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

Maureen Dowd (really – who’d have thought?) caused quite a stir with her Sunday column on the Romney-Ryan view of foreign policy. Liberals and conservatives alike were leveling charges of anti-Semitism against the New York Times columnist. The Times’ editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal dismissed the claims that she forward stereotypes in the piece. [Politico]

Quotation approval is a topic of much discussion among media members of late. Recently, many government and campaign officials are making interviews conditional to their own approval of quotes. Last week, Michael Lewis received some criticism from several journalists for allowing the West Wing to approve his quotes in a new piece about the President for Vanity Fair. The NYT’s David Carr took a look at the issue this weekend. [NYT]

30 Rock takes issue with the way the “Tiffany Network” is characterizing the ratings of ‘Face The Nation’. [AP]

Sign of the times? The new redesign for USA Today also signaled the addition of Web TV listings for YouTube and Hulu. [NewMediaRockstars]