Thursday is shaping up to potentially be the biggest news day of the year. In Washington, Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein meets face-to-face with President Donald Trump following a New York Times exclusive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxEGNt5EwGo
Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times: “Supreme Court fight goes prime time with Kavanaugh’s Fox News interview”
Chris Cillizza, CNN: “The 22 most important moments from Brett Kavanaugh’s extraordinary Fox News interview”
Paul Farhi, Washington Post: “The conservative conspiracy theory about the media and the Kavanaugh nomination has a few holes”
Jason Schwartz, POLITICO: “New Yorker under fire over latest Kavanaugh allegations”
Ronan Farrow & Jane Mayer, New Yorker: “Senate democrats investigate a new allegation of sexual misconduct, from Brett Kavanaugh’s college years”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “GOP challenges New Yorker scoop with details in New Yorker scoop”
Ron Dicker, HuffPost: “Tucker Carlson blames democrats for death threats against Christine Blasey Ford”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “The Kavanaugh controversy meets fake news. Real fake news.”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “’Really’: ‘Fox & Friends’ goes credulous on Kavanaugh conspiracy theory”
Kate Kelly & David Enrich, New York Times: “Kavanaugh’s yearbook page is ‘horrible, hurtful’ to a woman it named”
Ronnie Ramos, Indianapolis Star: “IndyStar editor Ronnie Ramos on Varvel cartoon: ‘Our readers deserved better’”
NYT’s Rosenstein Scoop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdycPewO0T0
Adam Goldman & Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times: “Rod Rosenstein suggested secretly recording Trump and discussed 25th Amendment”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “The New York Times’ resounding scoop on Rod Rosenstein”
Isaac Chotiner, Slate: “The New York Times stands by its Rod Rosenstein scoop”
Stephen Collinson, Kaitlin Collins, Laura Jarrett & Eli Watkins, CNN: “Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein to meet Trump Thursday”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “MSNBC loops footage of Rosenstein leaving house as media scrambles to determine his future”
Michael D. Shear, Katie Benner, Maggie Haberman & Michael S. Schmidt: “Rod Rosenstein’s job is safe, for now: Inside his dramatic day”
Ben Folds, Washington Post: “Mr. Peepers”
David Beard, Poynter: “Rosenstein’s back in the news (and in this Washington Post song)”
Murphy Brown’s back!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH_EiPC9FAM
Tim Appelo, AARP: “’Murphy Brown’ reboot: 4 things to know”
Lisa Bonos, Washington Post: “’Murphy Brown,’ once more into the fray”
Rich Heldenfels, Tribune News Service: “Jim Dial to make brief visits on new Murphy Brown”
Getting through Thursday
Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post: “How to stay (slightly) sane this week: A user’s guide to the media maelstrom ahead”
David Beard, Poynter: “Crisis averted, can journalists handle Kavanaugh, Rosenstein stories both on Thursday”
Bill Cosby sentenced
Carly Mallenbaum, USA Today: “’This is a very important day’: Accusers, stars, advocates on Bill Cosby’s prison sentence”
Graham Bowley & Jon Hurdle, New York Times: “Bill Cosby sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison; bail is denied”
Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times: “Led away in cuffs, Bill Cosby will serve three to 10 years in prison for sexual assault”
Chad Pradelli, WPVI-TV: “Bill Cosby heads to Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Eagleville”
Golf Digest investigation frees wrongfully convicted man
Max Adler, Golf Digest: “For Valentino Dixon, a wrong righted”
Valentino Dixon & Max Adler, Golf Digest: “Drawings from prison”
Aaron Bescker & Phil Fairbanks, The Buffalo News: “’It’s the greatest feeling in the world,’ says man exonerated in ’91 killing”
David Beard, Poynter: “Investigation by golf publication helps free wrongfully convicted man”
Podcasts becoming passé?
David Beard, Poynter: “In crowded field, some media companies sour on podcasts”
Matthew Ingram, Columbia Journalism Review: “Is the podcast bubble bursting?”
Benjamin Mullin, Wall Street Journal: “BuzzFeed News cuts podcasting team to focus on video”
Jennifer Pak, Marketplace: “FOMO in China is a $7 billion industry”
The sound of you
Alisha Hassan, Quartz: “Spotify and Ancestry can use your real DNA to tell your ‘musical DNA’”
Alex Galbraith, Complex: “Spotify teams up with Ancestry to create DNA-curated playlists”
Bryan Clark, The Next Web: “Ancestry creates you a custom Spotify playlist for $99 and some spit”
Jon Fingas, Engadget: “Ancestry hopes you’ll share your DNA for a custom Spotify playlist”
