The Ticker: Cutler, Gupta, Critics’ Lists…

> As TVNewser foreshadowed yesterday, CNBC moved its top ticker down a little bit today, because it was being cut off on some TV screens…

> Which cable news anchor slept with Washingtonienne Jessica Cutler last year? FishBowlDC wants to know…

> CNN is packaging Dr. Sanjay Gupta‘s reports from Pakistan into a special, “Reports from the Quake Zone,” airing Saturday, Dec. 31 at 6pm…

> Matthew Yglesias links to an Bruce Bartlett‘s op-ed about the many flaws of the standard TV news talking heads format and writes about other TV troubles…

> CJR Daily reviews the year-end lists written by media critics…

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