Showing posts with label Hot News Trend. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hot News Trend. Show all posts
Spray On Clothing Video
The video showcases the spray on clothing technology created in the Imperial College of London. The inventor states it has possibilities for fashion and for spray on bandages. The material can be taken off, washed and re used or even dissolved to create more spray on clothes.
Looks like the spray doesn't suffer the same problems as other contact sprays, since in FX departments the spray which hardens into plastic needs breathing gear or the users lungs will become plastic causing instant death.
Looks like the spray doesn't suffer the same problems as other contact sprays, since in FX departments the spray which hardens into plastic needs breathing gear or the users lungs will become plastic causing instant death.
Spray On Clothing Video
The video showcases the spray on clothing technology created in the Imperial College of London. The inventor states it has possibilities for fashion and for spray on bandages. The material can be taken off, washed and re used or even dissolved to create more spray on clothes.
Looks like the spray doesn't suffer the same problems as other contact sprays, since in FX departments the spray which hardens into plastic needs breathing gear or the users lungs will become plastic causing instant death.
Looks like the spray doesn't suffer the same problems as other contact sprays, since in FX departments the spray which hardens into plastic needs breathing gear or the users lungs will become plastic causing instant death.
IBM announces computer memory breakthrough
Phase-change memory offers 100 times the write performance of NAND flash
IBM Thursday announced a breakthrough in computer memory technology, which may lead to the development of solid-state chips that can store as much data as NAND flash technology but with 100 times the performance and vastly greater lifespan.
Currently, NAND flash memory products, such as SSDs, have write rates as high as 2Gbit/sec.
IBM said it has produced phase-change memory (PCM) chips that can store two bits of data per cell without data corruption problems, something that has plagued PCM development from the start.
IBM's phase-change memory chip uses circuitry that is 90 nanometers in width
Like NAND flash memory, which is used in solid state drives (SSDs) and is embedded in computers like Apple's MacBook Air, PCM is nonvolatile -- meaning it retains data after its power supply is shut down.
Unlike NAND flash, PCM memory does not require that existing data be marked for deletion prior to new data being written to it -- a process known to as an erase-write cycle. Erase-write cycles slow NAND flash performance and, over time, wear it out, giving it a lifespan that ranges from 5,000 to 10,000 write cycles in consumer products and up to 100,000 cycles in enterprise-class products.
PCM can sustain up to 5 million write cycles, according to IBM.
"If you can write to flash 3,000 times, that will outlive most cell phones and MP3 players, but that's certainly not good enough for the enterprise that does that in an hour," said Christopher Sciacca, manager of communications for IBM Research in Zurich.
As organizations and consumers increasingly embrace cloud-computing models and services, ever more powerful and efficient, yet affordable storage technologies are needed, according to Haris Pozidis, manager of memory and probe technologies at IBM Research.
Pozidis said that for the past five months, teams of IBM scientists have been testing a multi-level cell (MLC) chip that's capable of storing two and eventually three bits of data, indicating that it can achieve a level of reliability that is suitable for practical applications.
Besides applications for enterprises and in the cloud, PCM may also serve as an extension for DRAM.
While DRAM will continue to be used as the closest memory device to the CPU for the most active data, Pozidis said, PCM, with its greater capacity, can be used for less frequently accessed data. "The PCM, which is much larger, acts as a repositor. If the data becomes hot again it will move back to the DRAM," he said.
In another scenario, Pozidis said, the CPU can talk directly to the PCM, but it thinks its talking to the DRAM using a controller. "Again, the hot data speaks to DRAM and not so hot data speaks to the PCM," he said.
IBM announces computer memory breakthrough
Phase-change memory offers 100 times the write performance of NAND flash
IBM Thursday announced a breakthrough in computer memory technology, which may lead to the development of solid-state chips that can store as much data as NAND flash technology but with 100 times the performance and vastly greater lifespan.
Currently, NAND flash memory products, such as SSDs, have write rates as high as 2Gbit/sec.
