http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 07 Oct 2008 6:36:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39227/how-mccain-lost-his-media-base.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJohn McCain used to call the press “my base,” but if that’s true, his base has turned against him. Most of his biggest admirers, won over by his 2000 campaign, have become brutal critics, John Heileman writes for New York. The Republicans of all stripes pouring off the bandwagon, especially over the past month, "gave the press a permission slip to question McCain’s authenticity and integrity," Heileman contends.http://www.newser.com/story/39227/how-mccain-lost-his-media-base.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 06 Oct 2008 7:05:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38767/sorry-guys-no-rivalry-between-cnbc-babes.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe “Money Honey” versus the “Street Sweetie” makes for great headlines, but reports of catfighting between CNBC anchors Maria Bartiromo and Erin Burnett are way overstated, Suzanna Andrews writes in Vanity Fair . “There is not a rivalry,” says Bartiromo, who suggests that the rumors may stem from CNBC itself as a vehicle for drumming up ratings.http://www.newser.com/story/38767/sorry-guys-no-rivalry-between-cnbc-babes.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 02 Oct 2008 12:27:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39080/oreilly-berates-frank-in-on-air-shouting-match.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBill O’Reilly has called for the resignation of House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank, so it was a predictably tense situation when the Massachusetts Democrat appeared on his show last night. A remarkable shouting match ensued, even by O’Reilly’s standards. The Fox host quickly began screaming at Frank over comments that the situation at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would improve.http://www.newser.com/story/39080/oreilly-berates-frank-in-on-air-shouting-match.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 03 Oct 2008 12:31:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39060/cbs-reporter-under-scrutiny-for-iraq-booty.html?refid=rss_all_defaultCBS chief correspondent and tabloid catnip Lara Logan has two portraits of Saddam Hussein in her office, and US Customs wants to know why. The art was recovered from the wreckage of a Baghdad palace, and it's illegal to take such items out of Iraq. Customs prosecuted a Fox News employee for similar actions, reports the New York Post .http://www.newser.com/story/39060/cbs-reporter-under-scrutiny-for-iraq-booty.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 03 Oct 2008 8:00:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38939/dowd-dumped-from-straight-talk-express.html?refid=rss_all_defaultStraight talk not only got New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd banned from the McCain-Palin campaign planes, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , it got her marooned in Pittsburgh. After writing a scathing satire of Sarah Palin's candidacy—harsh but hardly unprecedented for the gleefully snarky writer—a stunned Dowd was left behind in the middle of a campaign swing, forcing her to overnight in a local hotel while the rest of the press pack traveled on.http://www.newser.com/story/38939/dowd-dumped-from-straight-talk-express.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 02 Oct 2008 0:01:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38967/moderator-of-vp-debate-mired-in-bias-brouhaha.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWhen the two presidential campaigns agreed that Gwen Ifill would moderate tonight's VP debate, it was already known that she was writing a book on contemporary black politics. But yesterday the right wing blogosphere erupted with claims that Ifill is biased toward the Democrats and should pull out. As the New York Times reports, however, strategists on both sides think that bashing the moderator is a tactic to encourage Ifill to go easy on Sarah Palin, or to mitigate a possible bad performance.http://www.newser.com/story/38967/moderator-of-vp-debate-mired-in-bias-brouhaha.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 02 Oct 2008 6:44:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38879/mired-in-3rd-place-couric-rallies.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAfter 2 years of stories about bad ratings and an uncertain future, Katie Couric is in the news for a positive reason, the AP reports—her work. Her CBS Evening News interviews with Sarah Palin, Joe Biden, and John McCain have brought the broadcast unprecedented buzz even though, as the New York Times reports, the ratings payoff has been modest at best.http://www.newser.com/story/38879/mired-in-3rd-place-couric-rallies.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 01 Oct 2008 9:08:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38793/mccain-accuses-couric-of-gotcha-journalism.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJohn McCain and Sarah Palin sat down for a joint interview with Katie Couric last night, and it was hard to avoid the impression that McCain was chaperoning his running mate “to keep her out of trouble” writes Time TV critic James Poniewozik. McCain accused Couric of “gotcha journalism,” when she confronted Palin with a statement the would-be veep made at a pizza parlor contradicting his stance on Pakistan.http://www.newser.com/story/38793/mccain-accuses-couric-of-gotcha-journalism.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 30 Sep 2008 12:25:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38734/in-his-encore-brokaw-again-a-heavy-hitter-for-nbc.html?refid=rss_all_defaultNBC is preparing for a post-Brokaw Meet the Press, but replacing the elder statesman won’t be easy, the New York Times reports. Brokaw has exceeded expectations as a fill-in for Tim Russert, keeping NBC’s Sunday show atop the ratings. Less publicly, he’s been a crucial diplomat between the network and the McCain campaign, which associates NBC with left-wing MSNBC hosts like Keith Olbermann.http://www.newser.com/story/38734/in-his-encore-brokaw-again-a-heavy-hitter-for-nbc.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 30 Sep 2008 6:56:32 CDT