<b>Morning Chatter</b>

Quotes of the Day "The Daily Caller is celebrating Good Friday and Passover right now by boarding a bus to the WV casino." -- Quote by the DC's Alex Pappas; picture taken by Jeff Poor. Absent from the trip: Michelle Fields. A glimpse of the future "Entered Apple store. Scanned my purchases with my phone. Paid with my Apple account and walked out. Soon we'll never have to talk to people!" -- Politico's Ginger Gibson. Question to ponder: "Who is this d-bag on Reliable Sources saying 'Morning Joe' leans right?" -- The Daily Caller's TV writer Jeff Poor. He was referring to Democratic campaign consultant John Aravosis. They were discussing Mika Brzezinski moderating a women's forum at the White House and if that crossed any journalistic boundaries. Aravosis remarked on CNN, "I don't necessarily like it. I think what -- I agree with you to some degree, OK? Mika Brzezinski on a show which leans right, obviously, so maybe the White House thought, hey, we're getting somebody from a right-wing show, so there's the balance right there. I do think that it depends how she carried herself. If she was a real journalist and asked them tough questions, then I think it is good." Quote taken out of Context "When I had my back turn Elijah drank his cup of wine." -- WTOP's Neal Augenstein. Holiday humor? "I'd like to wish my Jewish friends a Happy Passover, fellow Christians a Happy Easter, and you atheists the best of luck." -- Breitbart.com's John Nolte. "I am trying out both a sunrise service and my earliest-ever tweet. How are all these people so chirrupy this early?" -- TWT's Anneke Green. Did you hear the good news? "He is risen!" -- An Easter enthused MSNBC's Joe Scarborough. Weingarten: Always the charmer "This guy tweets that I am insulting Repubs by comparing them to dogs. Frankly, I thought I was insulting dogs." -- WaPo's Gene Weingarten. Oops! "Taking a lap here at the Newseum -- these are images of fallen journolists" -- ABC News's Jake Tapper. No readers, these aren't the members of Ezzy's infamous Journolist. Colleague denounces Derbyshire's work "For the record, I find my colleague John Derbyshire's piece fundamentally indefensible and offensive. I wish he hadn't written it." -- National Review Online's Jonah Goldberg on his colleague getting dropped over the weekend for writing a racial rant that speaks of parents who urge children to avoid African Americans. His piece appeared in an Internet publication called Taki's Magazine. Journo down on tasteless tourist "Dear tourist lady: There are appropriate places to cut your children's nails. I really don't think the metro is one of them." -- Greenwire's Jessica Estepa. Birthday screw-up on "Morning Joe": When asked what he learned today, NBC's Luke Russert and the gang went on about how weird it is that today is Chuck Todd and Joe Scarborough's birthday today. But actually it's just Joe's birthday. Todd's was yesterday, which he corrected them at the start of his show, "The Daily Rundown." Happy Birthday to all. Peter Ogburn contributed to this report.

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