IBM said it has produced phase-change memory (PCM) chips that can store two bits of data per cell without data corruption problems, something that has plagued PCM development from the start.
IBM's phase-change memory chip uses circuitry that is 90 nanometers in width
Like NAND flash memory, which is used in solid state drives (SSDs) and is embedded in computers like Apple's MacBook Air, PCM is nonvolatile -- meaning it retains data after its power supply is shut down.
Unlike NAND flash, PCM memory does not require that existing data be marked for deletion prior to new data being written to it -- a process known to as an erase-write cycle. Erase-write cycles slow NAND flash performance and, over time, wear it out, giving it a lifespan that ranges from 5,000 to 10,000 write cycles in consumer products and up to 100,000 cycles in enterprise-class products.
PCM can sustain up to 5 million write cycles, according to IBM.
"If you can write to flash 3,000 times, that will outlive most cell phones and MP3 players, but that's certainly not good enough for the enterprise that does that in an hour," said Christopher Sciacca, manager of communications for IBM Research in Zurich.
As organizations and consumers increasingly embrace cloud-computing models and services, ever more powerful and efficient, yet affordable storage technologies are needed, according to Haris Pozidis, manager of memory and probe technologies at IBM Research.
Pozidis said that for the past five months, teams of IBM scientists have been testing a multi-level cell (MLC) chip that's capable of storing two and eventually three bits of data, indicating that it can achieve a level of reliability that is suitable for practical applications.
Besides applications for enterprises and in the cloud, PCM may also serve as an extension for DRAM.
While DRAM will continue to be used as the closest memory device to the CPU for the most active data, Pozidis said, PCM, with its greater capacity, can be used for less frequently accessed data. "The PCM, which is much larger, acts as a repositor. If the data becomes hot again it will move back to the DRAM," he said.
In another scenario, Pozidis said, the CPU can talk directly to the PCM, but it thinks its talking to the DRAM using a controller. "Again, the hot data speaks to DRAM and not so hot data speaks to the PCM," he said.
TV Watch: Letterman’s Confession, Calculation vs. Compulsion
On ArtsBeat, Alessandra Stanley writes about David Letterman’s show Thursday night:
Life isn’t fair, but sometimes karma evens things out.Just as CBS star David Letterman was routing “The Tonight Show” in the ratings, a blackmail scheme drove him to admit on the air to the kind of sordid affairs –with company employees – that he mocks so mercilessly in others.Mr. Letterman’s on-air confession, delivered on the set of his late-night talk show on Thursday without advance warning or fanfare, would have been shocking, except that it was confusing: Mr. Letterman’s delivery about his “creepy” backstage behavior was so glib and deadpan that the audience couldn’t be blamed for assuming that the stand-up comedian was still joking at his desk. Mr. Letterman noted that it would indeed be embarrassing for his affairs to be publicly known, then paused a beat. “Especially for the women.”
Read more on ArtsBeat . . .
TV Watch: Letterman’s Confession, Calculation vs. Compulsion
On ArtsBeat, Alessandra Stanley writes about David Letterman’s show Thursday night:
Life isn’t fair, but sometimes karma evens things out.Just as CBS star David Letterman was routing “The Tonight Show” in the ratings, a blackmail scheme drove him to admit on the air to the kind of sordid affairs –with company employees – that he mocks so mercilessly in others.Mr. Letterman’s on-air confession, delivered on the set of his late-night talk show on Thursday without advance warning or fanfare, would have been shocking, except that it was confusing: Mr. Letterman’s delivery about his “creepy” backstage behavior was so glib and deadpan that the audience couldn’t be blamed for assuming that the stand-up comedian was still joking at his desk. Mr. Letterman noted that it would indeed be embarrassing for his affairs to be publicly known, then paused a beat. “Especially for the women.”
Read more on ArtsBeat . . .
From Photo’s Periphery, an Eyewitness to a Timeless Kiss
It is a defining image of the American century, one that expressed the joy of a nation at its moment of greatest triumph: on the day the Japanese surrender was announced, a sailor grabbed a nurse in the middle of Times Square, bent her back and kissed her.
