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[Tuesday's press conference] is not the first time Obama has dissed the Wall Street Journal colleagues of MarketWatch senior columnist Jon Friedman, and he is fine with it: “[H]e is getting the hang of controlling the media, or rather not letting the media control him.” The Stiletto cannot recall Friedman praising former president Bush’s attempts to limit press access. In any case, Friedman shouldn’t be surprised if one of the Journal’s reporters - who are under orders to “break news” (or else) – gives him a wedgie. NOTE: Running late for work. Did not put any links in this blurb....

The CBS MarketWatch columnist, Jon Friedman, has posted a column that appears to have been composed in an alternate universe in an entirely different space/time continuum than ours. It is a universe in which the media somehow built up Sarah Palin and in which the public will also become bored with her. Does this sound like our own universe? Of course not. In our universe, the real one, the media has been tearing down Sarah Palin from day one.

Let the bidding begin for CNN!Commentary: Who can turn around the Can Not Network? By Jon Friedman, CBS.MarketWatch.comLast Update: 12:03 AM ET Feb. 21, 2003NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - CNN has got to be the only television network that creates more news than it breaks.On Feb. 18, Jamie Kellner, the top executive of Turner Broadcasting, of which CNN is a part, resigned, paving the way for former CNN leader Phil Kent to return to power. On Feb. 13, CNN and ABC News broke off their much-discussed merger negotiations. On Feb. 1, news anchor Aaron Brown sparked a firestorm when he didn't...