Congress Push to Apply Decency Rules to Cable (WaPo)
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens said on Tuesday he would push for applying broadcast decency standards to cable television and subscription satellite TV and radio. Chicago Tribune: No bleeping was needed for Chris Rock, but the post-Super Bowl "malfunction" environment has broadcasters grappling with self-censorship, writes Clarence Page.

'Memogate' Producer Shopping Her Book (NYO)
Mary Mapes, the producer fired for her involvement in the flawed segment, is preparing to shop a book proposal offering an inside account of what happened at CBS News during the memo scandal. NYP: Moonves says "Memogate" pushed Dan out early. Newsday: Dan down as he heads for retirement, writes Dennis Duggan.

New Times Op-Ed Columnist Named (NYT)
John Tierney, a longtime reporter for the paper, was named on Tuesday as an Op-Ed page columnist, filling the vacancy created by William Safire's departure. NYO: Tierney's "inclination" is libertarian. E&P: Conservatives welcome choice of Tierney. WaPo: Paper has been grooming Tierney for years.

Iraqi TV Targets Insurgents (LAT)
A popular new television show features purported assailants' confessions as they face the families of victims.

Al Jazeera Readies for English Launch (Guardian)
The Arab cable channel has poached ITN's two most senior foreign news executives as it gears up for the launch of an English-language television channel later this year.

Three Arrested in Beheading of Ukrainian Reporter (Independent)
Ukrainian authorities say they have made arrests linked to the country's most politically sensitive murder case, that of the journalist Georgiy Gongadze who campaigned against high-level government corruption.

Top Exec Out at Bloomberg (NYP)
David Wachtel, who was in charge of the business side of the media company, including TV, radio, magazines and the Internet, resigned on Friday. He was in charge of about 600 people.

Martha Stewart Living Publisher Resigns (NYT)
With Martha Stewart's release from prison a few days away, Suzanne Sobel, the longtime publisher of her company's magazines, has resigned.

Bushies Tearing Down the Press? (Salon)
Eric Boehlert: The Bush administration has been at war with the media from Day One. Is its real goal to undermine the press itself (and thereby eliminate inconvenient truths)?

Reality (On TV) Reaches Art World (NYT)
Deitch Projects, a gallery in Soho, is bringing reality television to the art world with a show called Artstar.

Mission Control (CJR)
Editorial: All that individual journalists can do in response to recent challenges is rededicate ourselves to journalism's central mission and find ways of explaining that mission to the public.

Stream-of-Consciousness Sy (Louisville Eccentric Observer)
"I think that The New Yorker is one great advantage for people," said Sy Hersh. "They have a thorough [fact] checking system so that people know it's never adversary. We're never sandbagging people."

Punch, Coulter-Punch (WaPo)
A left-leaning campus group sponsors a contest to "name Ann Coulter's next book," and after the winner is announced, Coulter takes the opportunity to fire back.

Why the Plame Case Is So Scary (CJR)
Douglas McCollam: Reporters have never been popular, but there has long been a sense that most Americans understood that though the press could be "abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical," it was nonetheless necessary to the health of the republic. No more.

Khan Do (Guardian)
Bangladeshi reporter Sumi Khan, who was brutally attacked by criminals whose activities she was exposing, received a Guardian award for her fearless journalism.

'Supernanny' Knows Best (CSM)
New reality television shows help parents overcome their reluctance to discuss discipline.

E!'s Trial Reenactment in Contempt? (WaPo)
Tom Shales: It is cheap, creepy, foolish, and lurid, but The Michael Jackson Trial, a bargain-basement reenactment of the day's proceedings on the E! Entertainment Network, does have a sticky irresistibility.

Toon Turnaround on Net? (OJR)
Mark Glaser: The dot-com boom days saw an explosion of animations online, but the heady days are long over. Still, a boost in online ads might bring back innovation to political cartoons and animations online and on mobile phones.

—David S. Hirschman