That kiss on V-J Day was captured in at least two photographs — one iconic, one merely famous. And for decades since, there have been debates: Who was the sailor? Who was the nurse? A handful of people have staked claims, and countless stories have attempted to sort them out.
This is not one of those stories.
Read more on the City Room blog.
From Photo’s Periphery, an Eyewitness to a Timeless Kiss
It is a defining image of the American century, one that expressed the joy of a nation at its moment of greatest triumph: on the day the Japanese surrender was announced, a sailor grabbed a nurse in the middle of Times Square, bent her back and kissed her.
That kiss on V-J Day was captured in at least two photographs — one iconic, one merely famous. And for decades since, there have been debates: Who was the sailor? Who was the nurse? A handful of people have staked claims, and countless stories have attempted to sort them out.
This is not one of those stories.
Read more on the City Room blog.
Live: Glenn Beck Says Goodbye to Fox News
Glenn Beck is like no one else on television.
He convinces about two million viewers to tune in to the Fox News Channel at 5 in the afternoon, a feat that no other cable news host has ever regularly accomplished. For a while, his ratings were even higher, sometimes even beating shows in prime time. Mr. Beck rants, raves, laughs, cries. He heaps attention onto conspiracy theories that are otherwise hardly heard in the mainstream media. He gives his fans hope for the future. He frustrates his critics to no end.
He frustrates the managers of the Fox News Channel, too, and that’s one of the reasons why, after only two and a half years at Fox, he’s leaving. He is moving to the Internet, having created an online channel called GBTV.com.Thursday at 5 is his final broadcast on Fox, and we’ll be live-blogging it here.
Live: Glenn Beck Says Goodbye to Fox News
Glenn Beck is like no one else on television.
He convinces about two million viewers to tune in to the Fox News Channel at 5 in the afternoon, a feat that no other cable news host has ever regularly accomplished. For a while, his ratings were even higher, sometimes even beating shows in prime time. Mr. Beck rants, raves, laughs, cries. He heaps attention onto conspiracy theories that are otherwise hardly heard in the mainstream media. He gives his fans hope for the future. He frustrates his critics to no end.
He frustrates the managers of the Fox News Channel, too, and that’s one of the reasons why, after only two and a half years at Fox, he’s leaving. He is moving to the Internet, having created an online channel called GBTV.com.Thursday at 5 is his final broadcast on Fox, and we’ll be live-blogging it here.
Fox News to Replace Beck With ‘The Five’
The Fox News Channel’s temporary replacement for Glenn Beck will be a talk show featuring a rotating panel of opinionated people.
The channel announced the new show, called “The Five,” just two hours before Mr. Beck’s final broadcast. Since April, when Mr. Beck and Fox reached an agreement to end his 5 p.m. political talk show, there has been speculation that the channel would schedule an interim news or talk program in its place.
Fox News said “The Five” would feature a “roundtable ensemble of five rotating FOX personalities who will discuss, debate and at times debunk the hot news stories, controversies and issues of the day.”
By bringing on a rotating group of people, Fox avoids any direct ratings comparisons between Mr. Beck and any single replacement host.
By bringing on a rotating group of people, Fox avoids any direct ratings comparisons between Mr. Beck and any single replacement host.
Mr. Beck often attracted more than two million viewers to the channel’s 5 p.m. time slot, a rating that no cable news channel had ever regularly seen at that hour before.
Among the people involved in “The Five:” Greg Gutfeld, who is host of an overnight talk show for Fox; Juan Williams, who is a regular on Fox’s “The O’Reilly Factor;” Dana Perino, a former spokeswoman for the Bush White House; and Andrew Napolitano, the host of a libertarian talk show on the Fox Business Network.
The others named by Fox in a news release were Geraldo Rivera, Andrea Tantaros, Eric Bolling, Monica Crowley, Bob Beckel and Kimberly Guilfoyle.
