* G to the W-B, President number 4-3, keepin’ it real up here in DC. [Atom Films] MORE »

Dear “Eat Crow Dot Org,” MORE »

* Because short stretches of asphalt are just like children — the beat-down Dupont Circle underpass will be rehabbed, and good as new, in nine months. [Free Ride] MORE »

Remember yesterday, when we evinced skepticism about the Truthout “report” claiming Karl Rove had been indicted (the “report” which some of you continue to send us)? MORE »

* The takeover is complete when bloggers turn their guns away from the MSM and take aim at the “free alternative weeklies.” [DCeiver] MORE »

Everyone once in a while — very rarely, mind you — we get jealous of our friends in the “real” media. MORE »

• Animatronic anchors Elizabeth Vargas and Bob Woodruff (hybrid models with auto-shutdown and cruise control) will continue to host ABC’s “World News Tonight,” winning out over standard transimission hostbot Charlie Gibson, who still runs on diesel. [ABC]
• Hacktasatic Jon Friedman calls “The Week” journalism’s “first blogazine.” No, wait — it’s a magalog! A Zlog? What does that make “The Best Week Ever”? A blogedy? And the “Nightly News” — that’s a blogcastnewslog. CNN’s Blog Report is a bloport. And Times Select still sucks. [CBS Marketwatch]
• Anchlogger Brian Williams is a “dog person.” HOW CAN HE BE A BLOGGER THEN? [WaPo]
• FishbowlDC on the quitting/re-hiring of Postie Gabe Escobar: “Escobar is one of the Post’s only Hispanic editors (the only other one we can think of is Emilio Garcia-Ruiz, Assistant Managing Editor/Sports.” National Book Award Finalist American Chica author and editor of Washington Post Book World Maria Arana, on the other hand, is just a girl who likes to read. [Fishbowl DC]
• Howie Kurtz on why the MSM blogs (Mblogsmers): “Actually, we’re just trying to look cool.” [WashingtonPost.com]
• David Corn hearts Viveca Novak, can’t guard her husband. Perhaps her conversation with Rove’s lawyer sparked a revelation: “maybe my client did not tell me everything.” [DavidCorn.com]

Yesterday’s post on the National Zoo’s hideous acid-flashback panda wear and the role of the PandaCam in our life apparently introduced a fair number of people to that labor-wasting device (a.k.a. “The ‘Stick Pic”). We were especially heartened to receive this notice:

Wonketter –
 
Brilliant! All work in the newsroom ground to a halt. We are all watching the Stick on Panda-cam.
 
You’ve done a valuable public service. I owe you a drink. MORE »

An Instapundit reader looks at the declining audience for the MSM and comes up with a fascinating hypothesis: The numbers are down because there’s too much girlstuff on the tv.

I might be wrong, but in my view, the media gives so much to the women’s point of view that they demonstrate disrespect, or at the very least, dismissiveness, for men and masculinity and fatherhood. I’m convinced that this is the reason men are no longer interested in watching anything but sports.

Has this person not seen “Stacked”? Wonders Insty’s correspondent: “It seems like there MIGHT be some significant business opportunity there.” Yes. I believe it’s called “The Playboy Channel.” MORE »

• Judy Miller hand is tired. [E&P]
• Miles O’Brien’s Proustian hurricane blog: The “LSU Chancellor. . . led us to a campus cafeteria for some breakfast. . .I found the school fare pretty darn close to perfection.” [CNN via Gawker]
• Roll Call, CQ, National Journal and the Hill play musical chairs. [Fishbowl DC]
• The WP launches a local blog — plunging into the kind uncensored, balls-out, citizen journalism that the MSM can’t traditionally provide. Our favorite post so far? “Here’s A Good Read to Brighten Your Day.” [Focus on Fairfax]
• Amy Alexander seeks an “idea-driven publication aimed at black Americans,” we seek an “idea-driven publication,” period. [WP]