Jane Hamsher says that “White House Pool Boys Get Crabby” ….
“I can’t take it any more,” complains Jane Hamsher. “Jay Rosen sent me an article by the Washington Post public editor that said the folks in the newsroom don’t like Dan Froomkin because he’s too liberal, and they’re miffed that the Technorati tags on their articles lead to bloggers who criticize them.
“Where do we start,” asks Jane.
“Number one, Dan Froomkin’s column is often the only thing worth reading in the Washington Post, the one thing they’re managed to do right as they crawl their way out of the 18th century amidst a series of spectacularly bad decisions that have blown their credibility and set them in lockstep with the wooly mammoth …” Read all of
P.S. Don’t miss the photo of the hottie owner of Crooks & Liars. Jane snapped the picture.
Froomkin responds to Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell …
“There is undeniably a certain irreverence to the column,” writes Dan Froomkin about his WaPo column. “But I do not advocate policy, liberal or otherwise. My agenda, such as it is, is accountability and transparency. I believe that the president of the United States, no matter what his party, should be subject to the most intense journalistic scrutiny imaginable.”. … Read all of Froomkin’s response via Media Matters (And that cranky-looking lady in the photo is the WaPo ombudsman Deborah Howell.)
Newsweek granted anonymity to White House aides praising Bush …
Notwithstanding Newsweek guidelines for the use of anonymous sources, at no point did the writers explain why sources who were praising and defending the president required anonymity. Neither did they explain how readers were served by having praise of Bush from subordinates and friends conveyed anonymously. … Read all at Media Matters
And the RASPBERRY OF THE DAY goes to Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial page editor Cynthia Tucker …
Tucker claims the country is not ready to elect a woman president. … Read all at Media Matters
P.S. The Top-Performing News Sites on Google News …
Guess which UK news sources aren’t on the list. BBC News, Guardian UK, or Sky News? … Via PoynterOnline.
