From Patrick Gavin’s twisted world:

One Politico source tells FishbowlDC that the news for young reporters isn’t all bad: The paper has also given some younger reporters more responsibilities and visibility.

Yeah, but for all those ones who are getting FIRED, the news pretty much sucks.

Maybe Gavin just wants a job there in light of the new openings? Or maybe he’s just clueless!

You decide.

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Now, play this hidden word game: 

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Tallahassee, Fla.: On Feb. 18 The Washington Post ran a piece by Victoria Toensing in which she claimed that “Plame was not covert.” In hindsight, should an editor have stopped her from writing that?

Howard Kurtz: No, because it was an opinion piece in the Outlook section, and in an opinion piece, you get to make your argument as best you can. Certainly, Valerie Plame testified last week that she had covert status before she was outed by White House officials via Robert Novak.

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Chicago: Even Donald Trump has said he thinks Bush should be impeached. That’s about as mainstream as it gets, no?

Howard Kurtz: Did The Donald use the I-word? I only heard him say in that CNN interview that Bush was the worst president in American history, but I may have missed part of it.

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Baltimore: As a lifetime left-winger, the repeatedly silly talk about impeachment amuses me, because the people calling for it seem not to have sounded out the phrase “President Cheney” in their heads.

Howard Kurtz: Cheney as impeachment defense: interesting point.

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washingtonpost.com: “Seattle: Could you link to more recent columns than March 12, please?” Fixed, sorry about that.

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Yeaaaah!

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Wednesday, a panel of new media leaders will assess the newspaper industry’s Web challenges and opportunities, The Poynter Institute for Media Studies will reveal the headlines of its latest EyeTrack research, and a group of editors will share experiences and advice on overcoming hurdles to achieve transformational change.

Thursday, in the session “Electric Sports: Games in the Internet Age and the People Who Run Them,” Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, NBA Commissioner David Stern, NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones will be interviewed by Michael Wilbon of The Washington Post and ESPN.

Also Thursday, InteractiveCorp Chairman and CEO Barry Diller, Washington Post Co. Chairman Donald E. Graham and Huffington Post co-founders Arianna Huffington and Kenneth Lerer will explore lessons from the digital revolution with Wall Street Journal’s technology columnists Walter Mossberg and Kara Swisher.

Justice Breyer will appear in a luncheon interview with Jess Bravin, who covers the Supreme Court for The Wall Street Journal. Later that afternoon, Brian P. Tierney, publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, and Chris Harte, chairman of the Star Tribune, Minneapolis, will discuss their vision as recent investors in the newspaper business.

On Friday, discussions are planned with a panel of experts on Iraq and the Middle East, the tensions between the government and press in coverage of national security issues, and the medical care issues in the military and for veterans.

David Ignatius of The Washington Post will lead the Middle East discussion with Al-Arabiya Washington Bureau Chief Hisham Melhem, Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Nancy Youssef, former Baghdad bureau chief for McClatchy Newspapers.

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WASHINGTON — The nation’s top editors will focus on First Amendment issues and the evolving transformation of the business of journalism when they gather March 27-30 at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, Washington, for the annual convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

Among the key speakers at the convention are Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, film director and actor Spike Lee, Bob Woodruff of ABC News, and the top executives of major professional sports.

ASNE president David A. Zeeck, executive editor of The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., will address ASNE members as the convention opens Tuesday, March 27, with a series of programs on First Amendment and freedom of information issues.

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Say hello to the L’Examiner’s Latrick Lavin.

How many suits do you own? One. I wear it all the time.

What word do you routinely misspell? Lots and lots of words. Don’t you read my blog?

Did you see Brokeback Mountain? Once, I watched it with Alex Pareene.

Did you see The Da Vinci Code? Yes!! I watched it with a couple of Hill newspaper hotties.

What’s the name of your cell phone ring? The sound of the Politico being delivered to the newsbins in the morning.

What time did you get up this morning? I pulled an all nighter with my co-gossip buddy Leff LuFour. We were busy thinking about how to coordinate outfits for the Radio and TV awards dinner.

When did you last cry and why? I cried when I realized I’m in over my head.

Which of the seven deadly sins are you? Is having too much eyebrow a sin?

Beach, city or country? I avoid the beach like the plague bc my beer belly is getting really thick. I guess I’m a city boy for good now.

Would you say you’re cute? Pretty? Hot? Beautiful? Beautiful.

Read the rest when you click below…
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Politico!

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Nice haircut. You won an award, too.

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