• Joe Lieberman’s got a blog up, and it’s just as full of Ned Lamont quotes as you thought it’d be. [Joe2006]

• Lieberman payola! He took millions from Republicans in exchange for promises of obedient voting, if he, you know, gets to keep the job. [Insight]
• Republican plan to scare voters away from Democrats with the specter of a Pelosi speakership will fail because Americans are dumb as fuck. [MyDD]
• CBS worried that FCC will be issuing fines over NYC firefighters’ filthy mouths, thanks to Janet Jackson’s titties. [Hit & Run]
• Iran debuts a homegrown fighter plane and claims it “is similar to the F-18 but more powerful.” American pilots do a collective “bullshit” cough into their hands. [Vodka Pundit]
• Tom Delay using lobbying experience to affect outcome of this season’s Dancing With The Stars, Tucker Carlson is pissed. [Think Progress]
• The secret pork hold is on again, now it’s off, now it’s on. [TPMmuckraker]

We weren’t exactly heartbroken to learn American Idol winner Katie Couric was taking over the CBS Evening News, because we had no idea the CBS Evening News was still being broadcast.

But it seems to be an important milestone — for self-obsessed media people, anyway — so we watched an exciting introduction to Katie’s World News right here on the Internets!

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Republicans? Still willing to sacrifice their highest ideals if it’ll bug the hell out of Democrats and win any sort of tax break. The Associated Press? Still hiring the best graphic designers in the business. MORE »

• Reliable Source: Washington, D.C.’s former first lady Effi Barry is recovering from acute myeloid leukemia… Hilary Duff fired drummer/DC native Shauney “Baby” Dandy… [WP]
• Lowdown: Chris Hitchens on Brent Snowcroft: “I think he’s an idiot. I’ve always thought he was an idiot.” [NYDN]
• Rush & Molloy: Matt Lauer and Al Roker attended Elizabeth Vargas’ baby shower. “Bob Woodruff… donned a suit and tie for the first time since sustaining critical injuries in Iraq last January.” [NYDN]
• Page Six: A CBS News website story about Katie Couric curiously makes no mention of Dan Rather. [NYP]

• Heard on the Hill: Rep. Rob Simmons (R-Conn.) “gave an impassioned defense of the use of dog booties.” to the Homeland Security Committee Wednesday… House Majority Leader John Boehner never thought he’d get elected, because people pronounce his name “Boner.” [Roll Call]
• Under the Dome: Rep. Ralph Hall (R-Texas) and former Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) are performing a vaudeville comedy routine at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, accompanied by “congressional band” the Second Amendments. [The Hill]
• Reliable Source: NPR correspondent Daniel Schorr is turning 90 next month. NPR had a party for him and named a studio after him… Antonin Scalia “downed ceviche and pisco sours” at a farewell party for the Peruvian Ambassador. [WP]
• Lowdown: CBS News pulled an interview with a Canadian activist, possibly because they fear aggravating President Bush. [NYDN]
• Page Six: For reasons unfathomable to everyone, Charles Barkley sides with John ‘Cougar’ Mellencamp in his feud with Dan Quayle. [NYP]

Fuck! We sure are glad we don’t work in radio or TV. MORE »

Now CBS and the AP worked very hard on this logo, and they’re not gonna let something like the complete lack of evidence stop them from using it. MORE »

Another Wednesday, another installment of our very favorite regular blog feature, “What As Andy Thinking.” Here, courtesy CBS, the topics of some of Andy Rooney’s 60 Minutes editorials in 2003: MORE »

Continuing our comprehensive coverage of media bathroom issues (and following hot on the heels of ABC’s other restroom woes), we received an exclusive report from our anonymous feminine products correspondent alerting us to a confusing disparity between some of the major networks bathroom policies. MORE »

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We take back every single negative thing we have ever said about a) blogs b) CBS c) TV news d) humanity in general. Because of this new feature at the CBS “PublicEye” site. It is called “What Was Andy Thinking?” and it is a list of things talked about by Andy Rooney every week on 60 Minutes. Here is but a sampling: MORE »