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Who was the big media star of the weekend? The Huffington Post's citizen journalist extraordinaire Mayhill Fowler, of course! After her rope line "interview" with Bill Clinton made headlines, Ms. Fowler has found herself at the center of a journalistic ethics-new-new-new media kerfuffle.

After the jump, a snapshot of Ms. Fowler's big weekend (as compiled with the help of the redoubtable Jim Romenesko):  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/everythings-coming-fowler-mayhills-big-weekend#comments Bill Clinton Howard Kurtz Jacques Steinberg Jan Hamsher Jim Romenesko Jonathan Alter Mayhill Flower The Huffington Post Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:54:36 -0400 Matt Haber 70358 at http://www.observer.com Times Asks if Howie Kurtz Was Unethical http://www.observer.com/2008/times-asks-if-howie-kurtz-was-unethical

Jacques Steinberg at The Times poses a question: Did Howie Kurtz do anything wrong when he brought a client of his wife's onto his show? Kurtz's wife, Sheri Annis, did PR work for Kimberly Dozier's memoir, Breathing the Fire, which was the centerpiece of an interview Dozier had with Kurtz on his CNN show, Reliable Sources. Kurtz made a brief disclosure at the end of the show, but even so, is it kosher?  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/times-asks-if-howie-kurtz-was-unethical#comments Media CNN Howard Kurtz Jacques Steinberg New York Times Washington Post Thu, 29 May 2008 13:58:24 -0400 John Koblin 69884 at http://www.observer.com Rosie Txts Jacques: "2day there is no deal" With MSNBC http://www.observer.com/2007/rosie-txts-jacques-2day-there-no-deal-msnbc

Jacques Steinberg had a nice bit of news in an otherwise unrewarding piece on cable network MSNBC the other day: Rosie O'Donnell was close to a deal to host a show on the network.

 

Then, last night at 7:06 p.m., O'Donnell posted the following to her blog:

msnbc
one hour
live
following keith olbermann

we were close to a deal
almost done
i let it slip in miami
causing panic on the studio end

well
what can u do

2day there is no deal
poof
my career as a pundit is over
b4 it began  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/rosie-txts-jacques-2day-there-no-deal-msnbc#comments Media Jacques Steinberg MSNBC Rosie O'Donnell The New York Times Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:52:03 -0500 Tom McGeveran 60042 at http://www.observer.com