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May 14, 2008 

We're Sorry We Reported It. It Didn't Happen. 

On Feb. 2, 2008, the Boston Herald reported that a member of the New England Patriots [team stats]’ video staff taped the St. Louis Rams’ walkthrough on the day before Super Bowl XXXVI. While the Boston Herald based its Feb. 2, 2008, report on sources that it believed to be credible, we now know that this report was false, and that no tape of the walkthrough ever existed.

Complete apology and comments: http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/football/patriots/view.bg?articleid=1093898&srvc=home&position=0

 

Posted by: Frank at 9:53 am | Category: Journalism  |  Link & Discuss (0)

Chris Wallace: Dems Making Mistake 

The "Obama Watch" gave us a way to dramatize the fact that he was ducking us. Right after we started it, I called one of the people in the Obama campaign who had been putting me off for months. I said, "What did you think of it?" His response was that it was obnoxious.

Complete article: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3if3fffea889ebf8663138088352bf72cc

 

Posted by: Frank at 8:29 am | Category: Journalism  |  Link & Discuss (0)

May 12, 2008 

Jimmy Fallon Is Next For ‘Late Night’ 

NBC has scheduled a news conference for Monday to make an announcement about its late-night lineup that has been in the works for 18 months and has been all but formalized since February: Jimmy Fallon, the former cast member of “Saturday Night Live,” is to be named the third host — after David Letterman and Conan O’Brien — of NBC’s “Late Night” talk show.

Complete article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/arts/television/12fall.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin

 

Posted by: Frank at 10:09 am | Category: Television  |  Link & Discuss (0)

Whoops 

(From "Regret the Error")

 

Posted by: Frank at 6:58 am | Category: Everything Else  |  Link & Discuss (0)

May 9, 2008 

This Story May Have Some Legs 

Top MU office probes KWMU operations

 The University of Missouri system is conducting a review of 90.7 KWMU, the National Public Radio affiliate on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Complete story: http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/05/12/story4.html?b=1210564800^1632311

Also: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/education/story/4FBC773B5AEFB07C86257444000EB00F?OpenDocument

 

Posted by: Frank at 9:15 am | Category: Radio  |  Link & Discuss (1)
 

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