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Fans-in-Chief Weighs In

Add President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton to those concerned about the NFL officiating, or lack thereof. “NFL fans on both sides of the aisle hope the refs’ lockout is settled soon. -bo,” the President tweeted Tuesday. That followed a controversial call in ESPN’s Monday Night Game between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks, and more... More

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'State' of Confusion

Anybody looking to sell TV time to the U.S. government should contact the State Department, whose spot buy estimate Thursday (Sept. 21) had reporters doing double takes and planning career changes At a press conference on PSA’s the government bought on Pakistani TV to calm protestors angered by the “Innocence of Muslim”s video,  a State spokeswoman made quite a $lip... More

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Google Salutes Star Trek

OK, this is not technically Washington-related, except that I grew up watching Star Trek on WRC-TV Washington then WTTG-TV Washington then WDCA-TV Washington. Google’s Doodle for the day (Sept. 7) is a tribute to the original Star Trek Paramount TV series . The elaborate graphic includes an “away mission” to an unamed planet where crew members can defeat an alien... More

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Dead Man Running

A zombie (as in “A. Zombie”) joined the campaign trail last week as a candidate for president. The move is an effort by AMC to put a faux political spotlight on its ongoing campaign publicizing the carriage impasse with Dish, which resulted in the AMC networks’ programming exiting the satellite operator’s lineup, which programming includes AMC’s The... More

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The Golden Girls

I probably just missed it while streaming the medal ceremony in women’s shooting, but I have not seen the big-headline story about how, in sport after sport, the U.S. women are coming through big time at this Olympics compared to the men. Or as one former gymnast put it. Title 9 delivers. I know, Michael Phelps has been the big media story at these games, and understandably so. And... More