Tonight, it’s the Republicans’ turn, in the CNN/YouTube Debate, to face questions submitted in video form by questioners on the Internet. Some of them may quite possibly not even be Ron Paul supporters. The least traditionally journalistic aspect of the Democrats’ CNN/YouTube debate in July was that the questions often came from questioners with unvarnished [...]

There’s been a lot of talk about how, between attention-getting protests and brilliant strike videos, the writers have been winning the PR war against the studios. I’m sure that it’s true; I’m not so sure how much it matters. Mind you, as a writer, I want it to matter: I want to believe that creativity [...]

NBC Photo: Michael Williams Sadly, that is not a typo. The Daly show–as in Last Call with Carson Daly–is reportedly planning to return to the air next week despite the writers’ strike. And he needs your help. The Smoking Gun reprints an e-mail, purportedly from Daly, seeking contributions to a “joke hotline” for a bit [...]