In your improbably snowy Wednesday media column: CNN's new strategy, all important and unimportant NYT news, HuffPo tells AOL freelancers their fate, Jane Pratt's back, and an honest journalism job ad.

Fox News put its foot in its mouth yesterday by describing CNN's Nic Robertson and other reporters who attended a government-sponsored trip to view bomb damage as "human shields," because a Fox News security guard went along, too. Wait, what?

Click to viewCNN correspondent Nic Robertson has a bone or two to pick with Fox News, which reported today that he and other journalists were used by the Libyan Ministry of Information as human shields, in a successful bid to block a coming, second attack on a compound in Tripoli, supposedly controlled by Qaddafi.

Hey, Matt Drudge, we've got a "Liberal Elite" defector! During this evening's Piers Morgan Tonight, when Matt Damon was asked if he was "happy with the way that Obama has been running the country," the star replied, "Uh, no."

In your Wednesday media column: Bill Keller's debut column, the NYT paywall approaches, NewsBeast shows staffers the new Newsweek, NPR listeners are unbearable, and Jeanne Moos wants a gold watch, goddamn it.

On tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart took a break from satirizing the day-to-day coverage on Fox News in order to take on another, unexpected target: CNN. Specifically, Stewart lambasted the network's increasingly random, trivial take on the day's news.

Tonight, Charlie Sheen stopped by Piers Morgan Tonight for a surprise—live!—interview. And while the entire thing was not to be missed, certain quotes of Sheen's stood out more than the others—here's a compilation of the best ones.

In your soggy Monday media column: Salon's sad sale talks fall through, Oprah's network is unpopular, Lorin Stein is the Hot Sexxxy Literary It Boy of the moment, Tina Brown is provincially famous, and John King's future is murky.

Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi offered his own theory about the causes of the revolution sweeping his country on Thursday: "They [al Qaeda] give them pills at night, they put hallucinatory pills in their drinks, their milk, their coffee, their Nescafe." Indeed. CNN foreign correspondent Ben Wedeman (whose Twitter account of the Arab-world democratic movements is fascinating) and crew were the first to enter the liberated city of Benghazi with a camera, and witnessed firsthand the effects of hallucinogenic Nescafe: Jubilation, singing, peace signs, and, at least once, chants of "CNN! CNN!" [video via CNN]

Anyone who's been following the Larry King/Piers Morgan drama over the past several weeks knows that, post-takeover, King hasn't exactly been kind to Morgan in interviews. Namely, King thinks CNN "oversold" a non-dangerous Morgan. Tonight, Morgan called King out.

In your chilly Tuesday media column: Michael Ware's rugged face will not return to CNN, the NYT's remarkable government-friendly duplicity, the Time Inc. executive shakeup continues, Men's Fitness's editor is out, Chicago mag ripped off, and a reporter's mysterious death.

Camille Grammer, the former scratch post of Kelsey Grammer and one of the Real Househarpies of Beverly Hills, will be anchoring CNN's red carpet coverage at the Oscars. Next they'll be sending Bethanny Frankel to cover the Libyan revolution.

Former CNN celebrity profiler Larry King was interviewed by BBC Radio 4, and he had a few things to say about his replacement at CNN, Piers Morgan! King started out with this: "I don't want to be horrible about him, I think he's a fine broadcaster" — which roughly translates to "this guy is an obnoxious prick, but he's got a good television voice, I guess." King goes on about the guy he once said he didn't know:

This afternoon, three hours after Gawker's exclusive report about Republican Rep. Chris Lee's flirtatious, shirtless Craigslist antics, the Congressman announced his resignation. Tonight, Gawker's Maureen O'Connor talked about it on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight. [Gawker.TV]

This afternoon, three hours after Gawker's exclusive report about Republican Representative Chris Lee's flirtatious, shirtless Craigslist antics, the Congressman issued an immediate resignation. Tonight, Gawker's Maureen O'Connor—who broke the story—talked about it exclusively on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight.

Brace yourself for the worst news to come out of Egypt since Anderson Cooper got beat up: "It is with a heavy heart that I have decided to leave #Egypt [...] It was a hard decision to leave." [@andersoncooper]

Tonight, Jon Stewart broke down the latest developments (well, as of this afternoon) in the Egypt situation, from President Hosni Mubarak's defiant speech, to the recent outbreak of violence by pro-Mubarak thugs, to the attack on Anderson Cooper, and more!

CNN has aired video of the assault on CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and his crew by pro-Mubarak protesters.

CNN's Anderson Cooper and his camera crew were attacked and repeatedly punched by pro-government forces near Tahrir Square in Cairo today. [Updated with video]

On last night's Real Time—during what amounted to a heated panel discussion—Bill Maher couldn't resist making comment on Michele Bachmann's bizarre post-State of the Union response. What was CNN thinking as Bachmann spoke/avoided eye contact? Maher provided captions.