Media Bubble: On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Failing Cable Network

• MSNBC.com is "defying gravity." Its cable sister (and her bow-tied new boytoy), on the other hand, know gravity all too well. [OJR]
• Despite lack of any actual news — no changes in plans, sacrifice "worth it," course must be stayed, post-9/11 world, yada yada — all the TV networks ultimately decide to carry Bush speech. [WP]
• Not just circ cheats at Newsday, but alleged pedophiles, too. [Newsday]
• Is Judy feeling lonely? Time might turn over docs to keep Matt Cooper out of jail. [E&P]
• No, she's not! An appeals court upheld a contempt ruling against her fellow Timesperson James Risen, in this case for refusing to reveal Wen Ho Lee sources. [NYT]