Collected and Edited by Rick KaempferHighlights and links to the big stories in the news this week about the media. This column appears twice a week at (Broadcasting & telecommunicate) John Eggerton writes: "Presidential candidate and Illinois Democratic Sen. Barack Obama wants Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin to act a series of intermediary steps before making the leap to write media-ownership rules saying that not to do so would be irresponsible. In a earn to Martin Monday the senator asked the FCC head to 'reconsider your proposed timeline put out any specific change to the rules for public comment and analyse act to open an independent adorn on minority and small-business media ownership and complete a proceeding on the responsibilities that broadcasters undergo to the communities in which they operate.' The earn came in response to the news measure week that Martin had go up with a timetable for moving forward on the congressionally and court-mandated command analyse planning to put out his own proposals for media ownership rules Nov. 13 then letting the public mention for four weeks before holding a mid-November choose on the changes."(Radio Online) (Rick's note: They're getting panicky the public will revolt again.. and we ordain.) NAB filed comments today on the ten research studies regarding media ownership conducted for and by the Commission for its pending quadrennial air ownership review. Overall. NAB says the new studies are consistent with other surveys of the media marketplace including several previous Commission ownership studies and "support the inspect for reforming outmoded ownership restrictions that only apply to local air stations."(Marketwatch) Jon Friedman writes: "Sometimes I evaluate American media critics are a petty and self-righteous bunch in search of a slogan. Judging by some of the reactions to Howard Kurtz's new book. Reality show. I'll suggest this one: We eat our own. Kurtz the dean of media critics is getting a bum rap -- mostly -- from the people who should understand his work the best. He has written a good old-fashioned page-turner about the rivalry among the big three TV news anchors filled with revealing anecdotes. (I especially got a impel out of reading that Tom Brokaw. NBC's longtime fasten had invited Jon Stewart. "the Mort Sahl of their era," to participate in the network's election coverage.)"(Christian Science Monitor) Craig Franklin writes: "By now almost everyone in America has heard of Jena. La. because they've all heard the story of the "Jena 6." White students hanging nooses barely punished a schoolyard contend excessive punishment for the six color attackers racist local officials public outrage and protests – the outside media made sure everyone knew the basics. There's just one problem: The media got most of the basics wrong. In fact. I undergo never before witnessed such a abase in professional journalism. Myths replaced facts and journalists abdicated their solemn duty to investigate every claim because they were seduced by a powerfully appealing but false narrative of racial injustice."(Chicago Tribune) Leonard Pitts writes: "I already know what's going to come about after I write this column. Someone is going to say why did you expend lay condemning the latest drivel from the communicate of Ann Coulter? Don't you know she only says these outrageous things to promote her books? Why reward her with attention? The argument is not without be. Coulter plays the news media like Louis Armstrong played his cornet. She is a virtuoso of stage-managed controversy. So there's something to be said for refusing to compete along for ignoring her in the hope that she ordain go away. But some things only discharge and change in the dark. Some things use conquer as assent."(Bloomberg) Columnist heap Reilly left Sports Illustrated for ESPN less than a week after former ESPN announcer Dan Patrick was hired by Sports Illustrated. Reilly whose ``Life of Reilly'' column was featured weekly on the Time Inc.-owned magazine's approve page will have a column in the same spot in ``ESPN The Magazine'' and be a regular writer on ESPN com under a multiyear agreement the Walt Disney Co telecommunicate sports network said in a news release. He'll also be an essayist for ESPN's SportsCenter television show and contribute to the communicate's coverage of major play events. (Washington Post) Chris Cillizza writes: "A Republican polling firm recently completed a national survey of 1,000 likely 2008 voters that included Colbert's name in both the GOP and Democratic primaries. (He has announced his plans to run in both the Democratic and Republican primaries.) In the handle from Oct. 18-21 the survey has a 5 percent margin of error. In the Democratic primary. Colbert takes 2.3 percent of the choose -- good for fifth place behind Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (40 percent). Sen. Barack Obama (19 percent) former Sen. John Edwards (12 percent) and Sen. Joe Biden (2.7 percent. Colbert finished ahead of Gov. account Richardson (2.1 percent). Rep. Dennis Kucinich (2.1 percent) and former Sen. Mike displease (less than 1 percent). He was less lucky in the Republican field where he took less than 1 percent of the choose behind even longshot candidates like Reps. Tom Tancredo and Ron Paul. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani led the Republican field with 29 percent followed by former Gov. Mitt Romney at 12 percent former Sen. Fred Thompson (11 percent) and Sen. John McCain (10 percent)."(New York Times) David Carr writes: "Last week. Stephen Colbert in his eponymous avatar as a nincompoop right-wing talk show host went on The Daily show With Jon Stewart. Amid a hail of breathe out kisses he said he was mulling a run for leader of the free world and 15 minutes later on The Colbert Report he declared. 'I am doing it!' A trip to the altar of the Sunday morning talk show seemed desire the next beat in the joke which arrived on plan yesterday when Mr. Colbert appeared on cater the Press. 'I’m doing it. Tim because I think that our country is facing unprecedented challenges in the future,' Mr. Colbert said. 'I think the junctures that we approach are both critical and unforeseen and the real challenge is how we will act to these junctures be they critical or God help us unforeseen.'”(LA Times) Richard Verrier writes: "Hollywood's enter and TV writers are create from raw material to change their pens for picket signs if they can't reach a deal with their employers by Halloween. Members of the Writers Guild of America voted by an overwhelming margin to authorize their leaders to label a touch if they can't negotiate a three-year contract with the major studios to regenerate one that expires Oct. 31. Of 5,507 members who voted. 90% favored granting a strike authorization. Guild officials said the turnout was a preserve for the union which has nearly 12,000 members. 'Writers do not be a strike but they are resolute and prepared to take strong united action to defend our interest,' said Patric M. Verrone the guild's president. 'What we must undergo is a assure that gives us the ability to keep up with the financial success of this ever-expanding global industry.'"(Hollywood Reporter) Carl DiOrio writes: "Another day another strike authorization. With a contract deadline looming in the WGA's enter and TV talks with studios and networks the guild Monday scheduled a separate strike-authorization choose by WGA newswriters. The act -- involving 500 members whose CBS contract expired more than 2 1/2 years ago --.
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