How political press viewed Palin Was #7 on veep possibles list. (CJR)
RIP John Bonfatti Buffalo News reporter was 52. (Buffalo News)
Post-Dispatch cuts 18 employeesFrom newsroom, other places. (Post-Dispatch)
David Brooks & Woody Allen Compare passages. (DU)
Enough with "attack dog" Says ex-Baltimore Sun newsman. (ohmidog.com)
POSTED THURSDAY Parental shortcomings Columnist Lieber addresses them. (Dallasnews.com)
Ex-NYTer Darnton discusses his book Audio interview.(Mr. Media)
NYDNer suspended over tossed phone "Nobody knows what set him off." (New York Post)
POSTED WEDNESDAYTony Ridder's timing Of McClatchy stock sale. (Doyle Reports)
Wolff's Murdoch book On shelves in December. (NYP/last item)
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Falls Church, Va.: Any thoughts on The Post's decision to show a squeamishness about Jesse Jackson's crude remarks that it did not about Dick Cheney's? Howard Kurtz: An absolute mistake, especially from the newspaper that ran Dick Cheney's F-word blast against Pat Leahy. Why dance around it? Why devote a whole story to the political fallout without telling your readers what the offending line is? After all, most people saw it a few dozen times on TV. It's not even obscene -- I use "nuts" all the time, though not in that context -- though it was definitely crude. Sometimes I think we go so far in "protecting" readers that we just look out of it.
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