April 17th, 2011

Jonathan Tasini appears on “Reliable Sources”

Highlighted excerpts of CNN’s Reliable Sources, hosted by Howard Kurtz, are below and a full transcript of the program can be found here. Reliable Sources airs Sundays, 11 a.m. to noon (ET).

HIGHLIGHTS

Strategist Mark McKinnon on The Donald’s presidential flirtation:

“Donald Trump has titanium testicles and he loves to make them clank. And the press loves to report on it.”

VIDEO: The Trump media storm

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Salon’s Joan Walsh on Washington coverage of liberals:

“When President Obama does something to sneer at his base, or when Robert Gibbs calls us the ‘professional left’ and acts like we are a bunch of communists, the Beltway media applaud.”

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Jonathan Tasini on why he sued Arianna Huffington for not paying most of her bloggers:

“Much of her brand is about presenting herself as a progressive leader.”

VIDEO: Some rise up against ‘Huffington Post’

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Wired’s Steven Levy on Google’s failure to get into social networking:

“‘Buzz’ was just one of the more recent, more embarrassing ones.”

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Media Monitor featured Hugh Grant, News of the World, Pittsburgh’s KDKA, FoxNews.com, Augusta National Golf Course and the Bergen Record.