“The Five” will start on July 11. For the week of July 4, Fox will repeat some of Mr. Beck’s old shows.
Fox News to Replace Beck With ‘The Five’
The Fox News Channel’s temporary replacement for Glenn Beck will be a talk show featuring a rotating panel of opinionated people.
The channel announced the new show, called “The Five,” just two hours before Mr. Beck’s final broadcast. Since April, when Mr. Beck and Fox reached an agreement to end his 5 p.m. political talk show, there has been speculation that the channel would schedule an interim news or talk program in its place.
Fox News said “The Five” would feature a “roundtable ensemble of five rotating FOX personalities who will discuss, debate and at times debunk the hot news stories, controversies and issues of the day.”
By bringing on a rotating group of people, Fox avoids any direct ratings comparisons between Mr. Beck and any single replacement host.
By bringing on a rotating group of people, Fox avoids any direct ratings comparisons between Mr. Beck and any single replacement host.
Mr. Beck often attracted more than two million viewers to the channel’s 5 p.m. time slot, a rating that no cable news channel had ever regularly seen at that hour before.
Among the people involved in “The Five:” Greg Gutfeld, who is host of an overnight talk show for Fox; Juan Williams, who is a regular on Fox’s “The O’Reilly Factor;” Dana Perino, a former spokeswoman for the Bush White House; and Andrew Napolitano, the host of a libertarian talk show on the Fox Business Network.
The others named by Fox in a news release were Geraldo Rivera, Andrea Tantaros, Eric Bolling, Monica Crowley, Bob Beckel and Kimberly Guilfoyle.
“The Five” will start on July 11. For the week of July 4, Fox will repeat some of Mr. Beck’s old shows.
Obama to Host ‘Twitter Town Hall’
President Obama will welcome some of his Twitter followers to the White House next week for a Twitter Town Hall, where he will answer questions about jobs and the economy that people across the country can begin posting today, using the hashtag, #askobama.
Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s co-founder and executive chairman who recently returned to the company, will be the moderator of the event, to be held Wednesday afternoon in the East Room. He will pose the questions to Mr. Obama who will answer them for about an hour in front of two gigantic screens that will display the conversation on Twitter in real time.
It will be streamed live at http://askobama.twitter.com andhttp://wh.gov/live.
Twitter will select the questions, using curation tools and a group of Twitter users to help identify the most popular questions raised both before and during the event. Twitter will be relying on its own search and curation features as well as a company called Mass Relevance to help find questions and topics that are most frequently mentioned.
Macon Phillips, special assistant to the president and director of digital strategy, said that the event was an opportunity for the Mr. Obama to use the Twitter platform to hear directly from people outside of Washington.
Macon Phillips, special assistant to the president and director of digital strategy, said that the event was an opportunity for the Mr. Obama to use the Twitter platform to hear directly from people outside of Washington.
“Twitter offers a compelling way to not only get information out but also to understand what people have to say about an issue,” he said. “That is why we are doubling down on our online engagement efforts.”
Earlier this year, Mr. Obama visited Facebook’s headquarters in California and fielded questions from Marc Zuckerberg, the chief executive officer. The event was live streamed and the questions and answers were displayed on Facebook’s platform.
Mr. Phillips said that there has been a new emphasis on using social media platforms throughout the federal government to help bolster customer service efforts as well as deliver, listen and collect information.
“It is a tool that helps people do their jobs,” Mr. Phillips said. “All of the people who have official White House accounts would tell you that it is a really helpful way to engage with people and bring in new ideas and be aware of new issues that they otherwise might have missed.”
Earlier this month, members of Mr. Obama’s campaign team announced that he would be posting his own tweets on the @barackobama Twitter account from time to time, signing them, BO. With more than eight million followers, that account is used primarily for his re-election efforts while the@whitehouse account is used for administration news and updates.
Adam Sharp, Twitter’s manager of government and political partnerships, said that the curators chosen by Twitter to help select the questions would be a politically and geographically diverse group. He said the curators would ask the people in their communities to highlight what they think are the most important questions for the president to address.
