell phone that “My heart goes out to all of those people. I was feeling like I’m just so much of a bad guy.”

Acevedo admitted to speeding because he claims to have been shot a short time earlier.

“That cab driver came out of nowhere. I couldn’t stop.”

Jim Dolan was the reporter to package the story last night. Given the tremendous get for Wallace we won’t come down on Dolan for wrapping up live from Williamsburg with a double negative.

“…Not turning himself into police is not helping his case any.”

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Kiernan joined a group appearing on Piers Morgan Tonight with former CNBC host Donny Deutsch substituting.

This was not his first time on the cable news network. From 2000 to 2004, Kiernan anchored a business program on the now-defunct CNNfn. That broadcast led to assignments on the “main stage” as well.

In addition, Kiernan occasionally is reunited with his former CNNfn colleagues Ali Velshi and Christine Romans on  CNN’s weekend programming.

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But, WCBS/Channel 2 went one step further. Channel 2 brought in its main anchor team of Maurice DuBois and Kristine Johnson to lead the 11 a.m. coverage.

At WABC/Channel 7, Bill Ritter joined morning anchor Lori Stokes for its special reporting.

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Otherwise, it was the morning talent that handled the coverage. Good Day New York anchors Rosanna Scotto and Greg Kelly hosting the programming that took WNYW viewers to Temple Emanu-El. Sister station WWOR stayed with it regular lineup.

WPIX/Channel 11 opted fot its usual “must see” daytime TV, starting with Jerry Springer.

Michael Gargiulo and Darlene Rodriguez anchored for WNBC.

In addition, WLNY was used as the way station for WCBS shows pre-empted by the special coverage.

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1) How Many Times Does This Vogue Piece Make You Want to Vomit?

2) The ‘Trial Separation’ is Over: Greg Kelly and Rosanna Scotto Back Together on WNYW’s Good Day New York

3) Time Inc. Staffers Prepare for Cuts

4) Time Inc. Cuts 500, Eliminates Six Percent of Workforce

5) Please Don’t Try to Copy The New Republic

6) Michael Bloomberg is an Ass Man

7) ‘No Better Place’ for Midge Woolsey, Ending WXQR Career After Two Decades

8) Morale at The New York Times is Sort of Low

9) Sally Preston, Others Dropped by Time Inc.

10) Is CBS Sports Radio Ready to Take Over 660?

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