Outside the Beltway

Andrew Breitbart is still patting himself on the back for a job well done in the Shirley Sherrod affair. In reality, he failed miserably.

JournoList’s archives have been making headlines at The Daily Caller, but there doesn’t seem to be any substance to the allegations of scandal.

Conservatives have long complained about liberal media bias. But conservative media seems to be much worse.

Journalism and the New Media combined in a feeding frenzy yesterday and a woman lost her job. She probably shouldn’t have.

Electronic books outsold paper books on Amazon over the past three months, but the death of the hardcover is greatly exaggerated.

A common sense decision on broadcast “decency” standards was handed down by a Federal Appeals Court today.

Reporters should start posting transcripts of their interviews with newsmakers on the Web.

Starting in November, we’ll get a look inside the mind of one of America’s most fascinating writers.

Why I didn’t talk to Dave Weigel before writing about him.

David Brooks and Gail Collins debate the proper role for pundits.

It’s going to be much harder for reporters to get access to the military thanks to new rules announced last night by the Pentagon.

Did the American media cover up torture by the Bush Administration?

Michael Gerson argues that the source of our polarization isn’t the Democrats and the Republicans but the Ugly Party and the Grown-Up Party.

The most shocking news about Larry King’s retirement announcement was the realization that he was still on the air.

If you know where the JournoList archive is, Andrew Breitbart has got some cash for you.

Dave Weigel lands on his feet as a contributor for MSNBC.

San Francisco’s gay pride parade celebrates its 40th anniversary with Nancy Pelosi, the Backstreet Boys, and some dudes riding bike’s nekkid.

Magazines routinely run great pieces by highly biased writers. Why can’t newspapers do the same?

Do journalists have any expectation of privacy in their emails?

You know who would be a good replacement for him at the Right Now blog? David Petraeus.

Sharing your unvarnished thoughts on a listserv is just asking for trouble, as Dave Weigel is the latest to discover.

Client No. 9 will be appearing every weeknight at 8pm Eastern.

Are we making too much of Stanley McChrystal’s remarks?

Is there a double standard in play when generals criticize Democratic versus Republican presidents?

General McChrystal and company spilled their guts to Rolling Stone on a road trip during which they were imbibing steadily.