Briefly noted via The Albany Project comes this bit of surprising news: the editors of Capitol Confidential have never heard of Rochester Turning, in my considered opinion one of the best blogs in the state of New York.

What Phil said:

That the writers of what is likely the most widely read political site in New York were completely unaware of one the state's best written and most effective blogs is completely astounding. It's even worse when you consider that RT front pager Jrviper is making the rest of the statewide media look silly by completely owning them on a potentially significant story. This is citizen journalism at its finest and it should shame those in the media who have so far been completely unaware of such a great site and the great work that they do.

Amen. But there's more.  read more »

The above two columns, via HuffPost, ran this morning in the New York Post, a newspaper seemingly devoid of copy editors.

One column snarls that Barack Obama is 'too left for New York' - as if - and the other titters excitedly the, um, case that he's a rock star who just might derail Hillary.

How goddamn fucking stupid are the people at the Post, anyway? Seriously? No wonder they're giving it away on Union Square.

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Today's must-read story (after E.J. Dionne's brilliant Op-Ed on New York) is a story in, of all places, The Wall Street Journal.

Just to note the obvious: the Journal is actually two newspapers, one real (the one that produces all the news) and one fake, the Op-Ed part. Notably, you have to pay for the former online, while the latter is free. And you do get what you pay for.

Dem Control Might Help Economy, WSJ.com Survey Finds

Democrats’ wins in November might boost the economy, economists in the latest WSJ.com survey found.

Most economists said the economy would perform best in the coming years if Democrats take control of at least one chamber of Congress. Only 12 of the 35 who answered the question said the economy would perform best under continued Republican control of the House and Senate. The best scenario, the economists said, would be Democratic control of the House only. The economists were almost evenly split over whether the stock market would perform better with a continued Republican lock on Congress or some measure of Democratic control.  read more »

Does anybody know what the hell happened? I knew they were behind the times (all pun intended) digitally, but this is ridiculous.

What the hell is wrong with Mort Zuckerman? What kind of a cheap cretin would let his #1 newspaper's website die such an untimely death?