Curators will also be reposting questions and posting their own.
“We will have highly-engaged Twitter users from around the country to provide that geographic diversity to help identify good questions, “ he said. “This helps us make sure that we are addressing the concerns that the Twitter universe cares about. “
To participate, Twitter users need to include the hashtag #askObama when posting their question. All questions with the hashtag will be included in the selection process. If Web users do not yet have a Twitter account, they can visit http://askobama.twitter.com to sign up and join the discussion.
For those @WhiteHouse followers who want to be considered to attend the Tweetup next week, they can sign up online at http://WhiteHouse.gov/Tweetup, according to Kori Schulman, deputy director of digital content, Office of Digital Strategy.
Ms. Schulman, who is the person behind the @whitehouse account, said that the goal was to have more events at the White House so that posters can engage more with senior administration officials and with each other.
Obama to Host ‘Twitter Town Hall’
President Obama will welcome some of his Twitter followers to the White House next week for a Twitter Town Hall, where he will answer questions about jobs and the economy that people across the country can begin posting today, using the hashtag, #askobama.
Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s co-founder and executive chairman who recently returned to the company, will be the moderator of the event, to be held Wednesday afternoon in the East Room. He will pose the questions to Mr. Obama who will answer them for about an hour in front of two gigantic screens that will display the conversation on Twitter in real time.
It will be streamed live at http://askobama.twitter.com andhttp://wh.gov/live.
Twitter will select the questions, using curation tools and a group of Twitter users to help identify the most popular questions raised both before and during the event. Twitter will be relying on its own search and curation features as well as a company called Mass Relevance to help find questions and topics that are most frequently mentioned.
Macon Phillips, special assistant to the president and director of digital strategy, said that the event was an opportunity for the Mr. Obama to use the Twitter platform to hear directly from people outside of Washington.
Macon Phillips, special assistant to the president and director of digital strategy, said that the event was an opportunity for the Mr. Obama to use the Twitter platform to hear directly from people outside of Washington.
“Twitter offers a compelling way to not only get information out but also to understand what people have to say about an issue,” he said. “That is why we are doubling down on our online engagement efforts.”
Earlier this year, Mr. Obama visited Facebook’s headquarters in California and fielded questions from Marc Zuckerberg, the chief executive officer. The event was live streamed and the questions and answers were displayed on Facebook’s platform.
Mr. Phillips said that there has been a new emphasis on using social media platforms throughout the federal government to help bolster customer service efforts as well as deliver, listen and collect information.
“It is a tool that helps people do their jobs,” Mr. Phillips said. “All of the people who have official White House accounts would tell you that it is a really helpful way to engage with people and bring in new ideas and be aware of new issues that they otherwise might have missed.”
Earlier this month, members of Mr. Obama’s campaign team announced that he would be posting his own tweets on the @barackobama Twitter account from time to time, signing them, BO. With more than eight million followers, that account is used primarily for his re-election efforts while the@whitehouse account is used for administration news and updates.
Adam Sharp, Twitter’s manager of government and political partnerships, said that the curators chosen by Twitter to help select the questions would be a politically and geographically diverse group. He said the curators would ask the people in their communities to highlight what they think are the most important questions for the president to address.
Curators will also be reposting questions and posting their own.
“We will have highly-engaged Twitter users from around the country to provide that geographic diversity to help identify good questions, “ he said. “This helps us make sure that we are addressing the concerns that the Twitter universe cares about. “
To participate, Twitter users need to include the hashtag #askObama when posting their question. All questions with the hashtag will be included in the selection process. If Web users do not yet have a Twitter account, they can visit http://askobama.twitter.com to sign up and join the discussion.
For those @WhiteHouse followers who want to be considered to attend the Tweetup next week, they can sign up online at http://WhiteHouse.gov/Tweetup, according to Kori Schulman, deputy director of digital content, Office of Digital Strategy.
Ms. Schulman, who is the person behind the @whitehouse account, said that the goal was to have more events at the White House so that posters can engage more with senior administration officials and with each other.
