Across The Media Universe: Reading Newspapers Just For The Sudoku Edition

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Libby Juror Saga, Act Two: Rejoice, Washingtonians and news junkies -- the jury for the Scooter Libby trial has been chosen. And it after much huffing and puffing over potential jurors' potential conflicts of interest, the final pool reflects quite a wide range. In particular, it includes a former Washington Post reporter – who also happened to be a neighbor to Tim Russert and an employee under Bob Woodward. Both of those men are expected to be witnesses in the case. Other members of the jury are not so plugged in to the Washington political scene, reports the AP, such as "a travel agent who only looks at newspapers for the sudoku puzzles" and "a hotel sales agent who described herself a 'master of all things pop culture, but nothing related to current events.'"

The Candidates' Chicken And Egg Problem: Candidates not named Clinton or Obama are also getting stepped on, laments Howard Kurtz this morning. Especially people like New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (yes, he announced this weekend) – who comes equipped with several convenient storylines, like his Hispanic heritage. "That means he should be getting as much 'would be America's first' publicity as the possible first woman president and first black president." Unfortunately, the governor "barely registers in the polls," and therefore, he barely registers among journalists, who "care only about Hillary and Obama at the moment." A political catch-22, says Kurtz: "How do you get media attention when you're nowhere in the polls, even though if you got some media attention, you'd probably rise in the polls, thereby warranting more media attention?"

Out With The Old?: Now that 2008 presidential hopefuls are taking their announcements to the Web, media watchers are all atwitter. What's the big damn deal? Old media is getting its feet stepped on, says Reuters."Big media, or even local media, are blocked from any direct economic participation in or exploitation of presidential candidates' regular enterprising interactive campaigning, which Clinton continues this week with live online chats. There is no telling how it might affect advertising-supported live broadcast debates or one-on-one interviews with the candidates."

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