Show Summary: The curious timing of the N.I.E., trouble on the Mexican border, and piracy comes to the publishing world.
Be Afraid
With the Senate about to debate an Iraq withdrawal plan this week, the White House released a summary of a new National Intelligence Estimate saying Al Qaeda is still a major threat. Chicago Tribune correspondent Mark Silva says the timing was no accident.
Worst...P.R....Ever
Public relations has always been a part of politics. And Fraser Seitel wrote the book on P.R.... literally. He's a Republican, but gives an emphatic two thumbs down to the Bush Administration's P.R. prowess.
I Am Not a Schnook
Two years into his presidency, Nixon fired off a memo to his chief of staff in which he grumbled about his bad public relations. James Reston, Jr., author of The Conviction of Richard Nixon, calls the just-released letter a “warm bath of Nixon paranoia.”
War Stories
As a media liaison for the Marines during the early days of the Iraq War, Josh Rushing was stuck between his military superiors and reporters at Al Jazeera. Four years later, Rushing is a reporter for that very network. In his new book, he ...
UPDATE: Plame Affair
Perhaps, just perhaps, we’ve reached a conclusion to the perpetually on-going story of outed CIA operative Valerie Plame. This week, a judge dismissed Plame’s civil suit against Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Lewis “Scooter” Libby, and Richard Armitage.
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Conservative Bloggers Vindicated, Advice for Leakers, and More
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An 11-year-old and his 3D printer
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Who’s gonna pay for this stuff?
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OTM Staff Picks, Volume 52
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Brooke Gladstone + Cyndi Lauper
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A Journalistic Civil War Odyssey
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A Source for Sources
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The Totally Legal Subpoena
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A New Incentive for Cord Cutters
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AdBlock Plus: The Internet's Ad Gatekeeper?
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