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  • Cyber Salon

    If 2003 was the year blogs burst onto the scene, 2004 was the year they became respectable. Today, the scribes behind Wonkette, Pressthink, and Powerline (Time magazine’s first-ever blog of the year) share their thoughts on journalism’s most untamed frontier.

How Long Has This Been Going On?

Jay Price, staff writer for the Raleigh, NC News & Observer, has the details on the first known case of an Iraqi murdered by a US serviceman
» "Guardsman killed Iraqi after sex" in the Raleigh News & Observer

Widespread Abuse?

R. Jeffrey Smith, staff writer for the Washington Post, says new documents show abuse in Iraq and Guantanamo was more widespread than previously thought
» "New Papers Suggest Detainee Abuse Was Widespread" in the Washington Post

Elegy for a Friend

Wayne Barrett, Senior Editor at the Village Voice, and Author, Rudy: An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Giuliani (Basic Books, 2001) and City for Sale: Ed Koch and the Betrayal of New York (Harpercollins, 1988), remembers journalist Jack Newfield
» The Village Voice

Open Phones

your calls on charitable giving and their person of the year

Cyber Salon

Scott Johnson, an attorney and senior vice president of TCF National Bank in Minneapolis, fellow at the conservative Claremont Institute, and co-writer of Powerline, explains how he helped brake the fake National Guard documents story
» Powerline
and
Ana Marie Cox, writes Wonkette, gives her snarky take on being sassy
» Wonkette
and
Jay Rosen, Professor of Journalism at New York University, writes Pressthink, speculates on the future of blogs
» Pressthink

US Seal

Your Fab Cab

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Who is in your fantasy Obama cabinet? Pick anyone!

Word from Abroad

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John Burns, London bureau chief for the New York Times, reflects on his work in China, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, and Iraq.

wires web infrastructure

Chief of Technology

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Andrew Rasiej, founder of Personal Democracy Forum, talks about the potential presidential cabinet position of Chief Technology Officer. Who's in your fantasy cabinet? Visit our Fab Cab page and let us know.

WNYC's Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein talk politics at lunch time.

Digesting Politics

A weekly podcast with Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein

New Episode Posted November 13
Eavesdrop on Andrea Bernstein and Brian Lehrer, two of the most political savvy minds around, as they eat lunch and break down the week’s political activities.

Video Picks

The Brian Lehrer Show

See video highlights from The Brian Lehrer Show plus Brian's weekly video picks.

  1. Radiolab: Choice (11/14/2008)
  2. The Brian Lehrer Show: Cabinet 2.0 (11/13/2008)
  3. The Brian Lehrer Show: The Hybrid Economy (11/18/2008)
  4. The Brian Lehrer Show: Agriculture Warrior (11/17/2008)
  5. The Leonard Lopate Show: After Oil (11/13/2008)
  6. The Brian Lehrer Show: Bubble Bubble Toil and Trouble (11/19/2008)
  7. The Brian Lehrer Show: Pay To Play Nice (11/14/2008)