Quick Takes

  • “Could it be that [Bill] O’Reilly is living up to the old reporter’s saw of not letting the facts get in the ...
  • WBUR in Boston is only one of a number of news outlets targeted for boycott by pro-Israel press critics, as reported in ...
  • St. Petersburg Times pictures new Tampa station chief Richard Lobo as a turnaround expert at a station that needs a turnaround. The ...
  • Bill O’Reilly of Fox News won’t stop whuppin’ on NPR, so NPR whups back. (Low in column.)
  • Boston’s WBUR has lost more than $1 million in revenue due to protests of its Middle East coverage.
  • Louis Wiley, executive editor of Frontline, discusses his program and its World spinoff with JournalismJobs.com.
  • There’s now a website for the budding Public Radio Weekend project.
  • NPR’s On the Media to Fox News star Bill O’Reilly: Stop complaining! You’re invited!
  • Frontline/World aims to target younger audiences with a fast-moving mix of international reporting.
  • Jim Lehrer on ABC’s thwarted move to oust Nightline: it may be time for the commercial networks to get out of the ...
  • Nina Totenberg tells the Buffalo News she’s turned down TV anchor jobs (including at CNN) to stay on her Supreme Court beat at NPR.
  • PBS prez Pat Mitchell tells the L.A. Times she “had no idea how hard it was going to be.”
  • Public radio’s Sonic Memorial Project has an online home.
  • Did NPR’s Tavis Smiley play hardball to get Bill Clinton on his show? (Next to last item.)
  • The Baltimore Sun blasts Maryland Public Television for firing Rukeyser.