MSNBC Suspends Halperin Over Obama Slur
MSNBC suspended one of its best-known political analysts, Mark Halperin, on Thursday morning after he directed a derogatory comment at President Obama on the channel’s morning show, “Morning Joe.”
Sitting on the set of “Morning Joe,” Mr. Halperin smiled mischievously as he disparaged Mr. Obama’s behavior at a news conference a day earlier. “I thought he was kind of a dick yesterday,” Mr. Halperin said.
He apologized on the show a few minutes later and said he deeply regretted making the comment. Immediately after the show concluded at 9 a.m., a meeting was convened about the incident, and by 10:30 a.m., the channel said Mr. Halperin had been suspended “indefinitely” from his political analyst position.
“Mark Halperin’s comments this morning were completely inappropriate and unacceptable,” the channel said in a statement. “We apologize to the president, the White House and all of our viewers. We strive for a high level of discourse and comments like these have no place on our air.”
At the same time, in his own statement, Mr. Halperin said he agreed completely “with everything in MSNBC’s statement about my remark” and added, “I believe that the step they are taking in response is totally appropriate.”
Time magazine, which employs Mr. Halperin as editor-at-large, issued him a warning but is not taking any further action. “Mark Halperin’s comments on air this morning were inappropriate and in no way reflective of Time’s views,” a spokesperson for the magazine said. “We have issued a warning to him that such behavior is unacceptable. Mark has appropriately apologized.”
Jay Carney, the White House spokesman, said Thursday afternoon that he had expressed his feelings to network executives that the comment was inappropriate. “It would be inappropriate to say that about any president,” Mr. Carney said at the daily White House press briefing.
Mr. Halperin is one of the media’s more ubiquitous figures, operating as something of a free agent with multiple vehicles for his writing and commentary in print, online, in books and on television. Never one to shy away from expressing his displeasure with the politicians he covers, Mr. Halperin has always walked a delicate line in his “Morning Joe” appearances.
“Morning Joe” often plays host to spirited political debate, but many of the guests it features are journalists for magazines and newspapers, not partisan pundits. And often they are put in awkward positions where they are asked to give their opinions. Mr. Halperin’s profane remark seemed to demonstrate how the show’s formula can strain.
Before Mr. Halperin made the quip on “Morning Joe,” he had asked if there was a seven-second delay available, a feature of television control rooms that can be used to bleep out stray curse words on live TV.
“Come on, take a chance,” the show’s co-host, Joe Scarborough, said, encouraging him.
After hearing the comment, Mr. Scarborough said, “Delay that.”
Mr. Scarborough later complained on the air that the show’s executive producer failed to bleep the word. “I would tell you what I think of him, but he doesn’t know what button to push,” he said.
Mr. Scarborough has spoken publicly in the past about his disagreements with producers and with MSNBC’s president, Phil Griffin, and Thursday’s incident could further heighten tensions within the channel.
In a tacit admission that the free-wheeling talk on cable television can sometimes go too far, MSNBC, a unit of Comcast’s NBC Universal division, has suspended other on-air figures in the past for incendiary comments. Most recently, Ed Schultz, the channel’s 10 p.m. host, was suspended for a week in May after disparaging Laura Ingraham, a conservative commentator.
Mr. Halperin is a paid contributor to MSNBC and a regular guest on “Morning Joe.” He is Time’s leading political reporter and one of the magazine’s most recognizable bylines, a visibility that could complicate the fallout from his profane remark.
Mr. Halperin often takes the lead role for Time in reporting on the presidential campaign and writes the popular political blog “The Page.” He is also co-authoring a follow-up book to “Game Change,” the best-seller about the 2008 campaign. In response to questions about how the comment could affect his objectivity as a journalist, a Time spokesperson pointed to a statement by the Obama adviser David Axelrod that suggested Mr. Halperin had made a mistake.
