Morning Reading List: 04.08.13.

Appalling WHCD aftermath -- HuffPost has an intriguing first-person account from the wife of a journalist who attended pre-parties with her husband. The woman, Seema Jilani, maintains cops at the Washington Hilton treated her in a racist manner. The worst of it? A cop, who wouldn't let her downstairs to obtain keys from her husband, remarked, "We have to be extra careful with you all after the Boston bombings." Read the entire piece here. Double take -- The Atlantic Wire has the scoop today on a weird split screen interview from Phoenix at the site of the Jodi Arias murder trial. There's CNN's Ashleigh Banfield interviewing HLN's Nancy Grace on the increasingly gruesome Cleveland kidnapping story. The story insists the networks are trying to make it seem like the reporters are on opposite sides of the globe despite being in the same parking lot. Hey, haven't we seen those trucks someplace before? If you're a complete idiot, not to worry. Atlantic Wire points out similar background scenes in excruciating detail. Have a look here. Meghan McCain at odds with father's views -- The Daily Caller has a piece today on Meghan McCain's obvious disappointment with Rep.-elect Mark Sanford's win last night. They point out that her father, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), donated to her campaign and that he doesn't believe that sex is the only criteria for a politician's ability to serve in Congress. See the story here. Hmmm what could they possibly be insinuating? This morning Gawker has a blunt story on the unquestionably close relationship between CNN's Howard Kurtz and Daily Download Editor-in-Chief Lauren Ashburn. They wonder about her having her own office at The Daily Beast, which raised office eyebrows. They crack on the cornball videos produced by Kurtz and Ashburn that have run on the Daily Download. Sam Biddle writes, "Many of the episodes look like they're filmed in a janitorial closet—perhaps inside the Beast's digs. It sure looks cozy in there, and we hear the duo were 'inseparable' around various DC social and political functions, too." He concludes, "Heard anything else? Let us know." Read the full story here.

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Morning Reading List: 04.08.13.

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