Also in TNR (it seems the links are coming in pairs today), Nicholas Lemann critiques Robert Caro and Master of the Senate, the third volume in his LBJ series.
Category: Media
Headline News Wars.
Fox News goes for the jugular after CNN discloses it paid for their now-ubiquitous Al Qaeda tapes. All I know is I much preferred CNN back when they were the Clinton News Network and not the Child Nabbed Network. They’ve been going steadily downhill ever since Isaacson took over. (Not that I’ll be watching Fox News or anything.)
Anchorboy of the Future.
Michael Kinsley discusses Stephanopoulos’s new gig, and makes the case for FOX News in the process.
The Darkest of Horses.
TNR spends some time with Howard Dean, the forgotten Democratic contender.
Short leash.
TNR thinks Bob Woodward has been domesticated. In related news, John Dean remembers Nixon.
Afternoon Punditry.
Bill Press and Pat Buchanan move to MSNBC.