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Newsweek called it "the Interrupt-a-thon." Fox New's Bret Baier sat down with President Barack Obama this week, but was it an interview or an argument? Fox lovers say Baier was just trying to pin Obama down to specifics, but haters say he was rude and just trying to insert the network's conservative talking points.

Scott Brown’s election has been called a referendum on healthcare, and President Obama and the economy.  The media has not stopped speculating on what Brown’s win meant even without reliable election day exit polling.  So what is the speculation based upon?

Senate Majority leader Harry Reid’s words – uttered in 2008 – opened up a debate on race again. Reid's comments appeared in the book "Game Change" by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. Was there a media double standard compared to Trent Lott’s comments? Or was it a marketing plan to generate book sales by releasing a controversial remark?

The twists and turns in the reporting of Tareq and Michaele Salahi.  It was a kicker story that turned into a security breach with the White House social director refusing to appear at Congressional hearings. How responsible was the media in reporting this story?

Regardless of what he says about his new plan for Afghanistan, tonight's press conference could be seen as a sign that at least President Obama's get-tough-with-Fox strategy is working.

After refusing to carry Obama's July 22 press conference or his Sept. 9 primetime address to Congress live, Fox announced yesterday that it will air tonight's 8 p.m. presidential press conference on its main network. And that's not all - Shepard Smith, seen by many as the most fair and balanced of the "Fair & Balanced" crew at Fox News - will be anchoring the broadcast portion of the coverage.

Has Fox softened? Or is it just a case that the entertainment side won't take as big of a hit as it might have?

Obama's September address would have stepped on the season premiere of "So You Think You Can Dance," as well as the first new episode of the new hit show "Glee." Instead, Fox put the address on Fox News, with a crawl alerting Fox network viewers that Obama was speaking. Tonight, Fox says it will still air a two-hour "So You Think You Can Dance" special after the Obama press conference.

ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, and CNN have also announced they will carry the press conference live.

A funny thing seems to have happened on the way to Michaele and Tareq Salahi's 15 minutes of fame.

Reality (not the TV kind) has reared its ugly head.

In the latest twist to the story of how the Virginia couple and aspiring reality TV stars crashed a receiving line at last week's White House state dinner, the Salahi's appearance on CNN's "Larry King Live" tomorrow night has been "postponed" by the couple, TV Newser is reporting.

CNN has responded by cancelling the appearance. But that hasn't stopped the couple from trying to sell their story for a mid-six-figures payment from the big TV networks, various news outlets are reporting.

Apparently between an egg-on-its-face US Secret Service and various commentators calling for their heads on a silver cocktail tray, it's finally dawned on the couple that anything they say on Larry King can and possibly will be used against them in a court of law. Yet others opining on the incident call it overblown and talk of charges against the couple vindictive.

Republicans swept to victory in two critical governor’s races this week in Virginia and New Jersey, delivering setbacks to Democrats who hoped to consolidate gains made by President Obama last year. With no general election to cover, did the media anlysis attempt to find a national trend in these local elections? 

Courtesy of the Huffington Post:

"Fox News Ratings Undamaged by White House War"

And special thanks to Slate for explaining why the Washington Post is our runner up with:

"Public Option Gains Support"

The right to know vs. national security. A proposed federal shield law would keep journalists from being threatened with jail if they refused to identify confidential sources. The Obama administration now says it will not back the bill because concerns over cases of national security. Should journalists be afforded this protection?

President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today.  Since nominations had to be filed by February 1st, and the President was in office for less than two weeks, the choice seems to be a surprise.  How did the media report and react to the story?