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“The Wall Street Journal has been publishing op-eds from 10 Romney Campaign advisers without disclosing the writers’ campaign role.”

Today Fox News inadvertently aired a suicide during a live broadcast when the suspect in a police chase the network was following jumped from his vehicle and shot himself in the head. Moments later host Shepard Smith issued a profuse apology, which is below. (Via Igor Volsky at Think Progress)

Mona Eltahawy was released from the NYPD’s Central Booking this afternoon after being held for 22 hours following her arrest for defacing one of Pam Geller’s anti-Islam billboards in the Times Square subway station. She’s been charged with criminal mischief and making graffiti. Her tweets since being released are interesting.

Well-known activist/journalist Mona Eltahawy was arrested tonight after spray-painting one of Pam Geller’s anti-Islam billboards in the Times Square subway station. One of Geller’s supporters was apparently lurking nearby and attempted to intervene, spurring a shoving confrontation with Eltahawy, who was also arrested during last year’s riots in Egypt’s Tahrir Square, where she suffered a broken arm and hand during …

Every day of the convention the text of the speeches made from the podium are emailed to us in advance and printed copies from each speaker are placed in the DNC arena press room in the late afternoon. Speakers rarely deviate much from their prepared remarks and when they do, reporters take more notice. No advance copy of the president’s …

I met these aspiring journalists yesterday when they covered the first LGBT Caucus. They are twelve and fourteen years old. There’s our hope for the future, right there in their faces and minds.

I’ve moved down from my previous perch above Fox News into the massive and charmingly titled “Unassigned Media Room” where reporters from outlets who didn’t fork out for luxury boxes are filing their stories. Brazil’s O Globo crew is sitting across from me. To my right is a VERY LOUD Japanese news team. Events from the main floor are being …

Free Republic is doing backflips over a blog that wrongly claims that the Village Voice has ceased publication. In fact, the Voice is merely moving out of its longtime office building next spring due to the expansion of the high school next door. Putting that silly lie aside, here’s how the blog author characterizes alternative media: All that was left …

Two years ago I told you about my longtime dear friend Leif Wauters (above left), who was forced to move from San Francisco to New Zealand in order to stay with his Kiwi husband, who had to leave the United States due to DOMA. In a brighter turn of events, Leif has just been named the editor of New Zealand’s …

And it turns out that the part of the San Francisco Chronicle story that most enraged some local Catholics wasn’t true. Sister Barbi Mitzah responds in the comments to the correction: You only wrote about this and the made-up story because it sensationalizes your story. Personally, I’ve seen better journalism on a box of cheerios. Next time you want to …

The Marion County Jail is a gay bar! Isn’t that hilarious? (Tipped by JMG reader Lindsey)

Paul Ryan’s first meeting with billionaire Romney backer Sheldon Adelson will be held away from prying eyes of nosy reporters. Days after assuring reporters that Ryan would follow the same rules as Romney when determining which fundraisers would be open to reporters, the campaign has apparently changed their tune. As of Tuesday morning, reporters would not be permitted to cover …

According to NBC Bay Area, the death of a one-time San Francisco mayoral candidate and highly-regarded AIDS activist falls under “Weird News” because he occasionally wore a costume. We’ll have to remember that the next time a famous costumed person dies.

CNN president Jim Walton resigned today and he was quite frank about the reason. “There’s always pressure,” he said. “I’ve been doing this a long time and CNN has had its ups and downs, like all companies have had ups and downs. I feel really strongly about a number of parts of this company. We’re having a really strong year …

From the British tabloid the Daily Mail, be advised.

(Via Andrew Belonksy)

Kathy Griffin says she’s happy that her buddy Anderson Cooper finally came out, but that she’s also worried for him. She writes for the Daily Beast: Look, I’m a comedian. Anderson reports on the world’s toughest stories. He speaks truth to power. I, on the other hand, make fun of the spectacularly silly world of reality television and Hollywood’s fame …