· Columnist Frank Rich: "In this diet of 'news' championed by the right, there's no need for actual reporters who gather facts firsthand by leaving their laptops and broadcast booths behind and risking their lives to bear witness to what is actually happening..." [NYT]
· Leroy Sievers, the Co-EP for ABC's Nightline, is negotiating an exit deal. Could this be the beginning of the end for Koppel's pirate ship? [WSJ]
· It's amazing what Jack Shafer can do with Lexis-Nexis: he accounts an anonymous, vague, or unattributed reference in a recent Times piece once every 63.6 words. [Slate]
· People magazine names Jude Law its Sexiest Man Alive; Star Jones goes unnoticed. [Low Culture]
· Ex-Today show producer Steve Freidman is being tapped to retool CNBC—dear God, please let him spare our Tina! [NYDN]