In late May, over the Memorial Day weekend, the top story on NBC’s Meet the Press was a recent vote by Republican senators to kill the prospect of an independent, fully bipartisan commission to investigate the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6. (Six Republicans backed the commission, but their votes weren’t enough to overcome their colleagues’ filibuster.) At the top of the show, Chuck Todd, the host, correctly noted that it was Republicans who blocked the commission. Then, however, he called the vote “a stress test for our democracy” that “our democracy failed, and failed big time.” He said that top Republicans had plainly torpedoed the commission for reasons of electoral self-interest, then said that “this Congress” had voted it down. He interviewed Barbara Comstock, a former Republican Congresswoman who supported the commission, about the reasons for her party’s opposition, then asked Jason Crow, a Democratic Congressman, whether his party’s leadership in the House would voluntarily retain the commission’s proposed bipartisan structure in any replacement investigation it may constitute, in order to ensure its “credibility.” Todd also asked, “On this Memorial Day weekend, if Congress can’t even agree on an independent January 6 commission, what can it agree on?” Todd’s framing reflected the variety of motifs found in other media coverage of the January 6 investigation, and of Washington politics more broadly: there was some moral and factual clarity, but it was... Continue reading at 'Columbia Journalism Review'
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As the U.S. passed the first anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration, four books debuted on our hardcover nonfiction list, each taking a critical view of the current political moment. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Among the headlines this week: ALA names an executive director; Facebook's flawed plan to fix the fake news problem; and check out some of the best pics from the annual library "shelfie" day. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Melissa de la Cruz sells her first stab at domestic suspense, a book on the Cartier clan is bought, Delacorte invests six figures in a debut fantasy series, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended January 21, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: a forbidden book containing unsettling fairy tales, plus the uses and misuses of civil rights history. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Sensible Shoes' author keeps walking with InterVarsity; FaithWords signs unique devotional. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The big options this week include a TV deal for Michael Wolff's White House tell-all 'Fire and Fury,' and film deals for a backlist Kazuo Ishiguro novel and Celeste Ng's 2014 debut. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week's hot books include a title about the history of maps and a take on the politics of power from a popular U.K. blogger and self-described "radical black feminist." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It looks as though production is about to begin in Maryland on the sixth and final season of “House of Cards,” which has been rewritten to omit star and executive producer Kevin Spacey. A casting notice was published Friday on Facebook for the “first official photo shoot for Season 6” with a... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2018-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Messenger has come a long way since vice president of messaging products David Marcus left his post as president of PayPal to join the social network in June 2014. Marcus shared six trends that he believes will emerge for the messaging application in 2018 in a note published on Facebook... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daniel H. Pink’s ‘When’ is the #10 book in the country. Plus a pair of psychological thrillers scare up spots on our lists, and YA author Neal Shusterman makes some noise with ‘Thunderhead.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Among this week's headlines: Why publishers should speak up on net neutrality; the budget battle continues for libraries; and what's holding up the search for the next ALA executive director? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A founding member of the Black Crowes sells his memoir, HC buys Liv Constantine’s sophomore novel, a former Verizon CEO takes his business book to Post Hill Press, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: Emma Glass's mind-bending debut novel, plus two remarkable scientists and their dueling visions to shape tomorrow’s world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New York office of the Frankfurter Buchmesse, together with Publishing Perspectives, will host the first two-day Children’s Books Salon in New York City on January 23–24, 2018. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse New York’s Inaugural Children’s Books Salon to Take Place January 23-24 appeared... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Among the headlines this week: what Michael Wolff's 'Fire and Fury' tells us about the library ebook market; Sally Yates will keynote the upcoming PLA Conference; and next steps in the net neutrality debate. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended January 7, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: Denis Johnson's short story collection, destined to be a classic, plus a history of the heart in 11 operations. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper Voyager signs its first memoir, Berkley buys a dystopian novel being compared to The Handmaid’s Tale, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Naomi Alderman’s ‘The Power,’ named to many “best of 2017” lists, is boosted onto our hardcover fiction list. Plus the movie tie-in edition of ‘Call Me By Your Name’ makes its first appearance on our lists, and former CPA Jesse Mecham explains why ‘You Need a Budget.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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