The Ticker: Brokaw, Novak, van Zwieten…

> An e-mailer asks: “Why, if the Mumbai bombings killed about 150 more people than the London bombings last year, the news channels are not giving it as much attention as the 7/7 attacks a year ago? Last year, we got wall-to-wall coverage, but this year, they seemed to get bored with the story…”

> Inquirer: Tom Brokaw calls Dan Rather‘s CBS split “a train wreck you could see coming for months…”

> Bob Novak will talk about the CIA leak case today on FNC’s Special Report at 6pm and Hannity & Colmes at 9pm…

> An e-mailer says MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews beat Fox News with the news about Novak’s column yesterday…

> Sharon van Zwieten, formerly the senior executive producer of CNN’s NewsNight with Aaron Brown has been named the EP of news for ESPN STAR Sports, Asia’s number one sports broadcaster…

> Keith Olbermann named FNC spokeswoman Irena Briganti one of the worst people in the world on last night’s Countdown. ICN has the transcript…

> Speaking of Olbermann, the Sacramento Bee uses him as an example in a story titled “How to avoid e-mail blunders…”

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