“What he said was obviously stupid and tasteless, and he exercised poor judgment,” Mr. Axelrod told The Washington Post. “I think he’d be the first to acknowledge that. I strongy disagree with his analysis. But I’ve known him for decades. He’s a decent person and a good journalist. I’m sure that no one regrets this more than he does.”
MSNBC Suspends Halperin Over Obama Slur
MSNBC suspended one of its best-known political analysts, Mark Halperin, on Thursday morning after he directed a derogatory comment at President Obama on the channel’s morning show, “Morning Joe.”
Sitting on the set of “Morning Joe,” Mr. Halperin smiled mischievously as he disparaged Mr. Obama’s behavior at a news conference a day earlier. “I thought he was kind of a dick yesterday,” Mr. Halperin said.
He apologized on the show a few minutes later and said he deeply regretted making the comment. Immediately after the show concluded at 9 a.m., a meeting was convened about the incident, and by 10:30 a.m., the channel said Mr. Halperin had been suspended “indefinitely” from his political analyst position.
“Mark Halperin’s comments this morning were completely inappropriate and unacceptable,” the channel said in a statement. “We apologize to the president, the White House and all of our viewers. We strive for a high level of discourse and comments like these have no place on our air.”
At the same time, in his own statement, Mr. Halperin said he agreed completely “with everything in MSNBC’s statement about my remark” and added, “I believe that the step they are taking in response is totally appropriate.”
Time magazine, which employs Mr. Halperin as editor-at-large, issued him a warning but is not taking any further action. “Mark Halperin’s comments on air this morning were inappropriate and in no way reflective of Time’s views,” a spokesperson for the magazine said. “We have issued a warning to him that such behavior is unacceptable. Mark has appropriately apologized.”
Jay Carney, the White House spokesman, said Thursday afternoon that he had expressed his feelings to network executives that the comment was inappropriate. “It would be inappropriate to say that about any president,” Mr. Carney said at the daily White House press briefing.
Mr. Halperin is one of the media’s more ubiquitous figures, operating as something of a free agent with multiple vehicles for his writing and commentary in print, online, in books and on television. Never one to shy away from expressing his displeasure with the politicians he covers, Mr. Halperin has always walked a delicate line in his “Morning Joe” appearances.
“Morning Joe” often plays host to spirited political debate, but many of the guests it features are journalists for magazines and newspapers, not partisan pundits. And often they are put in awkward positions where they are asked to give their opinions. Mr. Halperin’s profane remark seemed to demonstrate how the show’s formula can strain.
Before Mr. Halperin made the quip on “Morning Joe,” he had asked if there was a seven-second delay available, a feature of television control rooms that can be used to bleep out stray curse words on live TV.
“Come on, take a chance,” the show’s co-host, Joe Scarborough, said, encouraging him.
After hearing the comment, Mr. Scarborough said, “Delay that.”
Mr. Scarborough later complained on the air that the show’s executive producer failed to bleep the word. “I would tell you what I think of him, but he doesn’t know what button to push,” he said.
Mr. Scarborough has spoken publicly in the past about his disagreements with producers and with MSNBC’s president, Phil Griffin, and Thursday’s incident could further heighten tensions within the channel.
In a tacit admission that the free-wheeling talk on cable television can sometimes go too far, MSNBC, a unit of Comcast’s NBC Universal division, has suspended other on-air figures in the past for incendiary comments. Most recently, Ed Schultz, the channel’s 10 p.m. host, was suspended for a week in May after disparaging Laura Ingraham, a conservative commentator.
Mr. Halperin is a paid contributor to MSNBC and a regular guest on “Morning Joe.” He is Time’s leading political reporter and one of the magazine’s most recognizable bylines, a visibility that could complicate the fallout from his profane remark.
Mr. Halperin often takes the lead role for Time in reporting on the presidential campaign and writes the popular political blog “The Page.” He is also co-authoring a follow-up book to “Game Change,” the best-seller about the 2008 campaign. In response to questions about how the comment could affect his objectivity as a journalist, a Time spokesperson pointed to a statement by the Obama adviser David Axelrod that suggested Mr. Halperin had made a mistake.
