The Media Drop

Okay, so those are some not-so-good numbers in my RSS reader from the Chicago Tribune… 7 wonders, okay, 5 convicted, 4 dead, 2 killed, ugh.

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As it turns out, White House spokesguy Tony Snow is ready to get back to work, the WaPo’s Peter Baker is reporting. Wishing Snow all the best in getting back to the grind, as it were, even if I don’t agree with a lot of what he has to say =).

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It’s not every day that a hockey-themed site probably gets mentioned in the Weekly Standard, but that’s what just went down with this profile of Minnesota’s governor Tim Pawlenty, who is apparently a big fan of David Singer’s hockeyfights.com. Congrats on the huge mention, David!

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Wow, this is what I get for moving this weekend and being 99% out of the loop when it came to the news until tonight. Just read this item from the Times about how journalist David Halberstam was killed on Monday in San Francisco while on his way to an interview.
I’ve got to say that […]

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Just one day after his show was pulled from MSNBC, Don Imus was just fired by CBS for his racially insensitive remarks towards the Rutgers University women’s basketball team.
Imus’ show, which was nationally syndicated, was run out of WFAN in New York, and had been broadcasting out of MSNBC / CNBC’s studios in recent […]

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Just caught this story about how MSNBC has ditched the simulcast of Don Imus’ show, based out of WFAN in New York, after the host made racially inappropriate comments about the Rutgers’ women’s basketball team. Obviously the network was going to make a decision based on the public outcry it has been hit with, but […]

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