CNN’s “Reliable Sources” is hosted by Howard Kurtz, who also pulls double-duty as the media reporter for The Washington Post. Kurtz recently took on Patrick Gavin, a reporter for Politico, during a segment of his show. He said he was just “poking fun” at Gavin, but the blogosphere did not take it lightly. TVNewser sister blog Fishbowl DC explains the controversy, and has a couple of questions for Kurtz about the segment.

Politico’s Patrick Gavin talks to CBS News’ chief foreign affairs correspondent Lara Logan about motherhood, living in D.C. and more. Logan discusses the need to balance the “overwhelming instinct” to be with her son and the “uncontrollable urge to be where the story is.”

As for life in Washington: “I don’t love being in the civilized world, that’s kind of hard for me…because there’s so much about civilized life that is really mundane and boring.”
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The 19th annual First Amendment Awards Dinner, hosted by RTNDF, took place last night in Washington, D.C., and FishbowlDC’s Christine Delargy writes about the crowd — from former White House press secretary Dana Perino to CBS’ Lara Logan — and event.

Delargy highlights the “comedy act” brought by ABC’s Charlie Gibson and Sam Donaldson to present an award to Cokie Roberts.

In accepting the award last night, Roberts turned the lens on her hometown of New Orleans, saying news coverage there, and in many other locales, exacerbates racial tension: “[T]here’s a big difference between a couple of thoughtful people trying to get to some solution and a shoutfest where the shouter is seeking attention and the broadcaster is hoping for ratings.”

The other winners included CNN’s Susan Grant and Google’s Eric Schmidt. Click here to see pictures from the event.

• More: Politico’s Patrick Gavin also attended the awards ceremony, and talked to emcee Chris Matthews and Donaldson about their favorite current White House correspondents and more. Video is after the jump…

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Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast we’re joined by Politico reporter (and former FishbowlDC editor) Patrick Gavin. We discuss Gavin’s much talked about story yesterday about D.C.’s 10 most influential D.C. Twitterers, as well as Rupert Murdoch‘s Post cartoon apology, Oscars ratings and more.

You can listen to the podcast live at 9amET on BlogTalkRadio.com/mediabistro and call in at 646-929-0321. CNN’s Ali Velshi joins us on tomorrow’s Menu.

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• FishbowlDC’s Patrick Gavin asks “Is Rahm Emanuel Stepanopoulos’ #1 Source?” Gavin brings up a phone call George Stephanopoulos received during a Q&A Cafe session.

• FishbowlNY’s Glynnis MacNicol has video of CNN’s Christiane Amanpour at the duPont Awards Winner Circle. Amanpour won a duPont for her special, “God’s Warriors.”

• FishbowlLA’s Tina Dupuy highlights some recent comments by The Weather Channel founder John Coleman. Coleman, now a weatherman at San Diego’s KUSI, attacks Al Gore over his global warming calls to action.

Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu: It’s Inauguration Day, and co-host Glynnis MacNicol is live again from Washington, D.C. Joining us to talk about the parties, crowds and Cindy McCain‘s recent comments are two guests, Rachel Sklar of Abrams Research and Patrick Gavin of FishbowlDC. Patrick is live from his walk to the Inauguration. Find out what Chris Matthews said while waiting in line last night.

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> BBC World News America will air a rare 1964 interview of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. tonight, in which he predicts an African American President “in less than 40 years.” The video can be seen on the BBC America site, and runs tonight at 7pmET.

> FBN contributor Charles Payne will be an honoree tonight at the Congress of Racial Equality Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dinner in New York City. Past honorees have included Elie Weisel and Muhammad Ali.

> FishbowlDC’s Patrick Gavin made a couple of appearances in the Dateline NBC special last night about the Inauguration. Click continued to check it out…

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Former MSNBC and CNN anchor Tucker Carlson, who is already “worn out” from the Inauguration festivities, joined us this morning on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu. Carlson and host Glynnis MacNicol are two of the millions in D.C. right now.

He had some strong thoughts about the media’s love affair with President-elect Barack Obama. “I’m excited about it, I live here, I want my kids to see it…On the other hand, in the end he’s a politician taking a political office, 52% of the public voted for him, 48% didn’t vote for him, so let’s not pretend this is the second coming of Jesus,” said Carlson.

And although he didn’t want to sound like “a libertarian wacko,” he had some problems with the D.C. security. “The security is really over the top, anti-American really…We are far too willing to accept security restrictions,” he said.

As for the “exclusive” deals being worked out between TV networks and the Presidential Inauguration Committee, Carlson said, “How you can decide you have exclusive right to something that takes place on the National Mall? I don’t know who came up with that? I should try it!”

He also had some other suggestions: “Why don’t we name the White House? We could call it the Staples House, you know what I mean. The Home Depot House.”

You can listen to today’s full podcast above, and listen live every morning at 9amET on BlogTalkRadio.com/mediabistro and call in at 646-929-0321. Also, join us tomorrow as we’re joined by FishbowlDC’s Patrick Gavin on Inauguration Day.

If you haven’t already heard, FishbowlDC editor Patrick Gavin is leaving his post after more than three years to take a job at Politico. We’re sad to see him go and wish him luck as he will be “spearheading and hosting several online features: Video interviews, features, event coverage and Politico podcasts.”

But it also means we’re looking for a new Washington, D.C. media blogger for FBDC. You can check out the job listing here — below is a preview:

You should be a fearless reporter with experience breaking news and beating the competition to the punch, willing to chat up high-profile moguls, ready and able to cover media events in astonishing numbers, and itching to contribute as many original, newsy posts each day as humanly possible. Needless to say, you’re also a devout reader of FishbowlDC and every media outlet on its blogroll, you’ve got contact list packed with D.C.-area media pros, and you don’t just read Drudge, but you break news that belongs there.

Think you’re up for it? Apply now.

Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu: an Obama victory helps the magazine world, Chris Matthews stays a journalist and Joe the Plumber becomes a journalist. Also, Patrick Gavin of FishbowlDC joins us.

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