Morning Reading List 08.24.09

Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Happy Birthday to Mike Memoli, who celebrated yesterday, Major Garrett and David Gregory. It is Restaurant Week in DC! What hot spots are you hitting up? What know and what we're reading this Monday morning... TV | ONLINE | MAGAZINES | WEST WING REPORTAGE | NEWS NOTES | IN MEMORIAM | JOBS TV George Stephanopoulos traveled to the Grand Canyon for Sen. John McCain's first interview since returning from Afghanistan and Iraq on ABC's "This Week" Sunday. MSNBC's Joe Scarborough did the roundtable on NBC's "Meet the Press" this weekend, a week after Rachel Maddow's possible rating bump for the Sunday show. CNN's "Reliable Sources" talked Bill O'Reilly vs. Jon Stewart. The Daily Beast brings us the Top 7 Moments From Sunday Talk. And a more abbreviated version from Marc Ambinder- the Sunday shows in seven sentences or less. In other TV news, former Senator Rick Santorum called President Obama's position on cable news "unprofessional" in an appearance on Fox News' "On the Record" with Greta van Susteren. ONLINE Is Helen Thomas on actually Twitter now? We'll fill you in later on the blog. Speaking of Twitter- do conservatives have the upper hand on Twitter? Some liberal bloggers say so. CBS will interview Ezra Klein for the webcast's "Unplugged, Under 40" segment this weekend- timely for Restaurant Week since among other things, Klein's a foodie for WaPo online. CraigsList has added 140 cities. And Slate has introduced a new news aggregator. MAGAZINES Maureen Dowd: Is Anna Wintour human? WEST WING REPORTAGE "I have specific instructions from the President for the press corps. He wants you to relax and have a good time. Take some walks on the beaches. Nobody is looking to make any news, so he's hoping that you guys can enjoy Martha's Vineyard while we're there. And the second thing I'll say is, of course the First Family would very much appreciate if you respect the privacy of the girls while they're out here on vacation." -Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton, yesterday's gaggle on Air Force One. NEWS NOTES Howard Kurtz in today's WaPo Media Notes: The debate over health-care reform has severely tested the media's ability to untangle a complex story. In many ways, news organizations have risen to the occasion; in others they have become agents of distortion. But even when they report the facts, they have had trouble influencing public opinion. IN MEMORIAM "He didn't want to go... He loved it, it was so much a part of him, it was his baby." -"60 Minutes" executive producer Jeff Fager on Don Hewitt's reluctance to give up the job at the age of 81 on yesterday's "Reliable Sources" on CNN. "60 Minutes" also paid tribute to Hewitt on last night's show. HAT TIPS: mediabistro, TVNewser JOBS after the jump... JOBS Check out MediaJobsDaily.

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Morning Reading List 08.24.09

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