The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Media

While networks plan to keep hours they devote to the GOP and Dem conventions in primetime slim, networks will continue to offer gavel-to-gavel coverage – but online. [WSJ]

The selection process for moderators of presidential debates is nearly as secretive as a papal conclave. Here’s a look at the politics behind the choosing of this cycle’s moderators. [NYT]

Local TV news and ’60 Minutes’ received the top ratings in a new credibility poll by Pew Research. Fox News and USA Today ranked lowest in believability. [Pew Research]

The White House has granted Michael Lewis, author of “Moneyball,” almost exclusive access to the President for the coming days. Lewis will pen an article for the October issue of Vanity Fair. Neither the White House nor the magazine will comment on the topic of the article. [NYT]

C-SPAN’s political editor, Steve Scully, previewed the cable channel’s convention coverage plans:

Some at NBC’s ‘Tonight Show’ are getting pink slips. Jay Leno himself is taking a pay cut to “save jobs.” [Deadline]