observer.com - 1/27/2009
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Each week, one of us is lucky to have the opportunity to call up big New York City magazine and newspaper editors and shoot the breeze. Remnick! Graydon! Keller! What a job! But whenever he brags to friends about it, it never really goes over well. They either don’t know or don’t care. ...
thejewishweek.com - 1/21/2009
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thejewishweek.com —
BGU-Negev Mitchell As Envoy Could Split Center by
James D. Besser Washington Correspondent The expected appointment of...
a special envoy to breathe new life into Israeli-Palestinian negotiations could split the pro-Israel center while pleasing the ...
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Mitchell As Envoy Could Split Center
time.com - 1/28/2009
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time.com —
How did a journalist for an Arabic-language broadcaster
score the first television interview granted by President Barack...
Obama ? Well, at first, Hisham Melhem, the Washington Bureau Chief for al-Arabiya, a Saudi-backed channel headquartered in Dubai, ...
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How Al-Arabiya Got the Obama Interview
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/21/2009
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
I think Anti-Defamation League honcho Abe Foxman better
think harder about this : Some Jewish leaders say...
the very qualities that may appeal to the Obama administration — Mitchell’s reputation as an honest broker — could spark unhappiness, if ...
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Foxman: Mitchell is “Fair” and I’m Unhappy About It
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Remainders: WashTimes walkout
Michael Calderone's Blog —
Del Toro walks out of Washington Times interview on "Che."
Goldberg's latest book: "how media bias morphed into media activism." Media Matters sees things differently.
Obama gives first TV interview to Arabic network.
Hawaiin columnist responds to NYT's Seelye.
Alterman waits for an apology over Kristol.
And the Observer investigates: Is Andrea Mitchell a gay icon?
Watching too much cable
Ben Smith's Blog —
Some cheer for a snowy day: The Observer reveals that Andrea Mitchell is a secret gay icon.
links for 2009-01-29
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
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OMG File: Gays Go Ga-Ga Over NBC's Andrea Mitchel - "She's So Sassy"
Sure, there’s Rachel Maddow and that wry smile, there’s Anderson Cooper and his silver foxiness, but Andrea … she’s got something else. ...
The Daily Grind
Weekly Standard Blog —
Ouch: Goracle gored by Dana Milbank.
Bring on the Rangel Rule for delinquent taxpaying citizens.
RNC race is wide open as members gather to vote.
Not the Charmer-in-Chief: Obama gets the big, fat goose-egg after wooing Republicans for days.
Been there, done that in Iran.
Palin and Obama: Together at last.
Andrea Mitchell: Gay icon?
I could have written an entire post completely made up of lobbyist stories about the Obama administration this morning. Way to walk ...
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