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Zachary Roth

Tucker Saved?

Looks like those rumors you might have heard about Tucker Carlson being on the outs at MSNBC might have been off the mark after all. TV Newser says it’s hearing from insiders that the network has no plans to cancel the conservative pundit’s show.

Maybe he should thank these guys.

You Get What You Pay For

In the wake of OK! magazine’s exclusive on Jamie Lynn Spears’ pregnancy, The New York Times writes about the growth of checkbook journalism–that is, paying sources for the rights to stories. 

It’s hard to believe that, with competitive pressures increasing across the industry, the trend won’t soon migrate from celebrity journalism to more Read More

On Bhutto, CNN Gets There First

CNN likes to say that it’s the network people turn to when major world news events occur.  And one reason why there may be some truth to that boast was revealed in the wake of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto last week.

CNN was the only American network that had a full-time producer, Mohsin Naqvi, Read More