The Ticker: Curry, Tapper, CNN…

> Via the New York Times, a new study has found “that Fox had no detectable effect on which party people voted for, or whether they voted at all” in the 2000 election.

> Ann Curry‘s Manhattan neighbor “has gone to court to halt ‘unsafe and harmful demolition and construction practices’ during the renovation of the NBC newsreader’s posh pad,” Page Six says…

> ABC News correspondent Jake Tapper recently proposed to girlfriend Jennifer Brown on the beach in Rehoboth, Delaware. She said yes…

> This Seattle Times’ columnist was forced to watch CNN for news because his laptop battery was dying. “Internet sites give the news in two minutes. But to my shock, CNN gave it not at all. I thought CNN would deliver a world roundup. Instead, it had three dolls chatting about personalities in the news. It was hair-salon talk, except not as honest…”