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Jacques Steinberg at The Times poses a question: Did Howie Kurtz do anything wrong when he brought a client of his wife's onto his show? Kurtz's wife, Sheri Annis, did PR work for Kimberly Dozier's memoir, Breathing the Fire, which was the centerpiece of an interview Dozier had with Kurtz on his CNN show, Reliable Sources. Kurtz made a brief disclosure at the end of the show, but even so, is it kosher?  read more »

And another one drops at the Washington Post! Michael Calderone at Politico is reporting that legendary writer David Broder is the latest to take a buyout from the paper, though he'll remain on contract. The 78-year-old Broder told Calderone there were two reasons he's leaving: (1) he can get off the newsroom budget, and help them save a little dough and (2) they're giving him a "generous" package.  read more »

The rumors are running wild in D.C. that sometime later this week, Post editor Leonard Downie will take a buyout and step down. A short-list of candidates is making its way around, and Michael Calderone at Politico sizes it up.  read more »

The conventional wisdom is hardening in a hurry: The real winner of the months-long Democratic nominating contest isn’t Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton—it’s John McCain.

The Wall Street Journal writes that “a fear that the Obama-Clinton contest has grown toxic and threatens the Democratic Party's chances against Republican John McCain in the fall” has taken hold within the party, while CNN ominously notes that McCain has now begun re-introducing himself to general election voters while “Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are still in a delegate-by-delegate battle to become  read more »

Hillary Clinton's dramatic telling of her trip to Tuzla has for months caused snickering and eye-rolling among reporters, but today the Washington Post takes the time to truth-squad the story, a convenient development for the Obama campaign, which spent a morning conference call questioning Clinton's relationship with the truth and her electability.

Here's a release just issued by the Obama campaign:  read more »

Lots of reshuffling over the last week at the Washington Post in some of the paper's major beats. Dan Eggen will join Peter Baker and Michael A. Fletcher on the paper's White House beat. He covered the justice department, and was part of a national team of reporters than won a Pulitzer in 2001 for 9/11 coverage and a finalist in 2006 for a story on terrorists. In the same memo, Post editors said they're looking for a replacement on the justice beat.  read more »

The Washington Post has announced that it's going to replace some foreign bureaus with a roving reporter who will cover several areas and countries at once.

A recent memo reads:

These new assignments will not be based in bureaus as we have known them. Instead, the correspondent will be the bureau. We need people who can live and work for extended periods out of a suitcase, who will organize their planning, reporting and writing around nothing more than a laptop, air card and cell phone. We seek reporters who will be comfortable traveling at least two and sometimes three weeks out of every four...

While each correspondent will have a base, we envision only a light presence, with no office, no formal staff, and a strong demand for work in the field.

Openings are available immediately for Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. Latin America and Africa will follow in the coming months.