Morning Reading List 5.14.12

Will the film ever get off the ground? Politico's Patrick Gavin brings us the story of Norman Kelley's plan to make a documentary about Charlie Peters, former founder and editor of The Washington Monthly, which is now bimonthly. But will the film ever come to fruition? So far the film has raised $1,685 and they need $15,000. By today. And this is Kelley's big sell of Peters: “Charlie Peters is not a sexy guy,” Kelley told Politico. “He’s not a sexy subject. … It’s just hard to raise money on a film about a guy from the past. … It’s hard raising money for a documentary film if you’re not Ken Burns or Michael Moore, particularly about a journalist who’s not a sexy journalist on one of the television talk shows.” Read the full story here. Publish time: 4:36 a.m. Arianna discusses philandering father -- Mother's Day brings up poignant memories. HuffPost-AOL Editor-in-Chief Arianna Huffington penned an op-ed in the NYT over the weekend. It's called "Greek Tragedy." In her walk down memory lane in Athens, she recalls her father's unsuccessful attempt to own a newspaper as well as his cheating habit. "It wasn't the bankruptcy that got to my mom in the end, but the philandering," she wrote. Read here. Media failure or fairness? -- With opinion journalism being all the rage these days, Media Matters took the networks to task Sunday for hosting conservatives like Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and former GOP Presidential hopeful Gary Bauer, both of whom fiercely oppose same-sex marriage. They called it "Easy Sunday for Group Hate Leader on CNN, CBS." The writer, Jocelyn Fong, says if she ever has kids someday she'll get to tell them about the President's historic announcement, but she'll also have to inform them that the networks gave "hate group leaders" a platform for their views. Perkins turned up on CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley and on CBS's Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer. Tsk. Tsk. Fong says Schieffer never challenged Perkins. Instead, the newsman agreed with Perkins that he was glad to allow all sides of the debate. (Which psst... is kind of the point of journalism in the first place.) Read the full story here.

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Morning Reading List 5.14.12

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