From today’s NYT:
Thus did the architect of 9/11 become, in effect, a counterterrorism adviser to the American government he professed to despise.
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This could be your worst nightmare. Could be your greatest dream. Who wrote the headline (circled in yellow), “The South Is In Play,” on the CNN Politics homepage from Friday, June 20? I did. Using the, unvetted, citizen journalism platform, iReport.

Big takeaway, if a Peach Pundit blogger can impact the 24-hour news cycle, then so [...]

Let’s take a look at Dale Cardwell’s latest ad in his campaign for U.S. Senate. Cardwell has a terrific message: Washington is broken. (Boy, do we all know that.) And he, Dale Cardwell, newsy man, is outsider enough to fix it - presumably by not working for just the corporately-inclined, fat-cat lobbyista who are busily [...]

Since we live under a large media peach pit here in Georgia, most other media are busily embracing the reality of gay marriage this week. “Change” is indeed the operative sentiment underfoot in America when traditional, and I do mean traditional, media are beginning to portray gay marriage in, gasp, actual human terms. From citizen [...]

AJC.com puts… stand-up comedy video clips on their homepage. WTF is up with that? Slow news day? Boring political news year? Must be.

Tim Russert’s beloved son talks about his dad, and his life with his dad, with NBC’s Matt Lauer. Luke Russert, “There’s not a day that went by that I didn’t know my father loved me.”

Pointless set design flourishes distracted me for most of today’s show. The camera shot on guest and PP pal, Jim Galloway at Political Insider, showed a glass vase filled with rocks over Jim’s shoulder. I kept wondering if those belonged in Phil Kent’s head.

NBC’s Tim Russert has passed away from a heart attack.
News coverage links consolidated and updated here.

This is one of the funniest local news TV reporter outtakes I’ve ever seen. Warning: contains frequent and hilarious Chris Rock-like use of the f-word.

Boy, if anything is more in need of some good old-fashioned inspiration these days, it would be Republicans. As I was trained-up long ago in the ways of impartiality and journalistic neutrality, I went to hear Ralph Reed talk at the Atlanta Press Club about his new novel, Dark Horse, and all the “new politics” [...]

Matt Towery likes Ralph Reed’s new novel, Dark Horse. I’ve yet to read it, but I will likely add it to the stack. And will report back here, of course. Again, Reed sells and signs and raps about his new book tonight at the APC.
Say what you feel you need to about Towery, or [...]

For those of you who just love to mash it all up, everything from music to politics to a friend’s bad video of a live show, this R.E.M. clip is for you. Georgia’s finest is currently on tour and they’ve got this fun site going where you can share your concert media. Gotta love it. [...]

CNN posted some astonishing numbers on June 3rd. Almost as many people watched CNN Tuesday night as watched “The Mole,” a stat virtually unheard of for TV news viewership. And note the way CNN trounced Fox News in the most critical demo. From the Washington Post:
CNN clocked more than 3.5 million viewers in prime time. [...]

Atlanta’s The Sunday Paper has a cover story that, in the print edition at least, bizarrely claims that “moderates are tuning out the partisan cable news networks.” A quick check to the Tuesday June 3rd (the very last primary night) viewing stats shows anything but such an absurd and whoppingly off base and densely-presented claim.
Guess [...]

According to the AJC, Soulja Gal is getting some much needed help in a group home situation. Let’s hope our taxpayer dollars work their magic, but seems the most help was from the shaming powers of viral video, an interesting phenomenon no traditional media outlet has yet to report on:
The woman whose tirade against an [...]