Get You Book(s) Tomorrow!

Howard Kurtz
Washington Post columnist
Monday, November 16, 2009; 12:00 PM

Washington Post staff writer and columnist Howard Kurtz was online Tuesday, Nov. 16, at Noon ET to take your questions and comments about the media and press coverage of the news.

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A minor note: According to this article, Howard Kurtz was online on Tuesday, Nov. 16 at Noon, that means that the online questions and comments session was today at Noon, or it will be tomorrow at Noon. Or perhaps some other year when November 16 falls on a Tuesday. Just a minor correction, nothing major, we all (almost all -- and I'll let it up to your imagination to decide who is in that "almost" wink, wink) make mistakes.

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Kurtz has been the Washington Post's media reporter since 1990. He is also the host of CNN's "Reliable Sources" and the author of "Reality Show: Inside the Last Great Television News War," "Media Circus," "Hot Air," "Spin Cycle" and "The Fortune Tellers: Inside Wall Street's Game of Money, Media and Manipulation." Kurtz talks about the press and the stories of the day in "Media Backtalk."

Silver Spring, Md.: Yesterday, Fox News's Chris Wallace interviewed Liz Cheney (listed simply as "former State Department official," which I guess is why Fox invited her) about Palin. Cheney said she'd read "parts" of the book and found it "a good read" with good messages. Wallace remarked that Palin might take advantage of all the media appearances she's getting, including Oprah, Barbara, Wallace, plus he added that Palin "will appear on Fox a bunch of times." Any idea of any other network would already plan on inviting Palin "a bunch of times"? A mini-series in the works?

Howard Kurtz: Somehow I am not shocked that Sarah Palin will be making multiple appearances on Fox. She'll probably be making multiple appearances on Hannity, who loves her. But I also wouldn't be surprised if Palin makes more than one appearance on other networks. Well, maybe not MS, but you think Wolf and Larry and Anderson wouldn't want to have her on their programs? Or GMA and Nightline? The book is big news and she's good for ratings. TV appearances help drive sales. So Palin may relish the opportunity to bash the MSM while using the MSM to peddle her product.

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On a related subject, I thought you just might want to be on the edge of the news:

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Sarah Palin Going Rouge – An Anti-Palin knockoff of her “Going Rogue” memoir called “Going Rouge” hits bookstores the same day.


If you’re not careful when you run out to buy Sarah Palin’ s “Going Rogue: An American Life”, the memoir by Alaska’s ex-governor, you might accidentally grab “Going Rouge: Sarah Palin, An American Nightmare.”

The Sarah Palin-bashing essay collection from the editors of The Nation has pilfered the name, cover design, and even release date (November 17th) of the maverick’s already bestselling memoir, replacing its fluffy white clouds with ominous stormy ones.

Booksellers prepare for complaints from hockey moms everywhere.

And that’s the latest news on Sarah Palin Going Rouge.

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You can get your brand new book (either one. The parody, "Going Rouge," costs 90 cents less that the "Rogue" book.) at Amazon.com