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During a speech in Iowa tonight, Sarah Palin took aim at the media imploring the crowd at the Reagan Dinner in Des Moines, "to hold the press accountable when you know that they're making things up and telling untruths." Palin explained why she is "hot on this lame stream media issue." "How dare anyone disrespect our ...
One of our mediabistro.com colleagues pointed us to this quiz on Sporcle.com. The quiz has 20 photos of U.S. network news anchors, past and present, and you have three minutes to type in their names. Give it a try, and tell us how you scored in the comments section below. View full post on mediabistro.com: ...

Raddatz will be returning to Afghanistan next week, where she will interview General David Petraeus ahead of the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. She will also tour the Afghanistan/Pakistan border with military leaders. Raddatz's trip comes as the final brigades of US troops arrive in the country as part of the surge. She was ...

The former press secretary to President George W. Bush has weighed in on Fox News Channel host Glenn Beck's rally Sunday, and it does not sound like he is a huge fan. Ari Fleischer took to his Facebook page today, writing: I find Glenn Beck to be a little weird and a little creepy, but he's entitled ...

Washington D.C.'s Newseum today opened an exhibit focusing on the coverage of Hurricane Katrina. The unveiling of "Covering Katrina" is timed with the five-year anniversary of the disaster this weekend: The exhibit chronicles the dramatic tale of the media's reporting of the killer storm that shredded Mississippi's coast... "Covering Katrina" examines the national media's role ...
The family of the late CBS News correspondent Harold Dow has issued the following statement: At the time of Harold's death, he was suffering from adult onset asthma. On Monday, August 16, 2010, Harold checked himself into the Valley Hospital emergency room in Ridgewood [New Jersey] for severe asthmatic symptoms. According to the Hackensack [New Jersey] ...

Richard Prince's Journal-isms got some reaction from several of CBS Newsman Harold Dow's colleagues, following Dow's sudden death Saturday morning. "60 Minutes" correspondent Byron Pitts was on assignment last night with colleagues: "We all raised a glass for our friend," wrote Pitts, adding, "Harold was one of the funniest men I've ever known. Always welcoming, always ...