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This from this morning’s NY Times.

OK, a quick tale of serendipity. One of the chores of covering TV and media for the St. Paul Pioneer Press was attending the bi-annual Television Critics Association press tours in Los Angeles. As routines go, Was it better than sitting in Minnesota writing giddy featurettes about, “Joe Millionare”? Yes. Were there hundreds of more … Read more

Following up on the recent, “New Rules for Journalists” post via Dan Froomkin and the Nieman Center, (see below), here’s an excellent set of questions newsroom managers ought to be asked relative to their performance prior to “Shock and Awe”. By Gilbert Cranberg cranberg@verizon.net As the war in Iraq nears its fourth anniversary, and with … Read more

There is an illuminating little spat going on between Jeff Cohen, a former producer for MSNBC and one of the founders of Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), the lefty media site and Jonah Goldberg, the syndicated right-wing columnist. (Goldberg’s mother is Lucianne Goldberg, the arch-conservative who convinced Linda Tripp there was money to be … Read more

Dan Froomkin of the Washington Post made my “Best of” list for his superb blogging on press performance and accountability issues. (No doubt he has the clipping framed over his computer.) Here’s a piece up today on the Nieman web-site. Its basically a refresher course for tough-mindedness, something in short supply when a politician’s popularity … Read more

A few people have asked about ratings for Twin Cities radio’s morning drive shows, usually the biggest revenue producer of the day for most stations. Here they are, with exclamations of bewilderment at the bottom. Share of Twin Cities adults 25-54 listening from 6 am to 10 am, Oct-Dec. ’06. 1. KQRS-FM 19.1 2. KTIS-FM … Read more

When I’m in the market for Sunday morning Beltway bloviation, I generally prefer Stephanopoulos to Russert. A: I like ABC’s roundtable, especially when Fareed Zakaria and George Will lock up. B: Cokie Roberts perfectly personifies D.C. group-think. There is no better example of limp. Georgetown cocktail punditry this side of David Broder. And I like … Read more

I left Jim Walsh a message today, after learning that one of the first acts of new City Pages management was to can him and his column. I worked with Jim for a few years over at the St. Paul Pioneer Press, and always liked the guy. I thought of him as one of those … Read more

Among those of us who experienced what might be called a “difficult” relationship with mainstream newspapering, one of the jokes about newspapers’ numbing institutional voice was that that voice must never, ever risk offending the kind of fine and decent ladies you find serving meatballs and lefse at a Lutheran church dinner. Such ladies were … Read more