Quote of the Day:
“I understand Zucker’s rationale about wanting to protect [his] employees. I just really disagree. There are times when freedom of speech is under assault and we as news organizations have to stand up together as journalists and protect that.”
— Noah Schactman, executive editor, The Daily Beast.
Travel Bitches
“Me: ‘Just head east on Santa Monica.’ Uber driver: ‘Uh, I don’t know which way that is.'” — NYT‘s Josh Barro.
Sally Kohn doesn’t care for Ted Nugent
“Blaming all Muslims for the terrorists is like blaming all musicians for Ted Nugent.” — CNN lefty analyst Sally Kohn.
Is Mitt Romney a “loser for life?”
“Can Mitt Romney convince his party that he’s not a ‘loser for life’?” — a story from MSNBC.com that explains that these are Romney’s own words.
An excerpt:
“Those are his words. ‘I have looked at what happens to anybody in this country who loses as the nominee of their party,’ Romney said of himself in the Netflix documentary ‘Mitt,’ during a scene filmed shortly before the 2012 election. ‘They become a loser for life,’ he said, holding finger and thumb in the shape of an ‘L’ on his forehead.” Read the story here.
Pollster dreams of Kato Kaelin
“Had a crazy fever dream where I saw kato kaelin on CNN for what possible reason I have no idea.” — Logan Dobson, aide to Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.).
Look which D.C. editor showed up as an answer on Jeopardy! last night… See here.
Ouch!
“Oh goody Woody Allen’s writing for Amazon. Hope it’s another riveting tale of a cranky old man sleeping with an underaged girl.” — Lisa Bloom, legal analyst for NBC News and daughter to Gloria Allred.
Is this a journalist or an activist or a campaign volunteer?
“BTW, as I proved in 2012, I’ll back and fight like hell for whoever wins the nomination.” — Breitbart editor John Nolte.
Job switch…
“I’m so happy to say that I’m joining @GQMagazine as its political correspondent and @NYMag as a contributing editor.” — Jason Zengerle, formerly a senior editor at The New Republic.
Party at Arianna’s house
Ex-TNR EDITORS UNITE AT ARIANNA’s PLACE: “Long live long-form! Toasting @RachelMorris, @gpveis & @CitizenCohn, who just joined our team, at my home in NYC!” — Arianna Huffington, HuffPost editor-in-chief. Rachel Morris is a former editor at The New Republic, Greg Veis was executive editor at The New Republic — who still needs to change his Twitter bio — and Jonathan Cohn, a former senior editor at The New Republic.