The Ticker: 1/2 Hour, Wilner, Russert…

> ICN says “new episodes of the 1/2 Hour News Hour will air this weekend…”

> A new job for former NBC News Political Director Elizabeth Wilner: She “has joined the Politico as a contibuting editor. She will write weekly (at least) on presidential politics and help shape the publication’s election coverage…”

> Effective last Friday, CBSNews.com will “no longer enable comments on stories about presidential candidate Barack Obama. Why? “The stories about Obama have been attracting too many racist comments,” Public Eye says…

> Clarence Page alleges booker bias: “The cable networks and other news-talk shows seem to have little trouble finding a more diverse lineup of guests to respond to a five-alarm eruption of news related to gender, race or ethnicity. The real question is why broadcasters seem to have so much trouble finding that same diversity of talking heads the rest of the time…”

> FishbowlDC notes that Tim Russert turns 57 today…