BOB BARNETT

POLITICS
Al Franken Sells Book On Congress For Over $1 Million
By Ryan Grim
Our suggested title: "The U.S. Congress Is A Big Fat Idiot."
MEDIA
Too Big to Fire
By Brian Rooney, Contributor
Editor, TheRooneyReport.com
Honesty and integrity are all you have in the news business. I lost respect for Brian Williams, but not because he lied. I lost it because he refused to honorably resign.
MEDIA
Shark Attack: Connecticut Resident Barely Survives!
By Laura Wellington, Contributor
Media and Technology Entrepreneur, Blogger
No doubt, Mr. Williams' bad judgment unleashed a fury of controversy. The blood bath that ensued was definitely Emmy award-winning but was it justified?
BOOKS
A Review of This Town by Mark Leibovich Or a Better Title: 'Mark Knows Best!'
By Elizabeth Birch, Contributor
President, Elizabeth Birch Company/Global Out
Listen, I know this Mark guy seems to be gifted at peering into the souls of others --- even better than Bush gazing into Putin, but this book serves no useful purpose. It is cynical and mean.
MEDIA
Bill Clinton or Eliot Spitzer: An Eleventh Anniversary Rumination
By Reese Schonfeld, Contributor
Founding CEO of CNN
Who do you think is more likely to attract an audience -- the charming, charismatic Clinton, or the mean and menacing Spitzer?
MEDIA
Larry King Retires Nine Years Too Late
By Reese Schonfeld, Contributor
Founding CEO of CNN
Howard Kurtz wrote in The Washington Post "Timing is everything: Larry King abdicates." He seems to think that this was the perfect moment for King to resign; I think King was nine years too late.
BOOKS
Obama, Rove, Palin, Bush And Clinton All Had The Same Lawyer For Their Books: Bob Barnett
To list Barnett as a signifier of Washington connectedness is like calling the sun a symbol of heat. This is good for his