Media Miscellany 05.12.05

Media Miscellany 05.12.05

Alterman’s blood lust thwarted! The ever-slippery Robert Novak has bailed on the Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was scheduled to lock horns with Eric Alterman on May 25th. Alterman had recently crowed about the mighty battle of titans; Novak has totally screwed him. We wanted to see this one too, buddy, but we do have to give Novak the point here.

Okrent: The Exit Interview A fascinating and candid chat with departing NYT Public Editor who admits that the WMD fiasco was “very bad journalism” and who’s watching the op-ed columnists with a wary eye (spoiler alert! Op-Ed is the target for his last column!).

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