Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Mediaite's Steve Krakauer defends Howard Kurtz's glaring conflict of interest, arguing that Kurtz's (tepid) criticism of CNN for not paying more attention to a controversial comment by Rep. Alan Grayson shows that Kurtz "doesn't hold back when giving his take on the network airing his show." Here's Krakauer: The segment is one small piece of evidence that the...
Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... equivalent of going door to door, once you start answering queries from strangers." Howard Kurtz - Media Notes: Howard Kurtz on Garry Trudeau's satire about Twitter; Rush Limbaugh - washingtonpost.com
Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
In his Sunday column , Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander addressed what he described as Post media critic Howard Kurtz's "inescapable conflict" of interest "that is at odds with Post rules" -- Kurtz's side job as host of Reliable Sources on CNN, one of the media companies he is assigned to cover for the Post . Kurtz's conflicts of interest are,...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
The Washington Post 's ombudsman Andrew Alexander wonders whether there is a conflict of interest when it comes to TV columnist Howard Kurtz who also hosts a weekly show on CNN -- a network he covers. Alexander asks, "Would The Post allow a reporter who covers energy to be paid on the side by a big oil company?" Kurtz, a workhorse of a reporter, has a sizable following...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Interviewing new mistress after the broadcast tonight. Send me your questions.
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
... (video embedded below the fold with partial transcript, relevant section at 4:18, file photo): HOWARD KURTZ, HOST: All right. Joe Klein, political reporters love elections; it's part of what we do. But did this motley collection of races really have the huge national implications that some of these commentators were suggesting? JOE KLEIN, TIME MAGAZINE: I mean, it was a sign, but...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
... Matalin and former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev • CNN's Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz : Time 's Joe Klein , AP's Beth Fouhy , "Googled" author and The New Yorker media columnist Kevin Auletta • CNN's GPS with Fareed Zakaria : Aspen Institute's Walter Isaacson, "The Years of Lyndon Johnson" author Robert Caro, WSJ's Peggy Noonan, "Creating...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Why was it so close? THE other day I mentioned that New York City is "quite pleased with its billionaire mayor." So I thought until Tuesday, when Mike Bloomberg spent somewhere between $150 and $200 per vote yet won reelection by a surprisingly thin margin over William Thompson, his Democratic opponent. Had city residents turned against the man they loved, or was I mistaken? Today Howard...
what if? (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... I was invited on CNN's media program, Reliable Sources, to be interviewed by The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz and an indignant Bernard Kalb. They titled the segment, "Objectivity and Journalism: Does John Stossel Practice Either?" It was in big letters over my head. Apparently, I had broken the rules. On the air they told me that I was no longer objective. I was too stunned to defend...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
With several surprises and late returns, yesterday's races delivered more drama than one would generally expect from an off-year election. Still, after the build up on the three cable news nets, some were disappointed with the extent of the coverage, especially if you were on the west coast. During the 10pmET hour, WaPo's Howard Kurtz tweeted something that others had been wondering...
THE BRAZOSPORT NEWS (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The nonprofit digital newspaper launches tomorrow with a staff of 11 reporters who have abandoned their jobs with established daily newspapers. Why'd they do that? Well, some of them are making up to $90,000 per year, far more than the vast majority of their ink-stained brethren, according to this column by Howard Kurtz.
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
DOWNLOADS: (76) PLAYS: (216) [H/t Dave] Well, at least Howard Kurtz -- unlike Bill O'Reilly -- didn't completely sucker for Lou Dobbs' wildly overblown tale of someone taking a shot at his home. In fact, on yesterday's "Reliable Sources" show on CNN, Kurtz hosted a pretty frank discussion of the likelihood that Dobbs was trying to martyr himself and attack his critics...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
"Meet" had Secretary Tim Geithner, "Face" had David Axelrod, "This Week" had Valerie Jarrett, but this Sunday's "world exclusive" interview was on CNN's "Reliable Sources." Howard Kurtz "twinterviewed" reporter Roland Hedley of Doonesbury fame. Sam Donaldson even gets in on the fun. The cartoon reporter is actually out with...
Rising Hegemon (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Quite partial in who they give reach-a-rounds to . A thrice-divorced, drug-addicted, racist a-hole gets to go on the TeeVee for nearly an hour (a medium he has been spectacularly unsuccessful at) and goes unchallenged, and gets a happy ending to boot. Chris Wallace, you suck, you blew, and you took it in the face. Truly a stunning performance. Next time just get a pole and some pasties. I bet Howard...
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... one team will win. Which always makes that team win. So.The Washington Post's ombudsman "Does Howard Kurtz have a conflict of interest because he's a WaPo media reporter and also has a show on CNN, which he covers?" The answer of course is "Yes." Jesus. Please stop discussing this face-smackingly obvious "question." A better question is, "Why doesn't Howard Kurtz ever...