“What he said was obviously stupid and tasteless, and he exercised poor judgment,” Mr. Axelrod told The Washington Post. “I think he’d be the first to acknowledge that. I strongy disagree with his analysis. But I’ve known him for decades. He’s a decent person and a good journalist. I’m sure that no one regrets this more than he does.”
Lawrence Steps Down as Norton’s Editor In Chief
Starling Lawrence, the longtime editor in chief of W.W. Norton & Company, will step down from his post next month to focus on acquiring and editing books as editor-at-large of the company.
John A. Glusman, executive editor and vice president of the Crown Publishing Group, part of Random House, will take his place. Mr. Glusman, widely considered a talented and politically savvy editor who has shepherded books by Orhan Pamuk, Erik Larson and Richard Powers into print, is expected to start on July 18.
Mr. Lawrence, who first joined Norton in 1969 and has held the top editorial job since 1993, said he decided recently to shed his managerial duties.
“I have certainly enjoyed this job, but I’ve always thought that the greatest contribution I have made to the company or might make to the company is putting important books and/or books that I believe strongly about on the list rather than managing other people,” Mr. Lawrence, who is 68, said in a telephone interview on Thursday. “There are people who do this well and John Glusman is more than capable of taking on this job.”
The digital transformation underway in the industry played some part in the timing of his decision, he added.
“I’m not particularly knowledgeable about electronic publishing and all the very important issues and complications that that entails,” Mr. Lawrence said. “And frankly, if I were 20 years younger, it would be imperative that I understand and educate myself on those issues. But that has seemed less important to me because I’m frankly not a consumer of e-books myself. It’s not something that touches me personally.”
Norton, an independent publisher, has published books by Michael Lewis, Patrick O’Brian and Sebastian Junger.
Molly Stern, the publisher of Crown and Hogarth, said in a statement that she wished Mr. Glusman well. “This is a terrific career opportunity for John, and a recognition of his talent, his hard work, and his success here on behalf of our authors and our publishing program these past five years. While, of course, we wish he were continuing with us, we certainly understand and respect his desire to take on a bigger editorial role elsewhere.”
Lawrence Steps Down as Norton’s Editor In Chief
Starling Lawrence, the longtime editor in chief of W.W. Norton & Company, will step down from his post next month to focus on acquiring and editing books as editor-at-large of the company.
John A. Glusman, executive editor and vice president of the Crown Publishing Group, part of Random House, will take his place. Mr. Glusman, widely considered a talented and politically savvy editor who has shepherded books by Orhan Pamuk, Erik Larson and Richard Powers into print, is expected to start on July 18.
Mr. Lawrence, who first joined Norton in 1969 and has held the top editorial job since 1993, said he decided recently to shed his managerial duties.
“I have certainly enjoyed this job, but I’ve always thought that the greatest contribution I have made to the company or might make to the company is putting important books and/or books that I believe strongly about on the list rather than managing other people,” Mr. Lawrence, who is 68, said in a telephone interview on Thursday. “There are people who do this well and John Glusman is more than capable of taking on this job.”
The digital transformation underway in the industry played some part in the timing of his decision, he added.
“I’m not particularly knowledgeable about electronic publishing and all the very important issues and complications that that entails,” Mr. Lawrence said. “And frankly, if I were 20 years younger, it would be imperative that I understand and educate myself on those issues. But that has seemed less important to me because I’m frankly not a consumer of e-books myself. It’s not something that touches me personally.”
Norton, an independent publisher, has published books by Michael Lewis, Patrick O’Brian and Sebastian Junger.
Molly Stern, the publisher of Crown and Hogarth, said in a statement that she wished Mr. Glusman well. “This is a terrific career opportunity for John, and a recognition of his talent, his hard work, and his success here on behalf of our authors and our publishing program these past five years. While, of course, we wish he were continuing with us, we certainly understand and respect his desire to take on a bigger editorial role elsewhere.”
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