Outside the Beltway

Dana Milbank’s “No Palin Month” lasted almost 15 hours 45 minutes.

Al Jazeera English is kicking the butts of the American news networks on the Egypt story. Why?

The coverage of Egypt shows an over-reliance on pundits and an under-reliance on actual experts.

A suit against a newspaper for not removing an old story about a college football player was tossed.

The speculation on Keith Olbermann’s abrupt departure from MSNBC’s top-rated show continues. Was he fired? Did he quit? Did the Comcast overlords push?

Didn’t we just talk about this?

NYT public editor Arthur Brisbane explains how it came to pass that his paper reported as fact the erroneous news that Gabrielle Giffords had been killed.

Dear New York Times: Your tireless efforts to make me stop reading you are having the desired effect.

The Atlantic made a $1.8 million profit, mostly from Andrew Sullivan’s blog.

Statue of Liberty goes through airport scanner.

Internal memos reveal that Fox News spins the news in ways that favor conservative Republicans. Is that really news?

Joe Biden: “Obama: On the way to a failed presidency?”

Michael Wilbon departs the Washington Post after more than 30 years to work full time at ESPN. Here are his last — and first — columns.

Wayne State has canceled the Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity in the Media Award, citing its namesake’s controversial remarks.

Meghan McCain doesn’t know what a “blue blood” is but doesn’t want to be called one.

The two English language newspapers who have been Julian Assange’s accomplices in disseminating stolen secrets defend themselves.

The over-hyping of President Obama’s lip getting cut while playing basketball is a bit much.

NYU’s Jay Rosen: “On Fox, the news exists in order to generate controversy. Controversy exists in order to generate resentment. And the resentment is what generates ratings.”

federal judge on Saturday ordered the website Gawker to pull down unauthorized excerpts from Sarah Palin’s forthcoming book, “America By Heart.”

The Washington Independent goes dark in December, failing to find profitability in three years.

Arianna Huffington has become an online mogul by convincing big donors to pay her for content others generate for free. Did she steal the idea?

Is the current media environment a problem for proper political discourse?

Tina Brown has confirmed the merger of the venerable Newsweek and the upstart Daily Beast.